 
“Week of Women in Sustainable Development” Commences on March 12
The second annual Gro Brundtland Week of Women in Sustainable Development will take place this March 12–17.
Inspired to facilitate interaction among women scientists, especially in the fields of public health and sustainable development, Gro Harlem Brundtland designated half of her Tang Prize Grant to National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) for the establishment of the event.
This year, five young female scientists (pictured above) will arrive in Taiwan for the week-long event, in which they will take part in discussion with female leaders in the field of public health.
On this list of leaders invited to speak is Regina Benjamin, former US Surgeon General, who will deliver a talk titled "Making a Difference." Fumiko Kasuga from Future Earth, Su-May Yu from Academia Sinica, and Kuo-Fong Ma from National Central University will also deliver talks on topics ranging from food production to earthquake disaster management.
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Tang Prize Laureates Lead Revolution in Genetic Editing
The 2017 Tang Prize Lecture at Experimental Biology will be held on Sunday April 23, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm, in Chicago, Illinois. Emmanuelle Charpentier, one of the developers of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing platform and Tang Prize laureate in Biopharmaceutical Science for 2016, will deliver her talk on "The bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 system: a game changer in genome engineering."
Charpentier, a French microbiologist, is well recognized as a world-leading expert in regulatory mechanisms underlying processes of infection and immunity in bacterial pathogens. She was awarded the Tang Prize jointly with Feng Zhang from MIT and her long-time colleague Jennifer Doudna from Berkeley. Her own role in CRISPR's development is the discovery that Cas9's activity requires trans-activating crRNA (tracrRNA).
Visit the Experimental Biology website (linked) for information on the venue and date.
Tang Prize Laureate to Speak at EB
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  Remembering a Visionary Figure in Energy
White roofing, appliance energy standards, building analysis programs and construction policies—in his over 40 years of work in energy, Arthur Rosenfeld has given the world a number of practical ways to use energy in smarter, more efficient ways.
Energy standards and technologies under Rosenfeld's auspices have kept per-capita energy use in California flat over the past 35-plus years, even while energy for the US overall has continued to climb.
"Art," as he is belovedly known among colleagues and students, passed away on January 27, 2017, at the age of 90.
The Tang Prize Foundation hereby remembers the life and legacy of Art Rosenfeld, a visionary in sustainable development.
Read more about the life and legacy of Arthur Rosenfeld
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  HS Students Gear Up for 2nd Tang Prize Innovation Program
Young people are fountains of new ideas and fresh ways of looking at the world, and that newness is something that must be continually encouraged and nurtured. This year, 2017, the Tang Prize will bring the Innovation in High Schools Competition back to campuses. The event will provide students with a platform where they can bring their bright young minds together to brainstorm plans directed at the four prize fields—Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceutical Science, Sinology, and Rule of Law.
Registration is open from today until May 31.
※Event Details (Chinese)
※Event Facebook Page
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  New Doc Series Takes Another Look at 2016 Tang Prize Recipients
Uncommon accomplishments grow out of equally uncommon lives. The 2016 Tang Prize laureates are no exception. Take a deeper look into the lives of the six 2016 laureates in four new documentaries.
In addition to the four features, the entire week of Tang Prize events, including the award ceremony, concert, and lecture series, is also available on YouTube. Visit the link below to access Tang Prize videos.
2016 Tang Prize documentary series
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  Tang Prize Spreads Awareness in International Conferences
After the first year of the prize, the Tang Prize touched down at strategic points all over the world to promote the core values of the prize and its four categories.
For the 2017 year, the Tang Prize will continue to create opportunities for education and awareness. Laureate in Biopharmaceutical Science Emmanuelle Charpentier will speak at the Experimental Biology Meeting on April 23 this year in Chicago. And in September (10-14), Feng Zhang will speak at the Federation of European Biochemical Societies Congress in Jerusalem, Israel.
Back on home soil, the prize will participate in the International Council for Science (ICSU) 32nd General Assembly, which will be held in Taipei from October 19 - 27.
See a full list of events below.
Keep track of the Tang Prize’s latest updates on its Facebook fan page.
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International Events
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Location
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4/22-26
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The Experimental Biology
EB 2017
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Chicago,
USA
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6/24-27
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AAS-in-Asia
2017 Annual Conference
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Seoul,
Korea
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9/6-7
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European Center of Sustainable
Development (ECSDEV)
2017 Conference
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Rome,
Italy
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9/10-14
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Federation of European
Biochemical Societies
2017 Annual Congress
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Jerusalem,
Israel
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10/19-27
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The 32nd International Council
for Science (ICSU)
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Taipei,
Taiwan
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11/6-17
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2017 UN Climate Change Conference
COP23
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Bonn,
Germany
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