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on Wednesday morning. From
among the subjects discussed
in this round of meetings
were investigating the role of
women Muslim scientists in
the development of science
and technology, removing the
obstacles and recognizing
the ways to strengthen the
collaborations of women in
improving the health conditions
of the communities.
Rasoul Dinarvand, the Member
of the Board of Directors of
Mustafa Foundation, introduced
the Nano Research Center
of the Faculty of Pharmacy of
the University of Tehran and
said, “This center was first
established virtually based on
a public budget in 2004 and no
concrete buildings or equipment
were allocated to that.”
Dinarvand enumerated the
most important objective
of this center as education,
interdisciplinary research,
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Technology Exchange
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Hosted by the University of Karachi,
Pakistan;
The 5th Science and
Technology Exchange Program
in the Islamic Countries was
held with the attendance
of Muslim and non-Muslim
scientists residing in the Islamic molecular medicine. And until
countries in the International
Center for Chemical and
Biological Sciences (ICCBS)
of the University of Karachi,
Pakistan in the sub-branches of
contagious and non-contagious
diseases and with the subject
of prevention, diagnosis and
treatment from Feb. 27th to Mar. Counselor of Women’s Affairs
2nd 2019.
As reported by the Public
Relations Dept. of Pardis
Technology Park, the opening
ceremony of this meeting
was held with the presence of
Rasoul Dinarvand, the Member
of the Board of Directors of
Mustafa Foundation, Zeinab
Hamidzadeh, the Counselor
of Women’s Affairs of the Vice-
Presidency for Science and
Technology, and a many other
scientific authorities of Pakistan
added, “The budget allocated
to this center is only to be spent
on researches in the fields of
Nanoparticles engineering,
stem cells, cell culture and
now, three companies have
been sub-branched from this
center and one clean room
has been established in the
center by the private sector in
order to perform specialized
experiments.”
Zeinab Hamidzadeh, the
of the Vice-Presidency for
Science and Technology, who
was also in Pakistan for this
round of meetings, referred
to the significant role of
women in the production and
commercialization of knowledge
and said, “Right now some
20% of the knowledge-based
companies are established or
administered by women.”
Underlining the creation
of equal opportunities for
the scientists active in
different fields of knowledge, the scientists of the Islamic world, Professor Jackie Ying
management and politics, countries were among the mentioned that, “Women must
Hamidzadeh said, “The activities carried out in the pass their academic studies
statistics show that there 5th Science and Technology earlier because of their living
exist outstanding differences Exchange Program (STEP), and issues and their role as a
between men and women in the scholars offered their most mother. So, if you want to
higher education as well as recent research achievements in succeed, you have to practice
the research centers and the different fields of health such as hard like the musicians and the
presence of women in these nano and biological sciences. athletes.”
centers.”
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Nourbakhsh, the managing of Mustafa Foundation Hassan Azazi, the Professor
director of one of the Iranian In this regard, Jackie Ying, the of the American University
knowledge-based companies, winner of Mustafa Prize 2015, of Cairo and the head of the
announced that 65,000-dollar explained about the Nano- knowledge-based company of
grants are planned to be biology laboratory, which is Nano Ayber in Egypt expressed
submitted to the scholars of the administered by herself, and that they have been successful
Islamic countries in the form of said, “From among the recent in producing biodegradable
laboratory equipment and he achievements of this research nanofiber bandages with honey
further asserted that “In this center we can refer to the and bee venom extracts and he
round of STEP, those scientists production of Nano-Insulin for further added that “The world
who present proposals will be the diabetics and the design market for wounds will reach
taught the required training of diagnostic kits for viral and the amount of 11,500,000,000
courses and finally 10 scientists bacterial diseases such as Zika dollars until 2020.”
will be elected to be given virus and E-Colai bacteria. “ Azazi underlined the
65,000 dollars for the equipment Having referred to the fact importance of conducting
of the laboratory.” that the scientists of the world strategic interdisciplinary
Offering the latest achievements of Islam are able to exert researches and explained about
in treatment and diagnosis by a substantial effect on the the research capacities and