Nature Middle East update: 26 February 2015

Nature Middle East update 26 February 2015 In this issue  Latest news and features  Latest research  Editor's blog  Our picks  Nature jobs Stay connected:    sponsor Latest news & features News: Newly identified gene increases glaucoma risk An international team of scientists has identified, for the first time, a glaucoma-causing gene that is consistent across ethnic groups. News: Saudi Arabia’s looming diabetes disaster Over the next decade, one in four Saudis is very likely to get a heart attack, and some of those may be fatal, reveals a new study.  Latest reseach Atom-thick semiconductors with tunable bandgaps in Applied physical sciences Genomes of a feather flock together in Genetics Editor’s blog - House of Wisdom Saudi Arabia opens a cutting-edge laser facility; unique in the region Researchers can now tell who will be depressed, or not, in response to stressors Our picks Get free access to some premium content of relevance to you published in journals and portals across the Nature Publishing Group. Note - free access is only available through the Nature Middle East Our pickspage. A robust SNP barcode for typing Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains. Coll, F. et al. Nature Communications naturejobs Transmission Electron Microscopy TEM Scientist/Specialist KAU : Jeddah, Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz University - Jeddah University Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Design of Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries : Doha, Qatar Qatar Energy & Environment Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships in Single Molecule Imaging at KAUST : Thuwal-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Postdoctoral Associate - Organic Electronics for Solar Cells & Transistors : Thuwal, Saudi Arabia King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)