7 April 2021: Published today in Nature, Researchers in London and Trieste discover the mechanism that leads to the fusion of cells infected with Sars-Cov-2 and a drug capable of blocking this process.
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ICGEB CRP Grant recipients for World Health Day 2021
On the occasion of World Health Day, 7 April 2021, we meet the scientists in ICGEB Member States who have received CRP Grants for their research into COVID-19.
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ICGEB Covid-19 Symposium
17 March 2021: One year into Covid-19, ICGEB Principal Investigators from Trieste, New Delhi, and Cape Town present their research and work in the field at the ICGEB Symposium.
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ICGEB included in OECD List of Multilateral Agencies
Better Polices for Better Lives. On 11 March 2021, ICGEB joined the OECD agencies supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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8 March 2021: International Women’s Day
A global day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, while also making a call to action for strengthening gender equality and accelerating women’s empowerment.
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From the Director-General
What an incredibly exciting time! Who would have thought that in under a year a whole range of vaccines against a new infectious agent would be rolled out across the world? This perfectly exemplifies the critical role that science plays in responding to the different challenges the world faces.
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Dhiraj Kumar receives S. Ramachandra – National Bioscience Award
ICGEB New Delhi Cellular Immunology Group Leader, Dhiraj Kumar, has been awarded the 2020-21 DBT, Government of India, S. Ramachandra-National Bioscience Award for Career Development.
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Telethon Foundation funds ICGEB research on rare genetic diseases
Two ICGEB research projects on rare genetic diseases have been funded under the 2020 Telethon Foundation call – giving hope for concrete responses to patients.
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ICGEB Cape Town publishes in Communications Biology – Nature
Luiz Zerbini, Cancer Genomics, Giuseppina Carbone and Carlo Catapano, Institute of Oncology Research (IOR) and Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), have published their latest findings on experimental models and patients with aggressive prostate cancer in Communications Biology.
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ICGEB Plant Systems Biology Group Leader joins Cape Town
Dr. Lara Donaldson has joined ICGEB Cape Town as Group Leader to head the “Plant Systems Biology” laboratory.
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ICGEB Strategic Plan 2020-2030 – Science for Development
ICGEB publishes its Strategic Plan – Science for Development – for the next decade.
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Alumni for Girls in STEM
International days are occasions to raise awareness on issues of major concern, to mobilise institutional will and resources to address global problems and to celebrate and reinforce the achievements of humanity.
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