Trieste, the European city of Science 2020, will feature more than 150 events for “open knowledge, fair future”. ICGEB will be present at the activities listed and linked here.
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Recent scientific collaboration shows important implications for COVID-19 therapy
A recent scientific collaboration of the Molecular Virology Lab reveals that a physiological derivative of cholesterol blocks the COVID-19 virus, with important implications for COVID-19 therapy.
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ICGEB at the Bio Africa 2020 Convention
ICGEB at the 2020 Bio Africa Convention from 24-26 August. This year, the convention was a televised event, with the theme “Discover, Develop, Disseminate”.
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ICGEB Science & the City Young
Public conferences on new generation issues in Science; a popular communications model launched and developed by the ICGEB, proposes forthcoming events at the Teatro Miela, Trieste city centre, organised by Serena Zacchigna. Admission is free. The events will also be in live streaming and are in Italian.
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Indo-Italian Cooperation for COVID19 – Webinar – presentations available
Organised on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Ambassador to India, Vincenzo de Luca, and the Ambassador of India to Italy, Reenat Sandhu, the Webinar on Strategic Cooperation on COVID19 and Bilateral Funding Opportunities took place on 14 July 2020.
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Cancer Cell Signalling Group joins ICGEB Trieste labs
Prof. Giannino Del Sal has joined the ICGEB faculty as Visiting Scientist and Group Leader of the Cancer Cell Signalling Laboratory in Trieste, Italy.
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ICGEB 25th Annual Symposium – in Trieste this week
This year marks the 25th ICGEB Symposium: an annual event bringing together all our students, scientists, and researchers to present their latest results, to network and interact across all disciplines.
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ICGEB is the UN South-South Cooperation Partner of the Month
July 2020, ICGEB is featured on the United Nations South-South Galaxy as partner of the month: featuring our cooperation, good practices according to the Sustainable Development Goals and more.
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ICGEB bids farewell to Ananda Chakrabarty – former Member of the Scientific Council
Ananda Chakrabarty, Distinguished University Professor, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, passed on 10 July 2020.
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Virology Group Leader joins Cape Town
Dr. Georgia Schäfer will shortly join ICGEB Cape Town as Group Leader to head the “Virology – Emerging Viruses” laboratory.
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Lawrence Banks – Twelve months into his mandate
On the first anniversary of taking over as Director-General, Lawrence Banks take a moment to thank all for the amazing support and dedication shown during the last twelve months. “Despite the pandemic, there has been a major increase in the levels of communication and collaboration across our Organisation and our Member States.”
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ICGEB – Biosafety Group becomes Regulatory Science Group
The emergence of new biotechnologies, especially gene drives, genome editing and RNAi technologies, which result in a broader range of applications and which, by extension, help governments to attain a broader range of policy goals, has also resulted in increased requests for support.
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