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IPSO Website Under Reconstruction

IPSO's website is under intensive reconstruction. New Graphics and contents will be introduced during summer 2008.
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Freedom of Movement Statement

The following statement was issued by IPSO’s International Scientific Council in November 2006, calling for freedom of movement for Palestinian academics and students. Read the statement

Research Funding Status

Following the completion of the extensive review process of 62 proposals submitted in response to IPSO's 1st Call for Proposals in 2004, funding has so far been secured for the following joint research projects:

  1. Genetics & agronomic analysis of high & low temperature stress in chickpea (Agriculture)
  2. Human cytomegalovirus assembly & trafficking: targets for novel antiviral drugs (Medicine)
  3. Polymorphism of GPIIB / IIIA and vascular disorders (Bio-Medicine)
  4. Targeting MBP in BCR/ACL against Philadelphia Chromosome & Leukemia (Medicinal Chemistry)
  5. Memory and Space in Palestinian Cinema (Humanities)
  6. Disposal and management of waste sites for pesticides in the Palestinian Authority (Environment)
  7. Consanguinity and congenital heart disease in Palestinian children (Genetics)
  8. Electrical transport in single molecules upon stretching (Nanotechnology)
  9. The roots of violence: the agriculture revolution, dominance & aggression (Anthropology)

Call to UK Government

IPSO’s International Scientific Council (ISC) endorses Sari Nusseibeh’s call to the UK Government, June 2007 Read the statement