The calendar of the annual Meetings and Courses
includes a course in RNA Structure and Function, traditionally held in Spring each year and a theoretical and practical course in Bioinformatics held regularly in Trieste, Italy in June.
A major meeting on "Frontiers in Cardiac and Vascular Regeneration" will be held in Trieste in May-June 2012 to launch the series of Conferences on topics of Molecular Medicine dedicated to the memory of Prof. Arturo Falaschi, founder and former Director-General of ICGEB.
7-10 February 2012
New Delhi, India
Symposium
"Antivirals for the Developing World"
Organisers: Shahid Jameel (ICGEB, New Delhi, India)
Ramesh Paranjape (National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India)
Cecilia Dayaraj (National Institute of Virology, Pune, India)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
H. S. Narayanan
ICGEB – New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi – 110067, India
Tel: +91-11-26742356
Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB New Delhi: 31 October 2011
20-24 February 2012
Mombasa, Kenya
Theoretical Course
"Molecular Medicine and Genomics in Africa"
Organisers: Muntaser E. Ibrahim (Institute of Endemic Diseases,
University of Khartoum, Sudan)
Christine Wasunna (Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya
Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Muntaser E. Ibrahim
Department of Molecular Biology
Institute of Endemic Diseases
University of Khartoum
Qasser Street
Khartoum, Sudan
Tel.: +249-183-793263
Fax: +249-183-793263
E-mail: mibrahim@iend.org
27 February - 1 March 2012
Trieste, Italy
Theoretical Course
“RNA Structure and Function''
Organiser: Glauco Tocchini-Valentini (Institute of Cell Biology/CNR, Rome, Italy)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste: 13 October 2011
12-16 March 2012
Concepción, Chile
ICGEB-Chile “International Course on Lignocellulosic Bioethanol”
Organiser: Jaime Rodriguez (Centro de Biotecnología, Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Jaime Rodriguez
Centro de Biotecnología
Universidad de Concepción
Casilla 160-C
Concepción, Chile
Tel.: +56-41-2203850
Fax: +56-41-227310
E-mail: jrodrig@udec.cl
12-21 March 2012
Merida, Mexico
Conference “Biotechnology Summit 2012”
Organiser: Susana Lozano-Muñiz (International Foundation for Biotechnology Research & Early Stimulation in the Culture of Health, Nutrition, Sport, Art, Science, Technology)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Susana Lozano-Muñiz
Universidad del Papaloapan
Circuito Central No. 200
Col Parque Industrial, Tuxtepec
Oaxaca, Mexico
Tel.: +2878759240 ext. 220
E-mail: susana_lozano@hotmail.com
24-31 March 2012
Cape Town, South Africa
"Nutrition and Disease: Biochemical and Molecular Insights"
Organiser: M. Iqbal Parker (ICGEB, Cape Town, South Africa)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Lee-Ann Pieters
ICGEB – Cape Town Component
Wernher and Beit Building (South)
UCT Campus
Anzio Road, Observatory 7925
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27-21-4066259
Fax: +27-21-4066060
E-mail: Lee-ann.Pieters@uct.ac.za
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Cape
Town: 31 November 2011
3-5 April 2012
Buenos Aires, Argentina
III ICGEB Workshop on Human RNA Viruses
Organisers: Andrea Gamarnik (Fundación Instituto Leloir-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Oscar Burrone and Alessandro Marcello (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Mrs Liliana Alonso
Fundación Instituto Leloir-CONICET
Av. Patricias Argentinas 435
(1405) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fax: +54-11-52387501
E-mail: lhalonso@leloir.org.ar
Deadline for receipt of applications: 31 December 2011
16-20 April 2012
Trieste, Italy
“Problem Formulation: A Strategic Approach to Risk Assessment of GMOs''
Organiser: Wendy Craig (Biosafety Unit, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste: 24 November 2011
21-25 May 2012
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Workshop “Biosafety of Genetically Engineered Crops: Best Practices from Laboratory to Farmer’s Fields”
Organisers: Saroopa Poornami Samaradivakara, Aruna Dharshan De Silva and Imesh De Silva (GENETECH, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Gelabalanage Anil Udayakantha Jayasekera (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Cholani Kumari Weebadde (Michigan State University, USA)
Amali Manori Ranasinghe (The National Science Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Adrian Mendis (Embassy of USA, Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Saroopa Poornami Samaradivakara
GENETECH
54 Kitulwatte Road
Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka
Tel.: +94-11-2696992, 5839553, 5840814
Fax: +94-11-2686137
E-mail: saroopa@genetechsrilanka.com
30 May - 2 June 2012
Trieste, Italy
The Arturo Falaschi Conference Series on Molecular Medicine
“Frontiers in Cardiac and Vascular Regeneration”
DATE EXTENDED FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
15 APRIL 2012
Programme now available
Organiser: Mauro Giacca (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Mauro Giacca
Director, ICGEB Trieste Component
Padriciano, 99
34149 Trieste, Italy
Phone: +39 040 375 7324
Fax: +39 040 375 7380
E-mail: giacca@icgeb.org
11-22 June 2012
Lugbe Abuja, Nigeria
Theoretical and Practical Course
“Basic Techniques of DNA
Isolation, Manipulation and Application”
Organisers: Bamidele O. Solomon and Oyekanmi Nashiru (National Biotechnology Development Agency – NABDA, Abuja, Nigeria)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Bamidele O. Solomon
National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA)
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway
Lugbe, P.M.B. 5118 Wuse
Abuja, Nigeria
Tel.: +234-8034049111
E-mail: bosconsult2009@gmail.com
25-30 June 2012
Trieste, Italy
Theoretical and Practical Course “Bioinformatics: Computer Methods in Molecular and Systems Biology''
Organiser: Sándor Pongor (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste: 19 January 2012
16-26 July 2012
Santiago, Chile
ICGEB-Chile Theoretical and Practical Course
“Advances in
Bioinformatics Tools for the Analysis of High-throughput Omics Data”
Organisers: Alejandro Maass and Mauricio González (Center for Mathematical Modeling & Center for Genome Regulation, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Alejandro Maass
Center for Mathematical Modeling & Center for Genome
Regulation
University of Chile
Blanco Encalada 2120, 7th Floor
Santiago, Chile
Tel.: +56-2-9784456
Fax: +56-2-6889705
E-mail: bioinfo2012@dim.uchile.cl
2-8 September 2012
Istambul, Turkey
Workshop “Bioinformatics Approaches for Analysis of High-throughput Biological Data”
Organisers: Hasan H. Otu (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey)
Luiz Fernando C. Zerbini (ICGEB, Cape Town, South Africa)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Hasan H. Otu
Istanbul Bilgi University
Department of Bioengineering
Santral Campus 34060 Eyup
Istanbul, Turkey
Telephone: +90-212-3117430
Fax: +90-212-6253086
E-mail: hasan.otu@bilgi.edu.tr
8-17 October 2012
New Delhi, India
Theoretical and Practical Course on “Molecular Techniques in Bioenergy”
Organisers: Syed Shams Yazdani and Shashi Kumar (ICGEB, New Delhi, India)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
H. S. Narayanan
ICGEB – New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi – 110067, India
Tel: +91-11-26742356
Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB New Delhi: 30 June 2012
15-19 October 2012
Cape Town, South Africa
“Non Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries”
Organiser: Luiz F. Zerbini (ICGEB, Cape Town, South Africa)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Luiz F. Zerbini
ICGEB – Cape Town Component
Wernher and Beit Building (South)
Anzio Road, Observatory 7925
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27-21-6507627
Fax: +27-21-4066060
E-mail: luiz.zerbini@uct.ac.za
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Cape Town: 30 June 2012
21-25 October 2012
Basra, Iraq
Course “Applications of Human Y-Chromosome and mtDNA in Forensic and Anthropological Investigations”
Organisers: Nadia Al-Zahery (Pavia University, Italy)
Adnan Issa Al-Badran and Salih E. Najim (Basra University, Iraq)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Nadia Al-Zahery
Department of Genetics and Microbiology
Pavia University
Via Ferrata 1
27100 Pavia, Italy
Tel.: +39-3886174699
Fax: +39-0382-528496
E-mail: nadia.alzahery@unipv.it
24-26 October 2012
Trieste, Italy
Theoretical and Practical Course
“Molecular Biology of Leishmania''
Organisers: Lawrence Banks (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Greg Matlashewski (McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste: 17 May 2012
29 October - 9 November 2012
New Delhi, India
Workshop on “Methods for Studying Protein-protein Interactions”
Organiser: Anand Ranganathan (ICGEB, New Delhi, India)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
H. S. Narayanan
ICGEB – New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi – 110067, India
Tel: +91-11-26742356
Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB New Delhi: 30 June 2012
14-18 November 2012
Doha, Qatar
Theoretical and Practical Course
“Detection of GMOs in Food and Agricultural Products”
Organisers: Masoud J. Al-Marri and Ameena A. Al-Malki (Biotechnology Center, Doha, Qatar)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Masoud J. Al-Marri
Director, Biotechnology Center
Ministry of Environment
P.O. Box 200022
Doha, Qatar
Tel.: +974-55082211
Fax: +974-44688458
E-mail: mjmmarri@moe.gov.qa
22-23 November 2012 - REVISED DATES
Trieste, Italy
“4th ICGEB Alumni Meeting''
Organiser:Oscar Burrone (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Elisabetta Lippolis
ICGEB Conferences Unit
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757332
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: lippolis@icgeb.org
