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- ↑ UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences on Unesco website
- ↑ Laureates of the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences
- ↑ "Laureates | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ↑ Announcement of the laureates of UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences
- ↑ https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/innovation-genetic-technologies-rewarded-unesco-equatorial-guinea-international-prize