Stanford University scientists and Elsevier BV (Scopus) have released an update on the top 2% of most-cited scientists in their discipline.
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From the Director-General
This month, Lawrence Banks, writes from Cape Town, South Africa, where, following the session of the Council of Scientific Advisers, a team set out on a tour of Universities in Limpopo, Venda, and Walter Sisulu (Eastern Cape).
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ICGEB Regulatory Science Group policy brief for G20 engagement – and the example of Golden Rice
The Regulatory Science Group has provided policy recommendations to harness the full potential of digital sequence information and digital technologies to promply provide innovative foods.
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Vittorio Venturi for FAO: Green development of seed industries vital for feeding the world’s growing population
Vittorio Venturi co-chairs a session at the FAO Global Conference on Green Development of Seed Industries.
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ICGEB signs MoU with University of KwaZulu-Natal
Cape Town, October 27th, 2021 – ICGEB Director-General,Lawrence Banks sign an agreement with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, enabling partnerships with local companies to develop advanced biotherapeutics.
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“ICGEB for COVID-19: enable locally to recover globally” Virtual Symposium
The ICGEB symposium on COVID19 highlights ICGEB activities related to COVID-19 and feedback on how to cooperate against future challenges – playlist now available
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PACTs Programme for Least Developed Countries – Call for North-South Training extended
The UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries, TWAS and ICGEB offer early-career scientists from the 46 least developed countries (LDCs), aged 45 or under, exchange visits of up to 6-months at the ICGEB laboratories in Trieste (Italy), New Delhi (India) and Cape Town (South Africa).
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Celebrating UN Day
24 October 2021: On UN Day – and UN World Development Information day – we remember our noble and our Nobel origins – with Prof. Arturo Falaschi and Prof. Rita Levi Montalcini in 1983, championing Biotechnology and the foundation of our Organisation that stands today as a legacy to Science and International Cooperation.
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“Curing a Broken Heart” with INCardio, an Italy-Austria Interreg collaboration
October 7, 2021 – INCardio public event on innovative therapies to fight cardiovascular diseases
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Dr. Lara Donaldson selected as a Fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Programme
Dr. Lara Donaldson, ICGEB Cape Town Plant Systems Biology Group Leader has been selected as a Fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Programme 2021.
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Scientific team discovers protein that protects the cellular nucleus from Alzheimer’s disease
Looking at the nucleus of cells to understand Alzheimer’s disease. A group of Italian scientists coordinated by Giannino Del Sal has identified a protein, PIN1, which protects the cell nucleus from malformations. The findings have just been published in Cell Reports.
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Workshop on epidemiological surveillance capacity to address COVID-19 and other epidemics
ICGEB Trieste and Nicolae Testemitanu State University have organised a 3-day workshop to strengthen the surveillance capacity to address COVID-19 and other epidemics in Moldova. The workshop will take place online from Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 September 2021.
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