“To support research and teaching in biophysics” The objectives of the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics are the advancement of education in the Science of Biophysics. In furtherance of this aim it may exercise the following powers: to organise international co-operation in Biophysics and to promote communication between the various branches of Biophysics…

“Optics & Photonics for a better World” The objective of the International Commission for Optics (ICO) is to contribute, on an international basis, to the progress of the science of optics and photonics and their applications. It emphasises the unity of the crossdisciplinary field of optics. Optics and photonics are defined as the fields of…

Director, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Chief Executive Officer, National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore

Minister of Higher Education, Science & Innovation, South Africa

Director-General, UNESCO

Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases-Christophe Mérieux, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

“An international, large-scale scientific collaboration intended to prove the viability of fusion as an energy source” In southern France, 35 nations are collaborating to build the world’s largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based on the same…