SERA e-News

November/December 2008, Vol 5, No 5

Local Atmospheric model development initiative receives Stanley Jackson Award

SERA partner develops a low-cost method for production of antiretrovirals

SERA Relationship Manager re-elected to lead national science academy

Local Atmospheric model development initiative receives Stanley Jackson Award
	Researchers at the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia, have developed a new atmospheric model that can be used to study the processes occurring within thunderstorms at high spatial resolution.

SERA partner develops a low-cost method for production of antiretrovirals
	On World Aids Day, December 1, the CSIR announced that it had successfully developed an economically-competitive route for the local production of a key ingredient in antiretrovirals.

SERA Relationship Manager re-elected to lead national science academy
	SERA Relationship Manager for the University of Pretoria (UP), Professor Robin Crewe has been re-elected to serve a two-year term as president of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF).

USEFUL LINKS

Stockholm Environment Institute Working Paper - Agricultural biotech and small-scale farmers

Euro-Africa cooperation forum on ICT research, March 2009

1st Biomaterials Africa Conference 2009

ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

New study shows southern Africa will become drier - In the midst of the debate of a water crisis threatening South Africa, a new climate change study reveals that southern Africa is likely to become drier as a result of Global Warming and associated climate change. Source: University of Pretoria

Academies have no-one to fear but themselves - Science academies in the developing world must engage with the real world if they want to influence policy. Source: SciDev.Net

Malaria vaccine on the way to final-stage trials - A malaria vaccine looks set to enter final-stage clinical trials after earlier trials deemed it effective and safe to use alongside other vaccines Source: SciDev.Net