CAS-TWAS Centres of Excellence

UNESCO-TWAS has six centres of excellence, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS): They offer a remarkable opportunity for researchers from the developing world to study, train and work in top Beijing-based laboratories

Watch the video to learn more about five of the six CAS-TWAS Centres of Excellence and some of the young scientists from around the world who have visited them.

 

Each of the six centres is based at existing institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

 

The CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence for Green Technology (CEGT)
is based at the CAS Institute of Process Engineering.

The CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology (CoEBio)
is based at the CAS Institute of Microbiology. (Also, download the first First Report on Biotechnology in Developing Countries)

The CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence for Climate and Environment Sciences (ICCES)
is hosted by the CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics.

The CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence for Water and Environment (CEWE)
is hosted by the CAS Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences.

The CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Disease (CEEID)

 

The CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence for Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (SDIM) 
hosted by the CAS Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth.

 

Related news:
CAS, TWAS open ambitious centres of excellence
Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (3-13 June 2014)
CAS-TWAS Centres: A world of excellence

 

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