Rahaf Ridah Al-Talhi, a fifth-year student at the UQU College of Pharmacy, learned about nanotechnology and how it is utilized in the field of research as well as several medical techniques at the Katayanagi Advanced Research Laboratories at Tokyo University of Technology in Japan. She acquired this knowledge during a one-month scholarship she gained as part of a training program for talented persons, which was recently implemented by Prince Muhammad bin Salman Foundation to Encourage Innovation (Misk Foundation) and Manga Productions. This program, which was held in collaboration with Tokyo University of Technology, focused on innovation in the fields of medicine, advanced food technologies, and plastics techniques.

The program included intensive courses and laboratory experiments in the fields of biology, environmental biotechnology and pharmaceutical biology, in addition to the advanced food technologies used in Tofu (soft soybean cake), Natto (Japanese fermented soybeans), and Kamaboko (fish cake), as well as how to make them. Moreover, the courses also introduced the most important agricultural products in Japan. Rahaf also attended a number of lectures on research papers about advanced plastics techniques, as well as laboratory experiments on the evaluation of skin adaptation and the detection of hydro-peroxide on the human skin surface.

Rahaf mentioned that her participation in this program has given her extensive expertise and benefits that will be useful for her and will enable her to achieve excellence in her academic and practical career. Moreover, she extended her thanks to His Excellency the UQU President, Prof. Abdullah Bafail, for his support to the UQU creative students. She also thanked the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Faisal Al-Maliki; the Vice Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Alaa Al-Qahtani; and the Vice Dean of the College of Pharmacy for Hospital Affairs, Dr. Abdullah Al-Hifani, for their keenness and efforts to offer her this opportunity and help her obtain this outstanding scientific experience.