After KAUST Academy
Wedyan returned to Saudi Aramco as a Petroleum Engineering Systems Analyst in March 2026. Wedyan was honored among the top three in the college of computers and information technology, supported KAUST Academy AI webinars, and earned NVIDIA's Generative AI LLMs associate certification in July 2026.
Summer project
Artificial Intelligence Specialization · Cohort 2025
Beyond Scent Detection: Inflammation Sculpts Neuronal Transcriptomes in the Mouse Nose
We are constantly exposed to various sensory stimuli such as sight, sound, and smell. Although sensory systems detect and interpret these stimuli, our perception is influenced by internal states such as hunger, stress, and inflammation. However, it is still unclear how the signals that signify these states, such as hormones, peptide, and cytokines, are encoded in gene expression of individual neurons and modulate the patterns of neural responses to stimuli. To address this question, our lab uses the mouse olfactory system as a model. Olfaction plays fundamental roles in many aspects of our life including learning and memory and detection of food and danger. In addition, it has been shown that odor processing is influenced by internal states even at the first step where sensory neurons in the nose detect odors. However, mechanisms through which individual neurons encode the internal states and modify responses to stimuli are still unknown. This SUDS project will primarily aim to quantitatively characterize the state-dependent changes in gene expression in the olfactory system by analyzing single-cell and bulk genomics datasets (RNA, epigenome, and protein) obtained from mice that are imposed changes in internal states such as hunger and inflammation.
Mentor: Tatsuya Tsukahara
With KAUST Academy
- Cohort 2025
Artificial Intelligence Specialization
University of Toronto · Artificial Intelligence Summer Program
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