28th General Meeting

TWAS President Bai Chunli reflects on his six years in office – and on TWAS's future – in his opening address to the 28th TWAS General Meeting.

At the opening ceremony of the 28th TWAS General Meeting, political and scientific leaders praised TWAS as a leader on key global issues.

Palestinian TWAS Fellow and materials scientist Hala J. El-Khozondar delivered a TWAS Medal Lecture

Hassan issued the following statement on 28 November 2018, after his election at the 28th TWAS General Meeting and 14th General Conference in Trieste, Italy.

Mohamed Hassan, a distinguished and highly influential Sudanese advocate for science in the South, will take office in 2019.

Sedaminou Judith Gbenoudon, an immunologist from Benin, won the TWAS-Abdool Karim Prize for her achievements in malaria research.

TWAS has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2020 at the Academy's General Conference in Trieste, Italy.

The 2019 class is nearly 30% women scientists and, for the first time, more than 100 countries will be represented in the Academy.

The Indian polymer scientist is honoured for seminal research on smart gels that led to a long list of further discoveries

Congolese scientist Lydie-Stella Koutika wins the Al-Kharafi Prize for work investigating how to enrich poor soil.