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For those who are privileged to be members, science academies often serve as sanctuaries from the troubles and tribulations of everyday life
Sean McDowell (TWAS Fellow 2009) talks about the challenges he faces – and the success he has achieved – as a researcher in the Caribbean.
"We have reached a stage in global development when even the poorest countries can readily derive material benefits from investments in science and technology," says Heneri A.M. Dzinotyiweyi
M. Thameur Chaibi (TWAS Fellow 2009), a senior researcher at the National Agricultural Research Institute of Tunisia, has experienced water shortages since his early youth.
"Every child in Jamaica wants to become a medical doctor, but they don't know the other opportunities that science has to offer," says TWAS Young Affiliate Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot
With input from TWAS, the US National Academies of Science have produced guidelines and manuals to aid laboratory safety and security in developing countries.
La cerimonia si è tenuta all'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei alla presenza del Capo dello Stato Giorgio Napolitano
The official ceremony for the 2010 'Premio Feltrinelli', which went to TWAS, took place at the 'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei' in Rome, at the opening of Italy's 2010-2011 academic year.
Three members of TWAS are among the five women to win the 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science.
Il premio annuale è frutto di un accordo fra la multinazionale francese leader nella cosmetica e l'UNESCO.
A ogni vincitrice va un premio di 100.000 dollari