e-News Home Previous issues SERA Home  IN THIS ISSUE May 2006, Vol 3, No 5 SA Research Chairs Initiative highlighted at SERA networking event :: SERA team member participates in global drive to improve access to water :: New International partner joins African sorghum biofortification project SA Research Chairs Initiative highlighted at SERA networking event An opportunity to attract and retain qualified researchers in a new research space in the country is at the crux of the Department of Science and Technology's newly launched South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI). SERA team member participates in global drive to improve access to water SERA Water Task Team member, Dr Anthony Turton and Khungeka Njobe of the CSIR represented South Africa at the World Water Forum (WWF) held in Mexico in May this year. The event was billed as the biggest gathering of water policy-makers worldwide.   New International partner joins African sorghum biofortification project The University of California Berkeley has joined the African Biofortified Sorghum Project as its ninth partner. SERA partners are represented on this US$17.6 million research project by the members of its Food Science and Technology Task Team. USEFUL LINKS SARChI: Delay announcement Adams & Adams - legal advice on site at the CSIR and The Innovation Hub The African Malaria Trust Network ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES Academies urged to do more for women scientists - Science and engineering academies across the world have been urged to provide more support for women seeking to pursue a career in research. Source: SciDev.Net Adopt GM crops, Dr Jeffrey Sachs tells Africa - The Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Dr Jeffrey D Sachs, has called on African governments to fast track the adoption of transgenic crops to boost food security on the continent. Source: African Biotechnologies Stakeholders Forum Open-access research makes a bigger splash - According to a new study, scientific papers published in online journals that are open-access have a bigger impact and are cited more frequently than papers readers must pay for. Source: SciDev.Net Top       © 2005 SERA. All rights reserved. Contact the webmaster or the SERA Relationship Managers at tel +27 12 841 2204 / 420 4094