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ICGEB on Bluesky: sharing science, action & collaboration in biotechnology, health, agriculture & sustainability. 🌍🧬
ICGEB on Bluesky: sharing science, action & collaboration in biotechnology, health, agriculture & sustainability. 🌍🧬
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ICGEB on Bluesky: sharing science, action & collaboration in biotechnology, health, agriculture & sustainability. 🌍🧬
ICGEB on Bluesky: sharing science, action & collaboration in biotechnology, health, agriculture & sustainability. 🌍🧬
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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🧬🌍 Investing in women scientists, strengthening global biotech

The ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme (SAWBP) Postdoctoral Fellowship is now open 🇿🇦✨

📍 Cape Town | 🌐 Mobility to ICGEB Trieste & New Delhi

📅 Call opens: 4 Feb 2026 | Closes: 15 Apr 2026

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🧬🌍 Investing in women scientists, strengthening global biotech The ICGEB South African Women in Biotechnology Programme (SAWBP) Postdoctoral Fellowship is now open 🇿🇦✨ 📍 Cape Town | 🌐 Mobility to ICGEB Trieste & New Delhi 📅 Call opens: 4 Feb 2026 | Closes: 15 Apr 2026 This fellowship supports outstanding South African women researchers in biotech & related fields, fostering excellence, mobility, and international collaboration across infectious diseases, NCDs, bioinformatics, plant systems biology, virology & biopesticides . 📣 Calling stakeholders in: 🎓 universities & research institutes 🧪 biotech & life-science hubs 🤝 funders, innovation agencies & science policymakers 🌍 partners committed to equity, mobility & global science Help us amplify this opportunity and reach the next generation of women leaders in biotechnology. #ICGEB #SAWBP #WomenInScience #PostdocFellowship #Biotechnology #GlobalScience #AfricaInScience #ResearchCareers
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Cross-border Cell Therapy Forum
📍Trieste, Italy 📅 18 Feb 2026
Italy 🇮🇹 Austria 🇦🇹 Slovenia 🇸🇮 to share best practices, boost technology transfer, and accelerate clinical impact.
👉 Register: shorturl.at/wObaT
#CellTherapy #BiomedicalInnovation #TechTransfer #Interreg #PROMOS
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🧬🚀 Cross-border Cell Therapy in action 📍 Trieste, Italy | 📅 18 Feb 2026 The Cross-border Cell Therapy Forum (#PROMOS) brings together Italy 🇮🇹 Austria 🇦🇹 Slovenia 🇸🇮 to share best practices, boost technology transfer, and accelerate clinical impact. 🤝 With partners including: ICGEB · Eurac Research · Medical University of Graz · FH Kärnten · Free University of Bozen-Bolzano · Lakeside Labs · Health Tech Hub 👉 Register now: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=39_RVRYcTUaRV16dZzfddHKgTAyId8xMjyyX_k0Z0VxUM1VZSTE5R0ZNR1lSSkpPRjE3NlFGOFpBMi4u #CellTherapy #BiomedicalInnovation #TechTransfer #Interreg #PROMOS #COHERENCE #Trieste
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Better harvests. Better futures. 🌱
With #ICGEB, #ItalianMinistryofForeignAffairs #MAECI, and #ArbaMinchUniversity, the B-INOC Project is supporting food security in Ethiopia and across Africa through bioinoculants.
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Better harvests. Better futures. 🌱 the B-INOC Project is supporting food security in Ethiopia and across Africa through bioinoculants.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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4 February is #WorldCancerDay
ICGEB for WorldCancerDay
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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#ICGEBalumna Dr. Laura Galbiati, Head of Peer Review Office
#AIRC #Foundation, Cancer Research Charity in Italy, reflects on how her #PhD in #Trieste shaped her professional path.
#scientifictraining #community✨

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#ICGEBalumna Dr. Laura Galbiati, Head of Peer Review Office @AIRC_it reflects on how her #PhD in #Trieste shaped her professional path. #scientifictraining #community✨
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Science Superpowers: in Jan '26, young learners observed soil #bacteria & #microorganisms' potential for sustainable #agriculture & environmental protection; secondary schools visited #biomanufacturing #CardiovascularBiology #MolecularPathology #ProteinNetworks & #Molecular #Genetics labs
#outreach
At the Associazione Culturale Giovanile Serba Workshop on the Superpowers of #Bacteria, Iris Bertani and Nemanja Ristovich, from the #Bacteriology lab in #Trieste, guided children aged 7–13 in Workshop on the Superpowers of #Bacteria, Iris Bertani and Nemanja Ristovich, from the #Bacteriology lab in #Trieste guided children aged 7–13, on isolating bacteria from the soil and observing the potential contribution these #microorganisms can make to sustainable #agriculture and environmental protection. Students from the #Liceo #Frisi di #monza #italia visited ICGEB #Trieste on Thursday, 30 Jan 2026, with our #scientists accompanying them through the activities, equipment, and science in the Labs that work in #biomanufacturing #CardiovascularHealth #MolecularPathology #ProteinNetworks, and #Molecular #Genetics. Great #sciencecommunication #sciencefordevelopment #outreach #italy Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia Students from the #Liceo #Frisi di #monza #italia visited ICGEB #Trieste on Thursday, 30 Jan 2026, with our #scientists accompanying them through the activities, equipment, and science in the Labs that work in #biomanufacturing #CardiovascularHealth #MolecularPathology #ProteinNetworks, and #Molecular #Genetics. Great #sciencecommunication #sciencefordevelopment #outreach #italy Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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🏆 Congrats to Dr Jenny Molloy!

During #EUOpenSourceWeek, Dr Molloy @universitypress.cambridge.org @opensciencehw.bsky.social received Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the European Open Source Awards for her leadership in #OpenScienceHardware and the #LifeSciences.
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🏆 Congrats to Dr Jenny Molloy! During #EUOpenSourceWeek, Dr Molloy (@cambridge.bsky.social, @icgeb.bsky.social) received Special Recognition for Advocacy and Awareness at the European Open Source Awards for her leadership in #OpenScienceHardware and the #LifeSciences. 👏 #OpenScience #OpenHardware
January 30, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Science Reaching People: creating #jobs, strengthening #food #security, revitalising rural communities, and accelerating #innovation. Calls for #Fellowships, #Meetings, and #Grants are out now.

🔗 The ICGEB January Newsletter

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ICGEB January 2026 newsletter: Science Reaching People: creating jobs, strengthening food security, revitalising rural communities, and accelerating innovation. Calls for Fellowships, Meetings, and Grants are out now.
January 28, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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ICGEB #Trieste is inviting applications for the post of Accounts Support on a special service agreement.
📌 Applications close on 16 February 2026
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#workwithus #accounting #vacancy
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ICGEB #Trieste is inviting applications for the post of Accounts Support on a special service agreement. 📌 Applications close on 16 February 2026 👉 https://icgeb.org/accounts-support/ #workwithus #accounting #vacancy
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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Inside India’s rise as a biofoundry hub @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Inside India’s rise as a biofoundry hub
High-speed labs in Delhi and Chennai promise to turn microbes into industrial workhorses, but the country needs more trained people to propel its synthetic biology ambitions.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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20 January 2026: Memorandum of Understanding signing with National Institutes of Biotechnology #Malaysia strengthens collaboration in #biotechnology research, training, and #innovation.
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ICGEB and the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration in biotechnology research, training, and innovation. Signed in Kuala Lumpur on 20 January 2026, the partnership will focus on genomics, bioinformatics, vaccine development, diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, and public health initiatives, supporting Malaysia’s biotech ecosystem and contributing to regional and global science. ICGEB and the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration in biotechnology research, training, and innovation. Signed in Kuala Lumpur on 20 January 2026, the partnership will focus on genomics, bioinformatics, vaccine development, diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, and public health initiatives, supporting Malaysia’s biotech ecosystem and contributing to regional and global science. ICGEB and the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration in biotechnology research, training, and innovation. Signed in Kuala Lumpur on 20 January 2026, the partnership will focus on genomics, bioinformatics, vaccine development, diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, and public health initiatives, supporting Malaysia’s biotech ecosystem and contributing to regional and global science.
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Tech Transfer, Coop & Innovation team in Nairobi. 22 Jan 2026 Elena Benedetti and Claire Poletto met with H.E Amb of #Italy, Vincenzo Del Monaco, Prof. Fabio Santoni, Scientific Attaché, & Giuseppe Manenti, Manager ITA Italian #Trade Agency office Nairobi, #Kenya
#TechnologyTransfer
The ICGEB Technology Transfer, Cooperation & Innovation team from HQ in Nairobi, Kenya. On 22 January 2026 Elena Benedetti and Claire Poletto met with H.E Ambassador of hashtag#Italy, Vincenzo Del Monaco (centre), Prof. Fabio Santoni, Scientific Attaché, and Giuseppe Manenti, Manager of the ITA - Italian Trade Agency office in Nairobi, hashtag#Kenya #TechnologyTransfer#internationalCooperation#Africa
January 23, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Science builds resilience. Innovation builds futures. Elena Benedetti & Claire Poletto, ICGEB Technology Transfer, Cooperation & Innovation (Centre) with (R) Margaret Karembu, Director IAAAS (L) Godfrey Ngure, Science Communication Expert in #Nairobi to discuss actions under the joint MoU.
Science builds resilience. Innovation builds futures. Elena Benedetti & Claire Poletto, ICGEB Technology Transfer, Cooperation & Innovation (Centre) with (R) Margaret Karembu, Director IAAAS (L) Godfrey Ngure, Science Communication Expert in #Nairobi to discuss actions under the joint MoU.
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Equal access to science creates global progress.
Support research and training across the Global South.
Contribute to #ICGEB and help to broaden the impact of our actions.
#ScienceforDevelopment #Biotechnology #Health #SustainableAgriculture & more
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Equal access to science creates global progress. Support research and training across the Global South. Contribute to #ICGEB and help to broaden the impact of our actions. #ScienceforDevelopment #Biotechnology #Health #SustainableAgriculture & more 👉 https://icgeb.org/donate/
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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PROMOS #Innovation Camp. Ideas & training to strengthen the #biomedical ecosystem. Next: #Trieste #LifeSciences Matching and Demo Day
📌 4-5 February 2026 👉 Info and Registration at: promos-interreg.eu/en/trieste/
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2nd #PROMOS #Innovation Camp Bozen, #Austria. Great ideas & training to strengthen the #biomedical ecosystem. Join us in #Trieste for the #LifeSciences Matching and Demo Day 📌 4-5 February 2026 👉 Info and Registration at: https://promos-interreg.eu/en/trieste/ #IP #TechnologyTransfer
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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With more than 3,000 alumni across the globe, at ICGEB's #Alumni Meeting in June 2025, Dr. Noor Gammoh from #Jordan recounts her impressions in attending this meeting.

#translationalresearch #sciencefordevelopment

👉https://youtu.be/H1NjeGoAIrw
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January 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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ICGEB #Fellowships for #biotechnology training: #PhD #Postdoctoral #Mobility
All calls now open: Focus on #Africa #Biosecurity
#Health #SustainableAgriculture #IndustrialBiotechnology #RenewableEnergy
📌 Apply by 31 March 2026
ICGEB #Fellowships for #biotechnology training: #PhD #Postdoctoral #Mobility All calls now open: Focus on #Africa #Biosecurity #Health #SustainableAgriculture #IndustrialBiotechnology #RenewableEnergy 📌 Apply by 31 March 2026
January 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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In Kuala Lumpur, #Malaysia, 20 January 2026, Dr. Lawrence Banks, ICGEB Director-General, will present at the workshop on advancing #biotechnology through global #partnership: ICGEB Awareness workshop and MOU signing ceremony between
#NIBM Malaysia and ICGEB.
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 20 January 2026, Dr. Lawrence Banks, ICGEB Director-General, will present at the workshop on advancing #biotechnology through global #partnership: ICGEB Awareness workshop and MOU signing ceremony between #NIBM Malaysia and ICGEB.
January 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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ICGEB is joining Bluesky for authentic engagement and to share news and actions in #Biotechnology #CapacityBuilding #SustainableAgriculture #Health #IndustrialBiotechnology and #RenewableEnergy
Participants registering at ICGEB Scientific Courses and Workshops
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM