The Hanoitimes - The annual Kovalevskaya awards 2012 honoring outstanding female scientists were presented at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 4. The Vietnamese Kovalevskaya Award Committee has decided to confer the 2012 Kovalevskaya Award prize winners' efforts to overcome all difficulties to pursue their scientific research, contributing to national construction and development through their initiatives and inventions. The 17-member staff of the Experimental Biology Center under the Technological Application Institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology received the award for numerous projects researching the production of nutritious supplement products from sea weeds and biological waste treatment solutions. The center was also successful in multiplying a number of valuable local medicinal plants. The individual prize went to Associate Professor, Dr Bach Khanh Hoa, former director of the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion for their great … [Read more...] about Female scientists win Kovalevskaya Award 2012
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Five Vietnamese female scientists win L’Oreal-UNESCO awards
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoai, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine under the Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Dr. Tran Thi Ngoc Dung, head of the Department for Environmentally Friendly Technology of the Institute of Environment Technology under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology won the L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science. Meanwhile, three young female scientists received the L’Oreal National Fellowship for Women in Science. They are Dr. Tran Phuong Thao from the Hanoi University of Pharmacy; Dr. Hoang Thi Dong Quy from the University of Science – Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City; and Dr. Nguyen Thi Le Thu from the University of Technology – Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. The awardees have made significant contributions to the health of the community by seeking new medicinal materials for the treatment of cancer and Alzheimer’sdisease, as well as studying new materials to produce smart silicon … [Read more...] about Five Vietnamese female scientists win L’Oreal-UNESCO awards
Female scientists bring light for patients
(VOVworld) – The Kovalevskaia Science Award 2014 was granted to an individual and a group of 16 female scientists led by Associate Professor Nguyen Thi Binh for their excellent achievements in applied science. The group, from the Hanoi Medical University and the Central Eye Hospital, was honored for their research into a new treatment method that uses stem cell technology to cure ocular surface damage. Nguyen Thi Binh's group started their research in 2004 with the aim of developing a new treatment method by raising epithelium from various sources of stem cells to cure ocular surface injuries. The method is unprecedented in Vietnam and is still under further research worldwide. Associate professor Nguyen Thi Binh representing the team said: "our study is considered the most advanced means to bring light to those with ocular surface damage. It is the latest form of treatment in Vietnam and seen as the last resort for patients who have undergone various operations and used … [Read more...] about Female scientists bring light for patients
Female scientist and new rice variety
VietNamNet Bridge - Using $9000 granted by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Professor Nguyen Thi Tram and her co-workers created a new rice species and sold it for VND10 billion (over $500,000). Professor Tram said she was very lucky to be instructed by late Professor Luong Dinh Cua (a famous researcher of genetics) when she was recruited to the Institute for Food Crops. She researched and created many new rice varieties, which were used widely in Vietnam, for instance NN-9, NN-10, NN-23. … [Read more...] about Female scientist and new rice variety
Vietnam’s female scientists receive highest honour
Photo for illustration. Source: giaoducsuckhoe.net The National Institute of Nutrition’s female staff and the environmentalist, Nguyen Thi Kim Chi, from the Hanoil University of Technology have won 2009’s Kovalevskaya Award, which is considered to be the highest honour for Vietnam’s female scientists. The award was announced just several days before International Women’s Day (March 8) in recognition of the female nutritionists’ effective contributions to public healthcare, and the female professor’s environmental protection work in heavily-polluted rural traditional craft villages. The institute’s 140-strong female staff includes four associate professors, 15 doctors of science and 31 masters of science. They have played a key role in the 28-year history of the national nutrition care centre through implementing 12 scientific research projects, in cooperation with their colleagues from Japan, the US, France, Holland and Sweden. They have … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s female scientists receive highest honour