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Please see the article in which we give a brief report back from the ASSAf OJS Pilot Project – also available online at <a href="http://www.assaf.co.za/newsletter/?p=1329">http://www.assaf.co.za/newsletter/?p=1329</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Academy of Science of South Africa [mailto:communications=assaf.org.za@mail34.atl11.rsgsv.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Academy of Science of South Africa<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 30, 2016 12:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ina Smith <Ina@assaf.org.za><br><b>Subject:</b> ASSAf Newsletter, March 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#ACBDD7;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 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</span></em><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:teal'>Prof Mohamed Hassan, IAP Co-Chair, Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs Naledi Pandor, Prof Daya Reddy, President ASSAf. Prof Volker ter Meulen, IAP Co-Chair, Prof Roseanne Diab, Executive Officer ASSAf, Dr Heide Hackmann, Executive Director, ICSU.</span></em><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:teal'> </span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=2fbc1f95c3&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=100 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/c4bb3620-c099-4497-8205-ad4ba285632d.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=396 style='width:297.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Women in science subject of ASSAf report</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The inclusion and participation of women in science are addressed in a report that was launched by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) on 29 February 2016. The launch was part of the IAP Conference on Science Advice that was held at the Arabella Hotel, Hermanus, South Africa. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=e6e6a86f80&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/dc23467d-fb9e-4af4-8c52-fc7b2220b835.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Council elections </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Council elections will be taking place this year. The terms of office of many long-serving Council members have come to an end and they are required to step down. ASSAf Members will shortly be receiving a call to nominate candidates for Council membership. The newly elected Council will take office in October 2016. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/cee6f39a-7409-480f-87a8-4a9f2bfcdc57.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Institutional Review</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) institutional review is currently underway. Some 30 participants were invited to be interviewed by an independent review panel. The interviews took place from 28 February to 3 March 2016.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=5c49d54a3c&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=263 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/3b733c18-7a34-4382-9bd2-275cba8d4b23.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=263 style='width:197.25pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Young Academics Discuss Science Advice</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The South African Young Academy of Science of South Africa (SAYAS) and ASSAf jointly hosted a panel discussion on Young Academies and Science Advice on 3 March 2016 at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The theme of the discussion was “Youth Perspectives on Science Advice to Government”.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=17a6006f5c&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/df36ee90-3c90-4a32-be74-de2f9fc57919.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Bilateral with Benin</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Benin National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters on the occasion of the InterAcademy Partnership conference hosted by ASSAf in Hermanus in February 2016.<br><br></span><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:teal'>Profs Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou, Benin and Daya Reddy, ASSAf.</span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=79e84a1412&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/1e60b399-d28d-4f9d-b2e1-06dae402c69d.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf serves on IAP Executive </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) General Assembly held on 2 March 2016 following the IAP Conference on Science Advice in Hermanus, South Africa marked the end of Mohamed Hassan’s two terms as IAP Co-Chair. The IAP General Assembly elected Krishan Lal as the new Co-Chair representing developing countries.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=772f76c121&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/89a569ea-f02b-463c-952b-a79fac86c686.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ESASTAP 2020 launched</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The new ESASTAP 2020 project was launched in Cape Town on 25 and 26 February 2016.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=f4219c7870&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/7eab1d59-7c1b-49a5-9ab3-77def18bf1aa.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>InterAcademy Partnership Established</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Three renowned global networks of academies of science and medicine have merged to become the InterAcademy Partnership. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=7c366a78e1&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=331 id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/3095d85b-5cba-4e37-b91b-4ad5a3f6f1f0.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=175 style='width:131.25pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>G-Science Meeting held in Japan</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The G-Science academies meeting was hosted by the Science Council of Japan in Tokyo from 16 to 19 February 2016. <br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=bab12dd9cd&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1036" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/e24caca1-a4cf-4db1-a4f2-a06479f5ab66.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Members attend Gene Editing meeting in Washington DC</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Profs Himla Soodyall, Keymanthri Moodley and Michael Pepper attended the International Summit on Human Gene Editing that was held in Washington, DC from 1 - 3 December 2015.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=8a2ac72a34&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more </span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/69f4b487-2417-479e-b71e-14e20e437ac6.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf hosts Profs Christopher Matthews and Michelle Ramsay</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf hosted two prominent speakers for a lecture on chronic diseases. Professors Christopher Mathew and Michèle Ramsay presented a lecture entitled “Exploiting Large Population Cohorts to Capture Genomic and Environmental Determinants of Chronic Diseases” at the Medical School of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=f165ff9dc7&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Green technologies under the spotlight</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS) organised a one-day training workshop on the Status of Green Technologies in Ethiopia on 14 January 2016 at the Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=abb91314c4&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 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6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/041dbdf6-bf13-4549-b072-2eccdbee8432.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Workshop on Off-grid Energy for Rural Development</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) hosted a Workshop on Off-grid Energy for Rural Development in conjunction with the Smart Villages initiative on 28 February 2016.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=890e4eb333&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p 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style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Study on postgraduate engineering initiated</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has commissioned ASSAf to conduct a study on the status of postgraduate research training in engineering in South Africa, with a focus on doctoral studies.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><a 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0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1041" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/8b106cf6-d344-4fd0-a371-9188033f7da4.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Mathematics Symposium held in Stellenbosch</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>As part of the bilateral agreement between ASSAf and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the two academies, together with the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation, held a Mathematics Symposium from 9 to 11 March 2016 at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS).</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=e1a3800b58&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1042" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/700d5144-573d-4f41-9b4e-952307cf6b69.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Collaborative research in South Africa to be recognised</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Academy of Science of South Africa is undertaking a study to evaluate and recognise contributions of individuals in collaborative research in South Africa.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=59255af799&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>LAMAP-IBSE pilot project comes to an end</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Recommendations following the evaluation of the ASSAf pilot project on inquiry-based science education will see a different role for ASSAf in the future. </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=8669c5a531&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable 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style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>ASSAf Members in the News</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The diversity of its Membership, embracing the full disciplinary spectrum, enables ASSAf to focus on issues of a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral nature and to bring the strengths of a fully inclusive approach to bear on the issues of national and international concern. These Members achieve is their individual fields.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=86a0df695f&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=176 id="_x0000_i1045" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/82ae9d9e-b473-4471-b898-b5a54cec4c55.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Top young scientists selected for prestigious meeting</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has successfully nominated five top young scientists from South Africa to attend the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting later this year in Lindau, Germany.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=26e2015833&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=100 id="_x0000_i1046" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/d18f87f8-652d-4f06-a247-14767a33a8d6.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=396 style='width:297.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The ASLP to host workshop</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP), an initiative of the University of Pretoria and the Global Young Academy (GYA), supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation, and other major partners, will be hosting its second workshop at the University of Pretoria.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=19a26561b5&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><em><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Quest</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'> appoints new Editorial Board member</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>Prof Debra Meyer from the University of Johannesburg has been appointed as a Quest Editorial Board member and attended her first Editorial Board meeting in March 2016.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=2d2a7187ce&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span 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class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1048" 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style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>was showcased at the SciFest Africa 2016 in Grahamstown earlier this month. The theme, “A matter of time”, explored the creation, measurement, depiction, experience and (even) the end of time.<br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=10c70f29c5&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1049" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/0ee644fc-324c-4203-9f62-d10765335361.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>SAYAS appoints new bloggers</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) held its second national blogging competition for PhD students enrolled at South African universities. Since its launch in April 2015, the SAYAS blog has received over 3 000 views from 56 countries.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=262cead413&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 7.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" 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cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1050" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/d25fe0e5-1634-4d49-898d-1d5ae89cc305.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>South African Journal of Science adopts article-level metrics</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>The South African Journal of Science has reached another significant milestone in its e-publishing journey: article-level metrics are now provided for all articles online.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'><br><a href="http://sajs.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419&id=b5c47df6da&e=eba4c0770c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#6DC6DD'>Read more</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:whitesmoke;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 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style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=175 id="_x0000_i1051" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/fa4f4e31c8174bcd26fdbc419/images/29ea8ca6-da01-4be8-b2ff-12de1208e1d8.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=352 style='width:264.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal 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