ALWIS Upcoming Events

ALWIS Past Events

Workshop: Introduction to Bulk-RNA-Sequencing Analysis
​​_With ALWIS Biology Community

26th February 2022
ALWIS Biology Community held their first Bioinformatics Workshop: an introduction to Bulk-RNA-Sequencing Analysis, presented by Dr. Malika Aid-Boudries, an instructor in Medicine in Computational and Systems Biology and Bioinformatics at the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research (CVVR) in the Barouch laboratory, Harvard Medical School.
Organizers:​​​
  • Lina Amrani​
  • Lilia Sonia Guerd

Panel Discussion With Algerian Women Scientists

11th February 2022
ALWIS hosted in a panel discussion on Friday 11th February at 5 PM (GMT+1) to celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. We were joined by distinguished Algerian women scientists that shared us their journey in STEM. 
Organizers:​​​
  • Chaima Amine-Khodja
  • Lina Amrani
  • Sakina Radia Didouche
  • Sonia Chibane
  • Nardjesse Boudjemaa
  • Ihcene Gouari
  • Wissal Nada SENGOUGA

Femme Foreur en Algérie
_With ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community

17th December 2021
ALWIS Petroleum Engineering Community led by Nina Chalah held their first event on  Friday 17th December at 5pm (gmt+1). They hosted a distinguished speaker: Safia Bourougaa an Algerian Drilling Engineer who serves as a Drilling Rig Manager and has more than 18 years of work experience in Drilling.

Workshop: Protein Biochemistry
​​_With ALWIS Biology Community

17th December 2021
ALWIS Biology Community hosted an online workshop on Protein Biochemistry presented by Dr. Anissa Belfetmi, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Organizers:​​​
  • ​Lina Amrani
  • Ahlem Bakelli

Leadership in science

11th December 2021
On Saturday, December 11th, 2021, we hosted a workshop about Leadership in Science from our brilliant ALWIS mentor: 
Hanane Touil, Ph.D.
  • Post-Doctoral Scientist at Columbia University.
  • Ph.D. in Microbiology-Immunology (Neuroimmunology) at McGill University  & The University of Pennsylvania.
Organizers:​​​
  • Hanane Touil
  • Anissa Belfetmi

The one hour success story Event_With ALWIS MDs Community

20th November 2021
ALWIS MDs Community led by Amel Belaib organized their first event on Saturday 20th November at 5 pm (gmt+1) where they hosted a special guest: Dr. Manel Boumegouas, a cardiology fellow at Michigan state university.
Organizers:​​​
  • Amel Belaib
  • Asma Baliouze

Careers Insights For Biologists _With ALWIS Biology Community

6th November 2021
ALWIS Biology Community hosted their first launch event where they opened a discussion around career opportunities for Algerian Biology Graduates. During the event, three guests speaker (Sarah Helal, Nawel Khelil & Amel Khaled) shared their personal experiences in their respective career paths. 
Organizers:​​​
  • Lina Amrani
  • Amel Makour
  • Marwa Messaoudi
  • Ahlem Bakelli 

Womenpreneur Initiative  "Mentorship & Entrepreneurship"

21st August 2021
We hosted a joint event with Womenpreneur-Initiative which is a Brussels-based organization that boosts women's economic empowerment operating in Belgium and in the MENA region. During the presentation, Juliette  introduced the Womenpreneur-Initiative’s core missions and its services regarding mentorship and entrepreneurship.
Organizers:​​​
  • Anissa Belfetmi
  • ​Sarah Helal

Algerian Women In AI

24th July 2021
We hosted an event this July about Algerian women in AI and we were joined by two Algerian women scientists in the field of AI that shared with us their work, passion, career paths and experiences. 
Organizers:​
  • Sarah Helal
  • Nesrine Zibani
  • Anissa Belfetmi

Sahra with ALWIS Event

1st May 2021
We hosted a networking event, on May, 1st 2021 during Ramadan to discuss our role as scientists, share our experiences, and learn from each other! A moment to meet and talk with our members and mentors. ​
Organizers:​
  • Anissa Belfetmi
  • Sarah Helal

ALWIS Discussion Panel "Picture a Scientist Documentary"

10th April 2021
We hosted a discussion panel on zoom this April, 10th 2021, around "Picture a Scientist" documentary. Our ALWIS VP and Chair of Mentoring Sabrina Absalon, Ph.D., facilitated the event in the presence of our invited panelist: Nawel Baba Hamed MD. and MBA., General Manager at Pierre Fabre Laboratories in Algeria. ​
Organizers:
  • Sabrina Absalon
  • Anissa Belfetmi
  • Sarah Helal.

Mentoring Kick-Off Event

6th March 2021
We had the pleasure to invite our members on zoom, Saturday March 6th, 2021 at 5 PM Algeria time.
Members had a chance to meet our team, learn more about our mentoring program and network with our community of Algerian women scientists.
Organizers: 
Organizers:
  • Sarah Helal
  • Amel Belaib
  • Nina Chalah
  • Wissem Nada Semgouga
  • Lina Amrani​
  • Lynda Arab
  • Nawie Khelil
  • Roza Bouchal
  • Sarah Dib
  • Nour Benbahouche
  • Sabrina Absalon

Winter Networking Event

18th November 2020
We celebrated the end of the year 2020 by getting to know each other. We organized our first online networking event on December 18th, 6 PM Algeria time.
Organizers:
  • Sarah Maskri
  • Amel Belaib​
  • Nina Kaci