SOUTH African science’s power couple, University of KwaZulu-Natal professors Quarraisha and Salim "Slim" Abdool Karim are acclaimed by their peers as "pioneers of scientific philanthropy"."We seldom see such wonderful philanthropy in science in SA," says Prof Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC).In the past few months, decades of focused work by SA’s most renowned HIV/AIDS researchers have landed them the world’s most significant and richest scientific prizes. They have been added to the more than 20 major awards won since 2011 by researchers at the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in SA (Caprisa), where Slim is director and Quarraisha associate research director.In October last year, Quarraisha received the TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize from the World Academy of Sciences. "This is one of the world’s most prestigious science awards and it’s wonderful Quarraisha is the first woman ever to receive it," says Slim.In January Slim received the A...
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