ICGEB Cape Town partners with Droso4Nigeria through the donation of Foldscopes for school outreach activities across Nigeria.
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ICGEB School Outreach Programme resumes in South Africa
ICGEB Cape Town is delighted to resume its School Outreach Programme after a 2-year hiatus.
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ICGEB mission to Chile
The Director-General, Lawrence Banks and Chief, External Relations Marianna Maculan visited partner institutes in Member State Chile in April 2022.
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EU Health Award goes to CURIoSA science communication project
How important is science popularization? From the results achieved by the CURIoSA project, funded by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and conducted between 2019 and 2022 under the leadership of Prof. Serena Zacchigna – highly!
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ICGEB presents “The Science Goals”
Saturday, May 14, 2022, ICGEB presents the first episode of the documentary on Science for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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ICGEB mission to Turkey
The Director-General, Dr. Lawrence Banks and a delegation from the ICGEB Headquarters in Trieste, Italy visited Turkey in March 2022 to set the ground for an ICGEB RRC in Turkey.
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28th session of the CSA takes place in New Delhi, India
The Twenty-eighth session of the Council of Scientific Advisers (CSA) was held at the ICGEB New Delhi, India from 21-22 April 2022. The hybrid session was attended by all 14 global scientific leaders who currently serve on the Council.
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Awards for Outstanding CRP Grants 2021
Over the more than 30 years that ICGEB has been providing Funding opportunities through its CRP (Collaborative Research Programme) Grants, reviewers have singled out 1-2 outstanding proposals each year which are particularly worthy of recognition.
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Regenerating a damaged heart- becoming a reality
April 25, 2022 – Forcefield Therapeutics, a new biotechnology company, launched today following £5.5 commitment from Syncona, to develop pioneering, best-in-class therapeutics to protect heart function following acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
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ICGEB signs MoU with Stellenbosch University – South Africa
Cape Town, March 28th, 2022 – ICGEB Director-General, DrLawrence Banks signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Stellenbosch University, strengthening partnerships, collaborations and developing synergy in areas of mutual interest, for the benefit of South Africa and the Continent.
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COMSTECH – ICGEB Scientific Cooperation Programme
ICGEB visit to Kenya – hosting of second ICGEB Regional Research Centre
From 31 January – 4 February 2022, ICGEB Director-General Dr Lawrence Banks led an international Review and Assessment Committee conducting site visits to three shortlisted Kenyan Universities proposing to host an ICGEB Regional Research Centre (RRC) in Kenya. The RRC is envisaged to play a key role in serving Kenya and the East Africa region.
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