This past weekend, ICGEB Cape Town participated in the launch of South Africa National Science Week (NSW) 2022, at Mangosuthu University of Technology , in Durban, South Africa.
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From the Director-General
This month ICGEB Director-General, Dr. Lawrence Banks writes on his recent participation in the UN ECOSOC High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York and other initiatives championing for Basic Research.
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Arturo Falaschi Conferences return to Trieste
The most recent edition of the Arturo Falaschi Conference was a great success, providing the opportunity for major experts from around the world to meet and discuss latest findings on DNA replication and maintenance.
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ICGEB Alumna Francesca Storici at ICGEB Trieste
ICGEB Alumna Francesca Storici is a multi-awarded HHMI Faculty Scholar, GRA Distinguished Cancer Scientist and Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA. In Trieste in July to attend the Arturo Falaschi Conference, she spoke to us about her research and about her time as PhD student at ICGEB.
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BIOTECHNET opportunities for researchers from Djibouti and Ethiopia
The BIOTECHNET – Enhancing biotechnology know-how in the Horn of Africa project, supported by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), has currently three calls open for researchers from Djibouti and Ethiopia.
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COVID-19+ project welcomes new reference laboratories in Africa
Six new laboratories in as many countries in Africa have joined the network to test the RT-LAMP technology to detect SARS-CoV-2. These laboratories joined a network of other four laboratories that first started this study in 2020.
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EMPOWER fellows’ stories – Najneen Rejwana
Najneen Rejwana is from Bangladesh. She is one of the fellows awarded with the EMPOWER project of UNOSSC. She visited Trieste from the New Delhi ICGEB component, on the occasion of the Arturo Falaschi conference in July. Here is her story.
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ICGEB 27th Annual Symposium at the Trieste MIB School of Management
This year the ICGEB held its 27th Symposium: the annual event bringing together all our students, scientists and researchers to present their latest results, network, and interact across all disciplines.
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Results of the COVID-19 cooperation with Moldova presented at the project final conference in Trieste
The final conference of the cooperation project with the Republic of Moldova entitled “Strengthening epidemiological surveillance capacity to address COVID-19 and other epidemics” took place on 7 July 2022 in Trieste, hosted by the 27th ICGEB Symposium.
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ICGEB hosts STDF Project Technical Working Group Meeting
From 23-24 June 2022, the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the project, Enhancing Trade Through Regulatory Harmonisation and Biopesticide Based Residue Mitigation in the SADC Region, which is funded by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), and implemented by the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), met in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Italy – ICGEB Host Agreement enters into force
The Host country agreement confirming the establishment of the seat of the ICGEB, signed in Rome, Italy, 21 June 2021 by Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and ICGEB Director-General, Lawrence Banks, entered into force on 16 June 2022.
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Celebrating South Africa Youth Day
On the occasion of South Africa’s Youth Day, 16 June 2022, we celebrate South Africa’s youth and the future scientists and researchers.
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