Fifty-six first-year pre-medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) in February presented posters from their biology laboratory research. Their findings focused on the antimicrobial effects of natural substances obtained from plants, particularly specific plant parts. The students, divided into groups of two and three, presented 20 posters, providing them with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to conduct and communicate science. They worked together to execute their research projects from beginning to end, including reviewing the literature, formulating a question and a hypothesis, conducting laboratory experiments, and analyzing the data ...