ICGEB Newsletter July 2021

July 2021, ISSUE #12

ICGEB in the news

Fellowship opportunities for the Global South, burgeoning partnerships across Italy, Africa, and South America, and recent, breaking research in structural biology from India. We present the video on "COVID19: Establishing rapid laboratory diagnostics programs in LMICs"- an ICGEB-coordinated project implemented in partnership with reference testing laboratories in Africa.

From the Director-General
The world continues to battle the pandemic, and with us witnessing improvements for our colleagues in India but a very concerning deterioration in South Africa, we continue to remember the critical role science is playing in overcoming the current crisis. Fellowship Programmes and partnerships are progressing, important projects are coming to fruition across Africa with the support of New England Biolabs and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Through our research, we continue to work for Sustainable Development.
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Meetings and Courses
Flow cytometry from basic principles to advanced applications - online event 28-30 Sept 2021. Apply now
ICGEB for COVID-19 enable locally to recover globally - online symposium, 25-26 Oct 2021. Apply now

Fellowships
Calls for PACTs Fellowships for Least Developed Countries (South-North / South-South mobility), with the UNTechnology Bank and TWAS are now open.
Closing date: 31 August 2021
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Our Partners
ICGEB partners with the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) to lauch the EMPOWER Fellowship Programme to promote, support and share success stories of women scientists from the Global South.
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Opportunities
Dr. Stefano Cacciatore has recently commenced a new position at ICGEB Cape Town as Programme Officer to head the Bioinformatics Unit.
For opportunities to work with us:
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Off the press

Findings on promoter DNA recognition
Published in Nucleic Acids Res in May 2021, N. Sarovar Bhavesh and collaborators in India provide data to understand the general mechanism of protein-DNA interactions - work likely to aid in designing future anti-gene therapies.
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Italy - ICGEB Host Agreement
Deputy Minister Manlio Di Stefano, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and ICGEB Director-General, Lawrence Banks, have signed the Host country agreement confirming the seat of the Organisation.
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New laboratories for the development of Biosimilars
Inaugurated on 14 May 2021, the new Biotechnology Development laboratories at ICGEB Trieste include 15 clean rooms equipped with latest generation pharma-compliant equipment.
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