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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.

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.

In the context of the Italian Association for Research on Cancer AIRC’s national campaigns, communication initiatives within the Region, and the scientific publications generated by researchers, AIRC members met with PIs from the ICGEB and visited the laboratories where the AIRC-funded projects are pursued.

The China Medical City (CMC) science park in Taizhou is the location of an aspiring Regional Research Centre of the ICGEB. Over recent months delegations have visited Trieste and New Delhi.

Hashim Ali, member of the Molecular Medicine Group at ICGEB Trieste, together with long-term collaborators of the laboratory publish their latest finding on HIV-1 infection – and the future looks bright.

On 19 January 2019, the Government of Zimbabwe acceded to the ICGEB Statutes to become a Full Member State.

Federica Benvenuti, Cellular Immunology Group Leader and her team receive five-year funding from the Italian Associaton for Research on Cancer AIRC.

Alessandro Marcello and the Laboratory of Molecular Virology in Trieste are one of six partners in the Horizon2020 consortium of the European Union seeking a CURE for HIV/AIDS.

In a recent study, the Molecular Virology Group uncovers a critical step to purge latently infected cells that constitute the major barrier to a cure for HIV-1 infection.

Prof. Chunli Bai headed a delegation comprising the Director-General and Deputy D-G of the Bureau of International Cooperation and the Deputy Director of International Organization Programmes of CAS.