2019

Through their fellowship programme, DBT and TWAS offer students from developing countries advanced biotechnology courses at Indian institutes.

Joint initiatives in Science Diplomacy may help find solutions on globally relevant themes, said experts at an IsDB-TWAS workshop.

SDGs are in the global agenda but their accomplishment is far from reach. Young scientists could help make a change, say experts at a COMSATS/TWAS workshop.

In a visit to TWAS, Vice-Mayor Ai Xuefeng of Shenzhen, China, learned how TWAS-China cooperation supports a new generation of scientists.

Climate-smart cocoa plantations in Central America may improve ecosystems resilience and help farmers to get better yields, says Nicaraguan TWAS Fellow Falguni Guharay.

Early-career researchers are in Trieste, Italy, for a workshop on responsible use of chemistry and biology, organised by OPCW, IAP and TWAS.

Teaching negotiation and respect for other people's views is essential in the training of science diplomats, experts said at a AAAS-TWAS science diplomacy course.

Lassina Zerbo, head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, described the challenges of nuclear diplomacy at the TWAS Paolo Budinich Lecture.

ICTP honoured Jacob Palis, the former TWAS president, for his "extraordinary contribution to the cause of science worldwide".

Researchers and the private sector both would gain from closer ties, said photochemist Tatas Brotosudarmo at a TWAS Research Grants workshop.