Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com in the developed world: United States, England, and other nations of the European Union, Japan, Korea and more recently India and China. 3,4 International collaborative events enhance awareness to the latest development in Science & technology. Technology transfer & hands on experience of such technologies enhances overall scientifc experience. Exchange of personnel and interaction sessions amongst diverse group of scientist’s also likely favours’ tolerance for cultural differences among science peers. 5 I believe that we are at present poised to undergo a remarkable transformation and enrichment of collaborative activities. Expansion of internet based technologies and telecommunications is likely to bridge this gap further. At the forefront, a country in Africa, Ethiopia has recently pledged a US $ 40million investment to enhance its internet services. 6 Due to expanding mobile phone coverage, about 6billion people have access to mobile phones (> than 75% of World population). Hence internet and mobile based internet has increased the number of people connected to internet-with global connectivity (Source GSMA Mobile Economy). Although advancement of science and technology may be easily understood from such collaborations the benefts in terms of sociological and cultural aspects are probably less apparent. So far, the developing world lags behind in collaborative efforts. This needs to change in favour of developing countries particularly in Africa, South America and South East Asia. The author has experience of teaching both in the developed and developing nations (USA, India and Currently in Ethiopia). My interaction with scientifc personnel and students has allowed me to appreciate the beneft for such collaborations. The results of a small peer group study aimed at examining the impact of scientifc interactions on a global scale on different parameters is presented in Table 1 Below. Briefy a survey using volunteers at a private University in North India was conducted: Volunteers were asked to assess Four Collaboration advantages i. Technology transfer & Hands on experience, ii. Exchange of personnel & training iii. Awareness of Technology impact & iv. Bridging the linguistic and Cultural Gap for their individual merit. Among a volunteer pool of 50, respondents voted and the data was pooled and an impact factor was calculated. Impact factor indicates the percentage of volunteers that voted for a particular advantage as the most important aspect of cross border or international collaboration. For instance an impact factor of 0.3 indicates that about 30% of the volunteer voted for that collaboration advantage as the most signifcant advantage for collaboration to occur. Looking then at the data represented in Table 1 below, it appears that most volunteers considered 1 & 2 as equally important with 4 being the least signifcant. In addition it appears from this pilot study that volunteers representing students from a Biology class were aware of international collaborative efforts and its potential. *Impact factor was determined by conducting a survey in a private Indian University for the importance or impact of Advantage listed above. The impact factor represents the rounded off percentage from about 50 respondents to the survey. In Table 1 above we list a small number of advantages and their impact determined by a survey based method. There was less awareness of Culture and Linguistic issues facing personnel engaged in collaborative efforts. Developing countries lacking infrastructure and laboratory resources stand to gain a lot in these areas. Interestingly most developing regions exhibit tremendous biodiversity (Africa, South America and Central and South East Asia in particular). Many unique and medicinally important plants have been identifed here and their biological characterization can beneft from collaborations between the developed countries (Europe Americas and Asia) and the developing world (Africa and South East Asia). A study by Victor Kuete and Thomas Efferth J Investig Genomics. 2015;2(5):96‒97. 96 © 2015 Malhotra. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and build upon your work non-commercially. International collaborations in research to be a mainstay of modern research–a huge impact at enhancing research and awareness in the developing world Volume 2 Issue 5 - 2015 Sonal Malhotra Department of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia Correspondence: Sonal Malhotra, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Email sonalmalhotra07@gmail.com Received: December 31, 2014 | Published: October 12, 2015 Journal of Investigative Genomics News Open Access News Biological systems have a complex nature. Studies on biological systems or research have evolved to be multidisciplinary in nature. Modern technologies from diverse felds have converged to address scientifc problems in biology. Collaborative research arose through vision of scientists who realise the complexity of biological systems. Today diverse research groups collaborate to understand these complex biological systems. This news section examines the merits of such collaborative research and emphasizes expansion of this concept. Already international collaborations are evident as indicated in footer section of this article. 1,2 This short article hopes to highlight some of the advantages and potential of such collaborations. So far, a large proportion of collaborations are confned to science powerhouses