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COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Updates from ICGEB New Delhi and Cape Town
Recent studies at ICGEB New Delhi in the battle against Covid19 are leading to further exploration of experimental validation and therapeutic possibilities and have been submitted for funding to BIRAC under a call to fight the pandemic.
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UNIBE and ICGEB sign Agreement to Conduct COVID-19 Research
The ICGEB has signed a cooperation agreement with the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) of the Dominican Republic to promote bilateral collaboration.
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ICGEB China partners donate Covid19 detection testing kits
In another significant gesture of solidarity and partnership, ICGEB has received 1000 Real-time fluorescent RT-PCR kits for detecting Covid19 in donation from its collaborating institutes in China.
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ICGEB Alumnae: where are they now?
Meet some of ICGEB’s prominent alumnae; where are they now? Our Fellowships have helped launch careers across Life Sciences industries throughout the world.
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Covid19 Research – updates from India
“Despite the high population density, India has one of the lowest infection and death rates of Covid19 cases.”
Updates from Dinakar Salunke, Director, ICGEB New Delhi
ICGEB Activities in the Covid19 Crisis
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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ICGEB and UN Office for South-South Cooperation partnership launched
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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ICGEB and UNOSSC unite for scientific cooperation across the life sciences
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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Chinese partners donate 20,000 protective face masks
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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Dr. Francesco Loffredo, Molecular Cardiology Unit, on Covid-19 from the front line
“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.”
Francesco Loffredo joined the ICGEB to head the Molecular Cardiology Group in 2015. He is currently both Visiting Scientist, Molecular Cardiology Unit, ICGEB, Trieste, and Professor of Applied Medical Sciences, Università della Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy.
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ICGEB eLearning provides training during COVID-19 pandemic
The ICGEB eLearning portfolio provides training on Biosafety and
Biosecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.