The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ICGEB is an intergovernmental research organisation that operates within the United Nations common system. It was established in 1983 as a Centre for excellence in research, training and technology transfer to industry in the field of biotechnology to promote sustainable global development. With over 60 Member States and 40 Affiliated Centres worldwide, it runs 46 research programmes in its own laboratories in Trieste, Italy,  New Delhi, India and Cape Town, South Africa.

Almost 700 people work at ICGEB comprising 550 scientific personnel. The organisation has  generated almost 3000 scientific publications in the Life Sciences since 1988 and currently holds over 80 active research grants. ICGEB has awarded almost 1400 fellowships, with over 300 fellows and 150 PhD students  currently on board. It has organised over 560 Meetings and Courses worldwide and has funded over 550 Collaborative Research Programme-Research Grants. It has produced and distributed over 600 movies (podcasts) of high-scientific content in 50 topics in the Life Sciences - that are freely available for download on iTunes, YouTube and on the ICGEB Web site.

Active in Public Engagement and on Social Media networks, ICGEB invites, in particular, its Alumni to join the ICGEB Alumni Group on Linkedin.

http://www.icgeb.org

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