Cape Town, South Africa – 18 May 2026 – The ICGEB, together with the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) of South Africa, opens the 32nd Session of its Board of Governors, bringing together representatives from 69 Member States to advance a shared vision: harnessing biotechnology as a transformative force for sustainable development across Africa.
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Known as Flufet, the project on Flow detection of viruses by graphene field effect transistor microarrays, received a boost in April 2026.
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ICGEB has delivered its latest international training course on pandemic preparedness and biosecurity, held from 4-8 May 2026 at its headquarters in Trieste, Italy.
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The April 2026 edition of the ICGEB-DCVMN Technology Transfer for Vaccine Manufacturing course has been concluded, further reinforcing global efforts to strengthen vaccine manufacturing capacity in low- and middle-income countries.
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Published in Science: an international study reveals how mechanical forces in cardiac tissue inhibit cancer cell proliferation
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From 21 to 22 April 2026, the thirty-second session of the ICGEB Council of Scientific Advisers (CSA) was held at the Trieste Component.
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A new wave of research is reshaping how biofertilisers and biostimulants are evaluated, beyond traditional yield measurements to focus on what really happens inside plants.
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The initiative aims at revitalizing and enhancing the large cardamom cultivation in the north-eastern state of Sikkim
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Dr. Dimitar Efremov, Molecular Hematology at ICGEB Trieste, is awarded a grant from CLL Global.
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Meetings were held this week in Panama to strengthen collaborations and joint activities with this long-standing Member State of the ICGEB.
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The ICGEB recently carried out an official visit to Morocco (6–9 April 2026), led by Director-General Dr. Lawrence Banks and accompanied by Prof. Vittorio Venturi, who also holds a position at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P).
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