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Last December, no one thought that Covid19 would be a major global crisis. By late January however, the picture was beginning to change and ICGEB scientists had the foresight to recognise the danger looming and began to prepare for research on coronaviruses. Whilst research labs all over the world are in lockdown, ICGEB research activities related to Covid19 remain active.
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Jorge Chediek, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and Lawrence Banks, ICGEB Director-General today signed the Memorandum of Understanding to launch joint collaboration promoting South-South and triangular cooperation in the field of the science, technology, and innovation.
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Joint Editorial by Lawrence Banks, Director-General of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB); and Jorge Chediek, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), and Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation.
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At the end of April 2020, ICGEB received a consignment of protective masks from its Chinese partners in Beijing and Taizhou, for distribution via the local health authorities in Trieste.
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“This situation makes me appreciate both my role as a medical doctor, and as a scientist, but above all the mission and dedication to cure people.”
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The ICGEB eLearning portfolio provides training on Biosafety and
Biosecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How can ICGEB CRP Grants and Short-term Fellowships make a long-lasting impact in a Member State with geopolitical difficulties? Dr. Bamidelesoji (Soji) Oderinde from the WHO Polio reference Laboratory in Maiduguri, Nigeria visited the Molecular Virology lab for three months as Short-term fellow.
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ICGEB is very pleased and excited to announce the signing of a three-way Cooperation Agreement with the Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (MINCYT) of Argentina, and the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI), based in Buenos Aires.
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The ICGEB has launched an online, Open Access Covid-19/SARS-CoV-2 Resource Platform to provide Resources, Tools and Know-how to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19, free of charge, to its Member States
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Working with communications partner STDaily, one of the major news networks in P.R. China, the work being undertaken by the Marcello Team and colleagues in Trieste in the battle against coronavirus has been published today.
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Alessandro Marcello, Group Leader, Molecular Virology lab, together with a task force team established by the Region, has reached a first, major goal in the battle against coronavirus.
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In a recent paper by Shireesh Srivastava, Group Leader, System Biology for Biofuel, his team has successfully engineered a marine cyanobacterium to increase growth and glycogen (sugar) production in a simple medium.
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