The International Council for Science (ICSU) and InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) are presenting an exciting opportunity for an enterprising urban health expert to lead an international, interdisciplinary research programme.

Vaughan C. Turekian, the Chief International Officer and editor-in-chief for the AAAS Center for Science and Diplomacy will give a lecture on Wednesday, 11 December about moving toward a strategic approach to science diplomacy.

South African Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom addressed Academy members during the ministerial session of the 24th TWAS General Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The following is a transcription of that address.

TWAS's 22nd General Meeting was held in Trieste, Italy, at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), between 21 and 23 November 2011. The TWAS Committees and Council Meeting took place on 20 November.

An Indian scientist, who has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the physical forces that turn liquids into solids, and a Brazilian biologist, who has advanced our knowledge of how enzymes reduce high blood pressure and lessen the sensation of pain, are the first two recipients of the Trieste Science Prize.

Two medical researchers, who have made fundamental contributions to our understanding and prevention of lethal infectious diseases, and two mathematicians, who have shed light on some of the world’s most mind-boggling mathematical problems, have won the Trieste Science Prize for 2006.

An eminent Mexican biologist, whose research helped to spur the creation of the first genetically modified plants, and an internationally renowned Indian chemist, whose innovative laboratory techniques have led to the synthesis of more than 50 natural products, have been awarded the Trieste Science Prize for 2007.

Today marked the final day of the TWAS 21st General Assembly in Hyderabad, India.

It's not the African pink flamingos – strutting gracefully in the shallows of Kenya's Lake Nakuru – that capture the attention of Hamadi Iddi Boga. It's what's beneath their feet.

Cheng-Wen Wu, founding president of the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) in Taipei, spoke at the TWAS 11th General Conference in Durban, South Africa, where he was awarded a TWAS regional prize for institution building, in recognition of his leading role in building a world-class system of biomedical research in Taiwan.