The ICGEB and UNESCO – through The World Academy of Sciences TWAS, in Italy – sign an agreement to strengthen their common actions and to build capacity in biotechnology and related fields.
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Stories
Nature Communications: Dhiraj Kumar latest study on overcoming major hurdles in tuberculosis control
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) continues to infect, cause illness (tuberculosis) and kill a large number of individuals globally. Among numerous factors that thwart any tuberculosis control program, lack of an effective vaccine and long duration of treatment are the two most critical.
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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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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 launches COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Resource Platform
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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International Summit on Women in STEM
January 2020: “Visualizing the Future: New Skylines” – the Department of Biotechnology DBT, Government of India and ICGEB New Delhi organised an International Summit on Women in STEM.
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Manu Prakash, inventor of Foldscope, with ICGEB Cape Town
On 26 February 2020, ICGEB’s Mariet Wium, Dada Temilola and Nathan Kieswetter joined Manu Prakash – inventor of Foldscope – and researchers from the University of Cape Town and North West University at Spine Road High School in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town, to run a Foldscope workshop.
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ICGEB Alumni come of age
Thirty years down the line, the success and impact of the ICGEB funding programmes – CRP Grants and Fellowships – are becoming increasingly apparent.
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Biotech Development at ICGEB – testimonials from our Member States
Natasa Skoko heads Biotechnology Development at ICGEB Trieste. Here, she presents feedback from technology transfer training for the production of biotherapeutic products undertaken in her lab, underpinning the great opportunity offered to our Member States.
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LaserNET Project – First patients treated with laser therapy in Serbian hospitals
LaserNET is an ICGEB project funded by the FVG Region and headed by Cardiovascular Biology Group Leader, Serena Zacchigna. It promotes the use of laser therapy in adult and pediatric cancer patients in Serbia to treat oral and skin lesions induced by chemo- and radiotherapy.
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Manipulating the immune system to defeat cancer
Federica Benvenuti, ICGEB Cellular Immunology Group Leader, was invited speaker at the XVII International Congress NIBIT (“Network Italiano per la Bioterapia dei Tumori”), in Verona, Italy held from 11-13 October 2019.
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