July 2024: A study was launched to investigate the presence and prevalence of arboviruses across nine African partner countries in the EXPANDIA project.
Read MoreApril 2, 2025
Latest updates
April 2, 2025
The Future of Biotech Governance: ICGEB and the Spirit of Asilomar
ICGEB at the 50th anniversary of the international meeting on recombinant DNA molecules, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California: promoting international collaboration in biotechnology and safe and accessible scientific progress.
Read MoreMarch 27, 2025
Italian Ministry of University and Research funds project with Serbia
Project EPIC: Developing a biotechnology platform for the preparation of innovative cancer vaccines.
Read MoreMarch 27, 2025
ICGEB and DUT partner for Bioinformatics Workshop in South Africa
ICGEB Cape Town and Durban University of Technology host Computational and Systems Biology Workshop in Durban.
Read MoreMarch 26, 2025
Focus on Tuberculosis
ICGEB Scientists research Rare Diseases, raising awareness and generating change for the 300 million people living with rare diseases, worldwide.
Read MoreMarch 7, 2025
Supporting scientists from Historically Disadvantaged Institutes
Mashudu Nemukula from Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) in Pretoria, South Africa, is undertaking a Fellowship in New Delhi’s Transcription Regulation Group, as part of the ICGEB Special Programme with South African HDIs.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2025
Science Highlights
Featuring scientific awards received and a cross-section of recent scientific publications by ICGEB research groups.
Read MoreMarch 4, 2025
Science Outreach with Katalin Karikó
Science communication networks can lead to the most amazing collaborations. This week, the presentation of the Asimov Prize in Trieste included Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó, an amazing opportunity for our ICGEB alumna, Giulia Felician.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2025
Cape Town champions Science Education
ICGEB Cape Town hosts a training workshop for AICAD on the Foldsope. Public engagement by ICGEB’s scientists and students reaches thousands of young people across three continents each year.
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2025
JAAS delegation from China visits Cape Town
Cape Town, 12 February 2025 – The ICGEB Biopesticides Group, led by Dr. Dennis Ndolo, hosted a delegation from the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), China. The visit focused on fostering collaboration between the two institutions.
Read MoreFebruary 27, 2025
ICGEB Fellowships in Pathogen Detection and Biosecurity
With the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the ICGEB offers early-career researchers from ICGEB Member States in Africa a six-month training opportunity at ICGEB laboratories in Italy, India, or South Africa.
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2025
DG meets with Rwanda Minister for Education
In February 2025, ICGEB Director-General Dr. Lawrence Banks was in Rwanda to discuss involvement in ICGEB activities with the Minister of Education.
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