Dr. Lawrence Banks, ICGEB Scientific Coordinator and Tumour Virology Group Leader, has been elected Director-General of the ICGEB at the 25th session of the Board of Governors in Trieste, on May 21, 2019.
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ICGEB Board of Governors – Science Talks
The 25th session of the ICGEB Board will take place in Trieste, Italy this May. Science Talks by Richard Roberts, Nobel laureate and Mariano Garcia-Blanco, members of the ICGEB Council of Scientific Advisers, and Mauro Giacca, ICGEB Director-General will be streamed live on Facebook on Wednesday, 22 May 2019 – from 2.30 p.m.
Genetic therapy heals damage caused by heart attack
Researchers from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and King’s College London, UK have found that therapy that can induce heart cells to regenerate after a heart attack.
New ICGEB Research Partnership Brings Top-Class Scientists to China to Tackle Biomedical Problems
Taizhou, 16 April 2019, the ICGEB and Chinese Scientific Committee hold meetings to finalise the establishment of the RRC in China.
ICGEB’s novel yeast strain increases ethanol production
A robust yeast strain that can produce up to 15.5% more ethanol when glucose or lignocellulose biomass – rice and wheat straw – is fermented has been isolated by researchers from the ICGEB-DBT Advanced Bioenergy Research
ICGEB at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy ASGCT, 22nd Annual Meeting
New Preclinical Data with collaborators from ICGEB and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported by Selecta Biosciences in Washington D.C.
ICGEB for Gender & Science, Technology and Innovation Initiatives
ICGEB features in the UN Interagency Task Team on STI for SDGs – to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls SDG5
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ICGEB Scientific Council reviews Trieste research
Fourteen members of the eminent ICGEB Council of Scientific Advisers are in Trieste this week to review the research headed by the Group Leaders.
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Students visit ICGEB as part of Interreg SUSGRAPE EU Regionally funded project
Researchers from the Bacteriology Lab, hosted students from the Technical Institute “Grazie Deledda” in Trieste, Italy, for a half-day workshop exploring the political, economic and scientific aspects of the Interreg Italia-Slovenija SUStainable GRAPEvine EU project, partnered by the lab.
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Host Country Agreement cements growing partnership between South Africa and the ICGEB
In March 2019, the signing ceremony cementing the Host Agreement between the Department of Science and Technology, Government of South Africa and the ICGEB took place at the Embassy of South Africa in Rome, Italy.
Republic of Moldova becomes 65th Member State of the ICGEB
On 6 March 2019, the Government of the Republic of Moldova acceded to the ICGEB Statutes to become the 65th Full Member State of the Organisation.
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Roche Prize for Research awarded to Cardiovascular Biology Group
Serena Zacchigna, Cardiovascular Biology Group Leader, ICGEB Trieste received the prize from the “Fondazione Roche” on behalf of Simone Vodret, member of the team in acknowledgement of research and innovation as the drivers of development in Italy and the key to improve quality of life.
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