Biomedical Sciences Division (BioMed)
Decoding Life, Advancing Health
Overview
The Biomedical Sciences (BioMed) division at KAUST brings together world-class science, technology, and education to address today’s most pressing health challenges. Through interdisciplinary research, advanced computational and digital tools, and strong partnerships across the healthcare ecosystem, BioMed connects discovery with real-world impact - supporting national priorities while contributing to global advances in health and disease.
Vision
BioMed will improve health in Saudi Arabia and beyond by harnessing cutting edge science and technology to investigate, educate on, and translate discoveries that make people’s lives better.
Mission
BioMed applies the scientific and technical expertise of KAUST by interdisciplinary collaboration and intersectional partnerships both within and beyond the university, leveraging and boosting the efforts of the health care ecosystem to understand, prevent, and treat disease.
We will encourage, educate, and promote expertise in the study and taming of disease to help engineer a healthier life for all, using knowledge generation with widespread deployment of health-translated advances underpinned by our cutting edge, world class technical expertise.
A Message from the Dean of Biomedical Sciences (BioMed)
Professor Peter J Goadsby FMedSci FRS
BioMed is KAUST's newest division, harnessing the University's world-class science and technology to advance healthcare outcomes in Saudi Arabia and beyond. We apply cutting-edge computational and digital tools to understanding, combating and preventing disease.
BioMed is at the start of an exciting journey. The division offers a collaborative environment where scientific excellence meets a passion for teaching and mentoring a new generation of graduates who will advance health in the 21st century.
Our priorities are those of the Kingdom, our mission aligned with Vision 2030's aspirations for better health. Our graduate programs uniquely integrate biology with engineering and bioinformatics and, our faculty and students strive to be future-ready for the rapidly emerging challenges and opportunities in biomedical science.
BioMed draws on the KAUST ecosystem of outstanding research and technical capabilities, all set against the backdrop of the Red Sea. We are beginning an ambitious journey, and invite those who share our vision of a healthier life for all.
Our Programs
We take an interdisciplinary approach to develop fluorescent molecular imaging tools.
Program Affiliations
Center of Excellence
Biography
Professor Satoshi Habuchi’s research focuses on the development of tools and materials for fluorescence molecular imaging. He earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Hokkaido University, Japan, in 2001. He performed postdoctoral studies at KU Leuven, Belgium, and Harvard Medical School, U.S. He was appointed an Assistant Professor in 2008 and later an Associate Professor in 2011 at Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. He was appointed Associate Professor in 2012 and later Professor in 2019 in the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division at KAUST.
Research Interests
Professor Habuchi’s research focuses on the development of tools and materials for fluorescence molecular imaging. His research interests include the development of microfluidics-based advanced fluorescence imaging platforms for studying cellular interactions, the development of near-infrared/short wavelength infrared fluorescent probes for single-molecule/particle fluorescence imaging in biological tissues, and the development of new single-molecule tracking methods.
Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy
Imaging
Photophysics
Microfluidics
Education Profile
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2001
Ph.D., Hokkaido University, 2001
M.Sc., Hokkaido University, 1999
B.Sc., Hokkaido University, 1997