TRIESTE, 10/01/12 - Developed by an international team of researchers from the University of Illinois, Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. and the Technical University of Monaco, coordinated by Andrei Kolmakov. This work intends to solve a key problem that is currently hindering the study and development of new nanomaterials.

TRIESTE, 16/01/12 - The 2011 Ramanujan Prize goes to African Mathematician, Professor Philibert Nang.
The Prize is in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the algebraic theory of D-modules

MCA aims at creating a new generation of leaders with a specific focus on the leadership in innovative enterprises.

Deadline: February 6th 2012.

TRIESTE, 07/12/11 - ICTP has announced a call for proposals for its 2013 Scientific Calendar. Each year, the Centre offers about 50 schools, conferences and workshops in Trieste and abroad. The activities are aimed at scientists in the developing world and provide a unique, international forum of scientific contact.

TRIESTE, 07/12/11 - Interest in SRM technologies has increased rapidly in recent years.

SRM may reduce temperatures quickly and relatively cheaply.

TRIESTE, 20/12/11 - Science could be both a source and beneficiary of the dramatic changes taking place in the Arab region, say Moneef R. Zou'bi, director general of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, and Daniel Schaffer, public information officer at TWAS, in the most recent edition of the 'TWAS Newsletter'.

BOB ("Best of Biotech - get your business started") is an international life science business plan competition organized by Life Science Austria (LISA), a program run by the Austria Wirtschaftsservice on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth.
It is now being organized for the sixth time, to be held in 2012. CBM is the official italian partner of BOB 2012.
Life Science Austria (LISA), a key program run by the Austria Wirtschaftsservice, is BOB's main organizer. Other partners, both Austrian and international, provide local support and are involved in the organization of workshops.

The TWAS Council has decided to change the venue and dates of the 22nd General Meeting of TWAS from Marrakech, Morocco to Trieste, Italy during the period 21-23 November 2011.

Below the message by Prof. Jacob Palis, President of TWAS.

TRIESTE, 29/11//11 - ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo was inducted as an Associate Fellow of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, at its 22nd General Meeting held in Trieste. The designation of TWAS Associate Fellow recognizes scientists who have made important, internationally accepted contributions to their fields and to the promotion of science in developing countries.

TRIESTE, 10/11/11 - A new mechanism has been identified behind the toxicity exercised on neurons in the brain by the mutant protein responsible for Huntington Disease, one of the most serious hereditary disorders that lead to the degeneration of the central nervous system. In the toxicity of the altered form of Huntingtin, which is the name of the protein in question able to trigger the devastating disease, a fundamental role is played by a "team" of enzymes that becomes mobilised in response to its presence, contributing to the activation of one of the main "guardians" of cell integrity and the genome, factor p53. For p53, protection may also sometimes mean bringing about cell suicide (apoptosis) and it is in this way that mutant Huntingtin causes the death of the neurons.
Thanks to this achievement, the proteins that cause brain cells to undertake this journey of no return could become the point of attack for treatment of the disease. The discovery was made by a team of scientists from the CIB National Laboratory (LNCIB) at Trieste Area Science Park and the University of Trieste, headed by Giannino Del Sal, in collaboration with SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) in Trieste and the Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont. It was published online this week by the authoritative scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.