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Leading education researchers and practitioners meeting in China make a series of recommendations calling for the wider uptake of inquiry-based science education (IBSE) methods in more countries around the world.

South African scientist named winner of TWAS's most prestigious award for commitment to life-saving research that protects African women from HIV/AIDS

Synthetic biology itself is defined as the deliberate design and construction of customised biological and biochemical systems to perform new or improved functions. It draws on a wide range of disciplines and methodologies to design molecules, construct genetic circuits and assemble simple organisms.

The Prize, sponsored by Lenovo has been established to give international recognition and visibility to outstanding scientific achievements made by scientists living and working in the developing countries. The 2014 Prize is in the Biological Sciences.

Revamped Site Offers New Focus, New Tools for Science in the Developing World

Each year the Academy awards eight prizes of USD15,000 each to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years.

The Statement highlights the role that antimicrobial drugs play in today’s medical practices, as well as recent increases in the number of pathogens developing resistance to these drugs. To reduce the current major public health problem of antimicrobial resistance and avert a much worse crisis, IAP & IAMP propose a series of 10 recommendations.

Uzbek Microbiologist Egamberdieva receives TWAS Prize for her results in agricultural science

TWAS’s Regional Offices have awarded their Regional Prizes this year to five researchers from different regions of the developing world who have worked creatively to popularize science. This year’s winners are from Argentina, Bangladesh, the Philippines, South Africa and Egypt.

Postgraduate fellowships are offered to female scientists by the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). Deadline for applications: 31 July 2013.

TWAS and Lenovo, the Chinese multinational computer hardware and electronics company, are launching the TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize to give international recognition to research breakthroughs by individual scientists from developing countries. The deadline for nominations is 10 June. TWAS, Lenovo announce major new science prize

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing World, is seeking nominations for the following prizes: 1) the TWAS 2013 Prizes 2) the TWAS-Celso Furtado 2013 Prize in Social Sciences The deadline for receiving nominations is 28 February 2013.

The topic of the 4th regional workshop of the CATALYST Project taking place at the UN Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-25 January 2013, is capacity development for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in South and Southeast Asia.

Following a workshop in Penang, Malaysia, TWAS and ISTIC announce the three winners of the 'ISTIC-TWAS' Entrepreneurship Awards' for invvovations in science and technology from developing countries.

TWAS and ISTIC are collaborating on a project aimed at identifying, rewarding and disseminating best practices in the innovative use of science and technology in the development of new products, processes or services that have had impacts on economic development in the South.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is seeking nominations for the 2012 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. In 2012 the prize will be given for outstanding achievements in Human Health. The deadline for receiving nominations is 30 April 2012.

CATALYST - an EU-FP7 funded project - has officially launched its Think Tank. The Think Tank process will engage public officials, the scientific community and the private sector, and include online discussions, virtual meetings and capacity development workshops held in four regions which are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is seeking nominations for the newly established TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences. The closing date for nominations is 29 February 2012.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing World, is seeking nominations for the TWAS 2012 Prizes which are aimed at honouring scientists living and working in the developing countries.

The deadline to receive nominations for the 2011 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize has been extended to 31 July. This year's prize will be given in the field of materials science.

The call is now open for the 2011 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. This year's prize will be given in the field of materials science.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is currently seeking nominations of young scientists in Africa whose research in computer science promises to have a positive impact in the developing world.

The OWSDW Fellowship supports female students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a PhD at centres of excellence in developing countries.

Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is seeking nominations for the TWAS Prizes. The closing date for nominations is 31 March 2011.

Romain Murenzi, a key architect of Rwanda's efforts to devise a successful blueprint for science-based sustainable development after years of civil war and genocide, has been appointed the new executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world. He replaces long-time executive director, Mohamed H.A. Hassan.

José Goldemberg, a world-renowned energy expert who helped lay the scientific foundation for Brazil's biofuels programme and who subsequently became a leading advocate for the adoption of "leapfrog" technologies to promote economic development in the developing world, has won the 2010 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize.

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, based in Trieste, Italy (www.twas.org) , and the International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC, istic-unesco.org), based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, announce the recipients of the first 'ISTIC-TWAS Entrepreneurship Awards'.

Rome, Italy, 24 June. The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome) announces today that TWAS has received the prestigious international Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for helping to build scientific capacity in the developing world.

Deadline Extended to 15 June 2010