ICGEB
Naseem Gaur is a Group Leader and Principal Investigator at the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) since November 2012, specializing in the development of microbial cell factories for the production of bio-based chemicals from low-value materials such as agricultural waste. Prior to this role, Naseem served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2007 to 2012, where research focused on genetic and molecular biology, revealing that yeast mutants lacking the PI(3)P kinase Vps34 exhibited impaired transcription elongation. Earlier experience includes a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School from 2005 to 2007, where studies on liver regeneration using Zebrafish identified the UHRF1 gene as essential for liver development and regeneration. Naseem holds a Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has completed a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Bio-Sciences from Jamia Millia Islamia.
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ICGEB
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