Never before has immunology been such a hot topic. With the coronavirus pandemic still taking its toll, the Online Science Days 2020 addressed this pressing topic with a session involving three renowned experts on immunology.
An Immunity Boost: Conversation With Three Nobel Laureates
Never before has immunology been such a hot topic. With the coronavirus pandemic still taking its toll, the Online Science Days 2020 addressed this pressing topic with a session involving three renowned experts on immunology.
Edvard Moser and Erwin Neher chat about their respective top-down and bottom-up approaches to understanding the brain, and how they envisage the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists marrying the two.
Sciathon Winner in “Capitalism after Corona”: Samar Abdelmageed
Winning Sciathon project team leader Samar Abdelmageed talks about the inspiration behind her project and what it was like to work remotely with bright minds from across the globe in an intense 48 hours.
Can science live up to its principles of having no boundaries or biases? And is our current level of international cooperation sufficient to deal with global crises? This was the focus of the Debate ‘International Scientific Collaboration’, the first debate at Online Science Days 2020 on Sunday 28 June.
They may not be tech billionaires or household names, but these Nobel Prize-awarded scientists made breakthroughs that underpin the digital devices connecting us all during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Wow Moment: Intersection of Science and Society
South Africa hosted the International Day at the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Himla Soodyall, Executive Officer of the Academy of Science of South Africa, gives a personal account of her week in Lindau.