TWAS Plus - Vol.2 - No.3

TWAS Plus - Vol. 2 - No. 3 - July 2016

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TOP STORY Eminent scientists from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Scientific Advisory Board met in Trieste, Italy, 24-25 May to work on policy papers in climate, food security, indigenous science and other areas. The meeting was co-hosted by four international organizations based in Trieste: the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP); the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP); the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB); and TWAS. More

NEWS

Mohamed Hassan, TWAS's first executive director, returns temporarily following Executive Director Romain Murenzi's move to UNESCO.

OPPORTUNITIES

TWAS offers hundreds of PhD and postdoctoral fellowships to scientists from the developing world. Deadlines: 31 August and 15 September.

OWSD

Nominations are open for the Elsevier Foundation awards for early-career women scientists, in engineering, innovation and technology. Deadline: 1 September.

NEWS

A new TWAS monograph shows how ICIMOD uses science cooperation and diplomacy to build stronger communities across the Himalayas.

EVENTS

Food security is essential for stable, peaceful countries, TWAS Vice President Moctar Toure of Senegal said at a congress in Naples, Italy.

IAP

Over 130 academies of science and medicine join in the new InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) to increase their impact on policy, education and health.

OPPORTUNITIES

Are you planning a scientific event in a developing country? TWAS offers support for workshops, meetings and symposia. Deadline: 31 July.

Your donations will help us to build science in the developing world.

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OPPORTUNITIES

Professors and researchers can build ties and strengthen collaborations worldwide through TWAS's exchange programmes.

NEWS

Surveillance and communication are key to addressing dangerous viral infections in the future, says Brazilian science leader Hernán Chaimovich.

NEWS

With TWAS support, entomologist Joseph Mwangangi has become a leading malaria researcher and adviser to Kenya's government.

NEWS

More than 40 scientists met in Trieste to explore how TWAS's research grants shaped their careers. See their stories in the new film "That First Spark".

"Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated."

Rosalind Franklin
pioneer in the discovery of DNA structure

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Published with the support of the
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science

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