16-21 January 2011

New Delhi, India

Wellcome Trust Workshop "Working with Pathogen Genomes"

Information/applications at:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Courses-and-conferences/Advanced-Courses/Overseas-workshops/WTX059849.htm

Deadline for receipt of applications: 1 October 2010

21-24 February 2011

Trieste, Italy

Theoretical Course
"Mouse Genetics; Models for Human Diseases"

Organiser: Glauco Tocchini-Valentini (Institute of Cell Biology/CNR, Rome, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I- 34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste:
30 September 2010

6-9 March 2011

Cape Town, South Africa

"Joint International Conference of the African and Southern African Societies of Human Genetics"

Organiser: Rajkumar Ramesar (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Rajkumar Ramesar
University of Cape Town
Division of Human Genetics
Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Anzio Road, Observatory 7925
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27-21-4066297
Fax: +27-21-4066286
E-mail: Raj.Ramesar@uct.ac.za

7-11 March 2011

Pretoria, South Africa

South Africa - Argentina
Joint Regional Biosafety Workshop and Seminar "Biosafety of GM Crops: Emerging Issues and Challenges Affecting Regulatory Decision Making"

Organisers: Chantal Arendse (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - DAFF, Pretoria, South Africa)
Moisés Burachik (Directorate of Biotechnology, Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries - SAGyP, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Chantal Arendse
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
Biosafety
Private Bag X973
Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
Tel.: +27-12-3196199
Fax: +27-12-3196329
E-mail: DB@daff.gov.za

20-25 March 2011 - NEW DATES

Basra City, Iraq

Theoretical and Practical Course
"Genetic Applications in Human and Animal Health"

Organisers: Nadia Al-Zahery (Pavia University, Italy)
Talib Ahmed Jaayid and Salih E. Najim (Basra University, Iraq)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Nadia Al-Zahery
Pavia University
Department of Genetics and Microbiology
Via Ferrata 1
27100 Pavia, Italy
Tel: +39-0382-985544, +39-3886174699
Fax: +39-0382-528496
E-mail: nadia.alzahery@unipv.it

21 March - 1 April 2011

Montevideo, Uruguay

Theoretical and Practical Course and Symposium
"Redox Chemistry and Biology of Thiols"

Organisers: Beatriz Alvarez, Gustavo Salinas, Madia Trujillo (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay)
Marcelo Comini (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay)
Luis Eduardo Soares Netto (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Beatriz Alvarez, Marcel Comini, Gustavo Salinas and Madia Trujillo
Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas
www.ceinbio.udelar.edu.uy
Avenida General Flores 2125
11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: +598-2-9249562
Fax: +598-2-9249563
E-mail: thiols.montevideo.2011@gmail.com

4-14 April 2011

Damascus, Syria

Practical and Theoretical Course
"Biopesticidal Proteins: From Isolation to Molecular Characterization and Applications"

Organiser: Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), Damascus, Syria

Requests for information and applications directly to:
I. Othman
Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS)
P.O. Box 6091
Damascus, Syria
Tel: +963-11-6111926, 2132580
Fax: +963-11-6112289
E-mail: atomic@aec.org.sy, nsttc@aec.org.sy

Deadline for receipt of applications at AECS Damascus:
31 December 2010

18-21 April 2011

Trieste, Italy

Theoretical Course “RNA Structure and Function”

Organiser: Glauco Tocchini-Valentini (Institute of Cell Biology/CNR, Rome, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste:
4 November 2010

23-26 May 2011

Trieste, Italy

Theoretical and Practical Course
"Quorum Sensing in Plant Associated Bacteria"

Organiser: Vittorio Venturi (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste:
16 December 2010

20-25 June 2011

Trieste, Italy

Practical Course “Bioinformatics: Computer Methods in Molecular Biology''

Organiser: Sándor Pongor (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste:
27 January 2011

11-14 July 2011

Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, China

Workshop "Cancer Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering"

Organisers: Jicheng Liu, Dongping Li and Weilan Xu (Qiqihar Medical University, Heilongjiang Province,
China)
Iqbal Parker (ICGEB, Cape Town, South Africa)

Requests for information and applications diretcly to:
Jicheng Liu
Qiqihar Medical University
333, North Bukui Street
Jianhua District, Qiqihar
Heilongjiang Province, 161006 , China 
Tel.: +86-157-14521686
Fax: +86-452-2663715
E-mail: lxcdoctor@163.com

19-24 July 2011

Trieste, Italy

"ICGEB DNA Tumour Virus Meeting"

Organiser: Lawrence Banks (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Elisabetta Lippolis
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757332
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: lippolis@icgeb.org

Link to the dedicated Web pages for this Course

4-10 September 2011

Cape Town, South Africa

Theoretical Course "Global Infectious Disease Research: A Multidisciplinary Approach"

Organisers: J.R. Dorfman and F. Brombacher (ICGEB, Cape Town, South Africa)
W.A. Hanekom (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Jeffrey R. Dorfman
ICGEB - Cape Town Component
Wernher and Beit Building (South)
Anzio Road, Observatory 7925
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27-21-4066335
Fax: +27-21-4066060
E-mail: Jeffrey.Dorfman@uct.ac.za

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Cape Town:
28 April 2011

Download the supplementary application form

5-9 September 2011

Buenos Aires, Argentina

"First International Workshop on the Food and Environmental Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Animals"

Organisers:Moisés Burachik and Martin Lema (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Giuliano Degrassi (Biosafety Unit, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Juan Carlos López Musi (ILSI Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
José Luis Ramírez (Red Regional de Bioseguridad, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados - IDEA, Baruta, Venezuela)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Moisés Burachik 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
Biotechnology Directorate
Av. Paseo Colón 922, piso 2, of.247
C1063ACW
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54-11-43492074
Fax: +54-11-43492178
E-mail: mburac@minagri.gob.ar

19-23 September 2011

Trieste, Italy

"Problem Formulation: A Strategic Approach to Risk Assessment of GMOs"

Organisers: Wendy Craig and Giuliano Degrassi (Biosafety Unit, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conference and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste: 14 April 2011

27 September - 1 October 2011

Iguazú Falls, Province of Misiones, Argentina

Symposium "Gene Expression and RNA Processing"

Organisers: Alberto R. Kornlihtt and Anabella Srebrow (IFIBYNE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Javier Cáceres (MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK)
Tom Misteli (National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA)
Francisco E. Baralle (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
 
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Silvia Ceriani
E-mail: iguazu2011@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar

3-7 October 2011

Trieste, Italy

Theoretical and Practical Course
“Advanced Bioinformatics: Computational Systems Biology”

Organiser: Sándor Pongor (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings
Padriciano 99
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39-040-3757333
Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB Trieste:
28 April 2011

Preliminary Programme

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5-7 October 2011

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bottlenecks in the Establishment of Biotech Based Companies

Organisers: Agueda Menvielle (MINCyT, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Fernando Goldbaum (Leloir Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Requests for information and applications directly to:

BiotecSur
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (MINCyT)
Cordoba 934 1, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54-11-43933822
E-mail: biotecsur@biotecsur.org
www.biotecsur.org/ 

Satellite Meeting of the V Italian Conference Italy-Latin America and the Caribbean

 

10-21 October 2011

New Delhi, India

Theoretical and Practical Course
“Proteomics: High Throughput Analysis of Proteins and Proteome by Mass Spectrometry”

Organiser: V. S. Reddy (ICGEB, New Delhi, India)
 
Requests for information and applications directly to:
H. S. Narayanan
ICGEB – New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi – 110067, India
Tel: +91-11-26742356
Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in
 
Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB New Delhi:
30 June 2011

24-28 October 2011

Santiago, Chile

Theoretical and Practical Course
“Genetics of Diseases and Human Populations”

Organisers: Soledad Berrios del Solar, Jorge E. Allende, Claudio Hetz, Mauricio Moraga and Luisa Herrera (University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)


Requests for information and applications directly to:
Soledad Berrios del Solar
Human Genetics Program
ICBM-Faculty of Medicine
University of Chile
Independencia 1027
Santiago, Chile
Tel: +56-2-9786462
Fax: +56-2-7373158
E-mail: sberrios@med.uchile.cl

31 October - 11 November 2011

New Delhi, India

Workshop "Methodologies for the Study of Host-Pathogen Interactions"

Organisers: Kanury Rao, Gobardhan Das, V. Manivel, Dhiraj Kumar, Amit Singh (ICGEB, New Delhi, India)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
H.S. Narayanan
ICGEB - New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi - 110067, India
Tel: +91-11-26742356
Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB New Delhi:
30 May 2011

20-22 November 2011

Tehran, Iran

"First International Workshop on Bioethics and Ethical Aspects of Biosafety"

Organiser: Abbas S. Lotfi (National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology - NIGEB, Tehran, Iran)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Nasrin Esmaeilzadeh
National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB)
Shahrak-e Pajuhesh
17th Km Tehran-Karaj Highway
Tehran, Iran
Tel: +98-21-44580331, 44580396
Fax: +98-21-44580399
E-mail: nasrin@nigeb.ac.ir

21 November - 2 December 2011

New Delhi, India

Theoretical and Practical Course
"Plant Adaptation Responses towards Abiotic Stress"

Organisers: Sneh L. Singla-Pareek and S.K. Sopory (ICGEB, New Delhi, India)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
H.S. Narayanan
ICGEB - New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi - 110067, India
Tel: +91-11-26742356
Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in

Deadline for receipt of applications at ICGEB New Delhi:
30 June 2011

5-7 December 2011

Zagreb, Croatia

Regional Workshop
"Field Trials and Post-Release Monitoring of GMOs"

Organiser: Kornelija Pintaric (Ministry of Culture, Zagreb, Croatia)

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Kornelija Pintaric
Ministry of Culture
Nature Protection Directorate
Runjaninova 2
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: +385-1-4866101
Fax: +385-1-4866100
E-mail: kornelija.pintaric@min-kulture.hr