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Hunt is ON for the first iGEM team from Pakistan

The International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) is the flagship student competition of the global synthetic biology community. First held at MIT in 2004, the competition brings together biology students from around the world every year in a global battle for the best synthetic biology ideas in Boston, USA. Student teams register in March and work […]

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Pakistani scientist Prof. Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari wins the 2015 UNESCO Avicenna Prize

Islamabad-A Pakistani scientist & scholar has won UNESCO award in science. The Secretary General of Pakistan Academy of Sciences and Chairman of Biotechnology Department at Quaid-i-Azam University, Prof. Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari is the laureate of 2015 UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science. Upon the recommendation of an independent International Jury of scholars and […]