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31 / 08 / 2024

Three young Latvian scientists are granted Baltic Women in Science fel...

Three young Latvian scientists Dr. chem. Daniela Godiņa, Dr. phil. Anne Sauka and Mg. Līga Ignatāne are announced the winners of the “Women in Science Baltic Fellowship” contest launched this year by the Latvian Academy of Sciences and Latvian National Commiss...

24 / 04 / 2024

The President of Latvia meets with the leadership of the Latvian Acade...

On 22 April, President Edgars Rinkēvičs met with the President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Ivars Kalviņš, and Secretary-General Baiba Rivža at the Riga Castle. The meeting was held to discuss the current work priorities of the Academy. The President of...

19 / 04 / 2024

LAS Grand Medal 2024 awarded to Maija Dambrova and Kristiāna Ābele

On 16 April 2024, the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) decided on awarding the LAS Grand Medal 2024 to Dr. pharm. Maija Dambrova and Dr. art. Kristiāna Ābele.      [pdf./in Latvian] Dr. pharm. Maija Dambrova The Grand Medal 2024 o...

14 / 04 / 2024

The English edition of the “LAS YEARBOOK” published

In April, the “Latvian Academy of Sciences YEARBOOK 2024”, prepared by a group of authors, was published in English. This is already the fifth publication, which has been created in accordance with a different concept to the traditional yearbook or activity re...

09 / 04 / 2024

Alliance4Life members are committed to bridge the innovation gap in CE...

On 18th of March 2024, representatives of twelve Alliance4Life member institutions gathered in Brno to kick-off the new EU funded project A4L_BRIDGE. The four-year project will enable the partners to implement 16 work packages focusing on modernisation of care...

20 / 03 / 2024

LAS General Meeting to convene on 4 April 2024

The regular Spring General Meeting of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) will convene on Thursday, April 4, 2024, starting at 2PM. Conferring of the LAS Grand Medal 2023 and congratulation of the laureates of the academic awards are on the agenda of the mee...

26 / 01 / 2024

At the Right Place and Time: A4L Trigger Event in Latvia Sparks Discus...

The Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS), a key player in Latvia’s scientific landscape and a proud member of the Alliance4Life (A4L) consortium, initiated a discussion on scientific community’s opinion in shaping the new European Union (EU) Fram...

10 / 01 / 2024

Winners of the annual Science Achievements’ Competition 2023 announced

The Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) has announced winners of the annual Science Achievements’ Competition - top ten achievements were selected from 49 eligible proposals that were submitted for evaluation. Traditionally the achievements in science are divide...

22 / 12 / 2023

Season's Greetings!

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18 / 12 / 2023

Diploma awarding ceremony for the newly elected members of the LAS

Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at at 15.00 PM the diploma awarding ceremony will be held for the new members elected at the autumn General meeting of the Latvian Academy of Sciences this year. Among them the Academy welcomes two new foreign members: Rotraut Merkl...

22 / 11 / 2023

Latvian Academy of Sciences Grand Medal 2023 awarded to the biologist...

The laureates of the 2023 Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) Grand Medal, according to the decision of the LAS Senate of March 21, 2023, are Dr.med.vet. Aivars Bērziņš, full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, and Ph.D. Pauls Stradiņš, LAS fore...

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