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Why must support for #BasicScience be strong to achieve the #SDGs by 2030? Several high-level panellists at the #TWASConf Ministerial Session weighed in. https://t.co/CNAiVB4xkb
Why must support for #BasicScience be strong to achieve the #SDGs by 2030? Several high-level panellists at the #TWASConf Ministerial Session weighed in. https://t.co/CNAiVB4xkb
On Nov. 24, the 4-day 16th General Conference of @TWASnews was successfully concluded at ZJU. At the same time, #HangzhouDeclaration was released, heralding a new era of global cooperation in #basicsciences.
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Happy to meet you Bruce Albert at @Davos @wef_fr and at the #TwasConf on #BasicSciences for #sustainabledevelopment at @ZJU_China Thanks for sharing about #ScienceEducation & #socialmedia Congratulations for 2022 @TWASnews Medal @ProfBrianCox @UCAS1978 @UNESCO @UN @IYBSSD2022
Science education needs substantial changes to prepare students for the massive amounts of misinformation in the social media age, argued 2022 TWAS Medalist Bruce Alberts at #TWASConf.
Read about his high-level lecture: https://t.co/N105RepNPR
TWAS Medalist George Fu Gao spoke on the importance of STEM fields in the fight against COVID-19. "We don't know when and where the next virus might come from initially, but we know that there will be another COVID-like disease soon," he said, #TWASConf https://t.co/ouMyM2ezQ8
Pr Oumar Gaye, ancien Chef du @UParasitologie de @UCAD_Senegal & actuel Directeur du @MARCAD7, a participé en tant que membre à la 16ème Conférence Générale de l’Académie Mondiale des Sciences (#TWAS) tenue en Chine du 21/24 novembre 2022 (en mode présentiel & virtuel) #TWASConf.
One way to fight oral cancer is to modify the genes of cancer cells, shows research by @tyan_twas member Sok Ching Cheong of Malaysia, who is one of this year’s recipients of a prestigious TWAS Medal. Read more: https://t.co/F4B8JwFq3g #TWASConf
In a keynote lecture at #TWASConf, @IBMResearch Vice-President @solo_assefa discussed building a sustainable future through science and computing. Read more: https://t.co/pklM0QwvlF
Hou Jianguo, President of CAS at #TWASConf closing ceremonies, emphasizes the importance of #BasicSciences for the #SDGs. "I'm delighted to see that TWAS has been focusing on basic research and sustainable development challenges in developing countries, with excellent efforts."
The Hangzhou Declaration of the TWAS 16th General Conference is not being read by TWAS Secretary General Luiz Davidovich. Among the points highlighted is that TWAS has long put basic sciences at the centre of its strategy through its fellowship and grant programmes. #TWASConf
@FudanUniv Shumin Duan on @ZJU_China details neuroscientific research on aggression. He says research shows that in rodents different types of aggression—such as predatory aggression or aggression in self-defense—are regulated by disinct neural circuits. #TWASConf
Huang Hefeng of @FudanUniv opens a session on Basic Science for the #SDGs in China with a talk about adult chronic diseases: "3 years of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that human lives and health remain an indispensable theme in all scientific questions." #TWASConf
Bai: "Major developed countries, and even some newly developed economies have increased their efforts and investment in developing major mega-science facilities, hoping to scope the competitve heights for the future development of science and technology." #TWASConf
TWAS Immediate Past-President Bai Chunli of China delivering the TWAS-Abdus Salam Medal Lecture at #TWASConf: "Mega-science facilities play a major role in promoting scientific research and innovations, especially in promoting breakthroughs in #BasicResearch" @IYBSSD2022
📺SOON: Watch the Abdus Salam Medal Lecture by Prof. BAI Chunli and Symposium 3: Basic Science for the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals in China of TWAS 16th General Conference on #TwitterLive at 15.00 pm (GMT+8)! #TWASConf @TWASnews https://t.co/21Ri2Ci1p5
TWAS Medallist Cheong Sok Ching of @reversecancer discusses treatments for oral cancer.
Targeted treatments for oral cancer have been lagging, she said, because of a lack of obvious actionable mutations that doctors coould target. #TWASConf
Let’s make our world of Peace more sustainable for all!
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Beginning now, 1st symposium of #TWASConf.:'Basic Sciences: Challenges and Sustainable Development'. Merieme Chadid, Chair of United Nations Scientific Board of UNESCO International Basic Sciences Programme: Our goal is to strengthen the link between the basic sci and SDGs.
TWAS Medallist Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli of Morocco, details the operations of @ATLASexperiment in particle physics at @CERN. "It is one of the largest collaboration efforts ever taken in science, with over 3,000 scientists." #TWASConf
Gao says the rise in number of emerging viruses is caused by changes to climate as well as changes to human behavior. "In one flight, a virus will spread all over the world." #TWASConf
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