The Science Bridge

Science has tremendous potential to improve our lives and bring people together. In this spirit, ‘The Science Bridge’ was launched to promote international life science collaboration and global harmony. Our current project focuses on the partnership between Western and *Eastern* neuroscience communities. We are supported by high-ranking institutions and more than 200 eminent scientists from around the world, including 29 Nobel Laureates.

*Eastern* include, for example, South Asia, South-East Asia, Middle-East, North Africa, Turkey, Iran. Our global mission, without borders, will be powered by the participation of all people, all cultures and all nations. Internationalization of science is an ideal platform to build trust between people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Therefore, to foster sustainable international scientific collaborations, our goal is to build the first pair of physical “Twin Institutes“, one in the West and another one in the East.

TSB is registered as a non-profit organization in Spain.

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Scientists cannot walk alone. Our individual knowledge is inextricably bound to the knowledge in the entire scientific world. Nobel-400x4001

Ryoji Noyori, President of RIKEN, Japan. (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001)  

The language of science is a natural bridge for scientists with different backgrounds and experiences to communicate and understand each other. But for the bridge to be meaningful, it is also necessary to be fully committed to the endeavor. In this spirit the researchers from different cultures and nations in the ‘Twin Institutes,’ an innovative concept proposed by The Science Bridge, could make important contributions both in the sciences and in human relations. Nobel-400x4001

Torsten N. Wiesel, The Rockefeller University, U.S.A. (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981)

In these trying times, I really feel that science is one of those areas that gives humanity some hope for a better future. ‘The Science Bridge’ is needed more than ever.

Huda Akil, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

During the ‘Islamic Golden Age’ (7th-14th century), the pursuit of knowledge by scientific collaboration was the driving force that united people of different faiths and cultures and led to major discoveries in all scientific fields that continue to serve humanity to this day. It later also gave birth to the ‘Age of Enlightenment’ in the West. By engaging different cultures and faiths within the ‘Twin Institutes’ concept, The Science Bridge initiative can pave the way to a new era in cross-cultural and international scientific collaboration. Once again, minds from across the world will have the opportunity to act as a united force to achieve breakthrough discoveries in the basic and applied sciences. I thus strongly support this noble initiative and am ready and willing to help to the best of my ability.

Abdulmonem Al-Hayani, King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia

I fully endorse your efforts with ‘The Science Bridge’ initiative. I wish you all the success in the world. Nobel-400x4001

Stanley Cohen, Washington University, U.S.A. (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986)

The development of individual contacts and linkages between Muslim and Western researchers is an excellent idea. Congratulations on this important initiative.

Sir Colin Blakemore, University of Oxford, UK

Science is an international enterprise, and there is no better way to increase understanding and friendship between the Muslim world and the West then through science. The idea of two research institutes, one in a Muslim country and the other in the West, each teaming with scientists from all over the world, is splendid. I am pleased to give this initiative my most enthusiastic endorsement.

John E. Dowling, Harvard University, U.S.A.

I feel that in a time where religious fundamentalism is growing both in the East and in the West, and where there is a danger that alternative beliefs and non-conformist philosophies are increasingly suppressed, science can be a neutral basis for communication and understanding. I strongly support The Science Bridge initiative, it promotes such understanding which is direly needed because the non-religious nature of science and its universal benefits allow everybody to participate. Nobel-400x4001

Thomas C. Südhof, Stanford University School of Medicine, U.S.A. (Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013)

Science and technology cooperation between cultures is a win-win activity. It reached its height during the golden age of Islamic civilization. I applaud the effort of The Science Bridge in reviving scientific collaboration.

Farouk El-Baz, Center for Remote Sensing Boston University, U.S.A.