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Rich Roberts on the Nobel Campaign Supporting GMOs and Golden Rice
Attending the 25th session of the ICGEB Board of Governors in Trieste, Italy from 21-22 May 2019, Sir Richard Roberts presents the Nobel Campaign supporting GMOs and Golden Rice. Watch his presentation here.
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ICGEB Annual Report 2018
Preview and download the latest Annual Report on the results of the past year: Scientific results from 46 laboratories across three Continents.
ICGEB-China International Fellowship Program (IFP) launched
The ICGEB-DIC-MOST International Fellowship Program (IFP) offers competitive Short-term Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists from the eligible ICGEB Member States wishing to pursue postgraduate research in China.
Who is the new Director-General?
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.
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.
Development of exon specific U1 snRNA-based therapy for Familiar Dysautonomia
Assist the development of effective safety and regulatory systems for the products of modern biotechnology in six SubSaharan African countries…
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.