2011

21-24 Theoretical Course Organiser:

Glauco Tocchini-Valentini
ICGEB
Padriciano 99
February “Mouse Genetics; Models for Human Diseases” (Institute of Cell Biology/CNR, Rome, Italy) I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-3757333
Requests for information and applications directly to: Fax: +39-040-226555
Trieste, Italy ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications

at ICGEB Trieste: 30 September 2010

6-9 “Joint International Conference of the African and Organiser:

Rajkumar Ramesar (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
University of Cape Town
Division of Human Genetics
March Southern African Societies of Human Genetics” Requests for information and applications directly to:
Institute for Infectious Diseases
and Molecular Medicine
Cape Town, South Africa Rajkumar Ramesar 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

Organisers:
7-11 South Africa - Argentina Chantal Arendse (Department of Agriculture, Forestry and
Department of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF)
March Joint Regional Biosafety Workshop and Seminar Fisheries - DAFF, Pretoria, South Africa)
Moisés Burachik (Directorate of Biotechnology,
Biosafety
Private Bag X973
“Biosafety of GM Crops: Emerging Issues and Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries -
SAGyP, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
Tel.: +27-12-3196199
Challenges Affecting Regulatory Decision Making” Requests for information and applications directly to:
Fax: +27-12-3196329
E-mail: DB@daff.gov.za
Chantal Arendse
Pretoria, South Africa

20-25 TENTATIVE NEW DATES Organisers: Pavia University
Nadia Al-Zahery (Pavia University, Italy) Department of Genetics and Microbiology
March Theoretical and Practical Course Talib Ahmed Jaayid and Salih E. Najim (Basra University, Iraq) Via Ferrata 1
27100 Pavia, Italy
“Genetic Applications in Human and Animal Health” Requests for information and applications directly to:
Nadia Al-Zahery
Tel.:
Fax:
+39-0382-985544, +39-3886174699
+39-0382-528496
E-mail: nadia.alzahery@unipv.it
Basra City, Iraq

Organisers: Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas

21 Theoretical and Practical Course and Symposium Beatriz Alvarez, Gustavo Salinas, Madia Trujillo www.ceinbio.udelar.edu.uy
March “Redox Chemistry and Biology of Thiols” (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay)
Marcelo Comini (Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay)
Avenida General Flores 2125
11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
1 Montevideo, Uruguay Luis Eduardo Soares Netto
(Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
Tel.:
Fax:
+598-2-9249562
+598-2-9249563
E-mail: thiols.montevideo.2011@gmail.com
April Requests for information and applications directly to:
Beatriz Alvarez, Marcelo Comini,
Gustavo Salinas and Madia Trujillo

4-14 Practical and Theoretical Course Organiser: Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS)
Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), Damascus, Syria P.O. Box 6091
April “Biopesticidal Proteins: From Isolation Damascus, Syria
to Molecular Characterization and Applications” Requests for information and applications directly to:
I. Othman
Tel.:
Fax:
+963-11-6111926, 2132580
+963-11-6112289
E-mail: atomic@aec.org.sy, nsttc@aec.org.sy
Damascus, Syria
Deadline for receipt of applications
at AECS Damascus: 31 December 2010

18-21 Theoretical Course Organiser:

Glauco Tocchini-Valentini
ICGEB
Padriciano 99
April “RNA Structure and Function” (Institute of Cell Biology/CNR, Rome, Italy) I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-3757333
Requests for information and applications directly to: Fax: +39-040-226555
Trieste, Italy ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications

at ICGEB Trieste: 4 November 2010

23-26 Theoretical and Practical Course Organiser: ICGEB

Vittorio Venturi (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy) Padriciano 99
May “Quorum Sensing in Plant Associated Bacteria” Requests for information and applications directly to:
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-3757333
Trieste, Italy ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications

at ICGEB Trieste: 16 December 2010

20-25 Practical Course Organiser: ICGEB

Sándor Pongor (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy) Padriciano 99
June “Bioinformatics: Computer Methods Requests for information and applications directly to:
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-3757333
in Molecular Biology” ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org
Trieste, Italy
Deadline for receipt of applications
at ICGEB Trieste: 27 January 2011

11-14 Workshop Organisers: Qiqihar Medical University

Jicheng Liu, Dongping Li and Weilan Xu
July “Cancer Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering” (Qiqihar Medical University, Heilongjiang Province, China)
333, North Bukui Street
Jianhua District, Qiqihar
Iqbal Parker (ICGEB, Cape Town, South Africa) Heilongjiang Province, 161006, China
Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, China Tel.: +86-157-14521686
Requests for information and applications directly to: Fax: +86-452-2663715
Jicheng Liu E-mail: lxcdoctor@163.com

19-24 “ICGEB DNA Tumour Virus Meeting” Organiser:

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

2-6 Theoretical and Practical Course Organisers:

Fabiano Lopes Thompson
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology
August “The Sixth Workshop on Comparative Microbial (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Brazil)
Ana Carolina Vicente (FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Center of Health Sciences
Ilha do Fundão
Genomics & Taxonomy (CMGT2011)” Ana Tereza Vasconcelos (National Laboratory of Scientific
Computing, Petropolis, RJ, Brazil)
Caixa Postal 68011
CEP 21944-970, RJ, Brazil
Tel.: +55-21-25626567, 81041035
Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Requests for information and applications directly to: Fax: +55-21-25626567
Fabiano Lopes Thompson E-mail: Fabiano.Thompson@biologia.ufrj.br

4-10 Theoretical Course Organisers: ICGEB - Cape Town Component

J. R. Dorfman and F. Brombacher Wernher and Beit Building (South)
September “Global Infectious Disease Research: (ICGEB, Cape Town, South Africa)
W. A. Hanekom (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Anzio Road, Observatory 7925
Cape Town, South Africa
A Multidisciplinary Approach” Requests for information and applications directly to:
Tel.: +27-21-4066335
Fax: +27-21-4066060
Cape Town, South Africa Jeffrey R. Dorfman E-mail: Jeffrey.Dorfman@uct.ac.za

Deadline for receipt of applications

at ICGEB Cape Town: 28 April 2011

5-9 “First International Workshop on the Food Organisers:

Moisés Burachik and Martin Lema (Ministry of Agriculture,
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
Biotechnology Directorate
September and Environmental Safety Assessment Livestock and Fisheries, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Giuliano Degrassi (Biosafety Unit, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Av. Paseo Colón 922, piso 2, of.247
C1063ACW
of Genetically Modified Animals” Juan Carlos López Musi (ILSI Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
José Luis Ramírez (Red Regional de Bioseguridad, Instituto de
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel.: +54-11-43492074
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Estudios Avanzados – IDEA, Baruta, Venezuela) Fax: +54-11-43492178
E-mail: mburac@minagri.gob.ar
Requests for information and applications directly to:
Moisés Burachik

19-23 “Problem Formulation: A Strategic Approach Organisers:

Wendy Craig and Giuliano Degrassi
ICGEB
Padriciano 99
September to Risk Assessment of GMOs” (Biosafety Unit, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy) I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-3757333
Requests for information and applications directly to: Fax: +39-040-226555
Trieste, Italy ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings E-mail: courses@icgeb.org

Deadline for receipt of applications

at ICGEB Trieste: 14 April 2011

27 Symposium Organisers:
Alberto R. Kornblihtt and Anabella Srebrow
E-mail: iguazu2011@fbmc.fcen.uba.ar

September “Gene Expression and RNA Processing” (IFIBYNE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales - Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
1 Iguazú Falls, Province of Misiones, Argentina Javier Cáceres (MRC Human Genetics Unit,
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK)
October Tom Misteli (National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA)
Francisco E. Baralle (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)

Requests for information and applications directly to:

Silvia Ceriani

Organiser: ICGEB
3-7 Theoretical and Practical Course Sándor Pongor (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy) Padriciano 99
October “Advanced Bioinformatics: Requests for information and applications directly to:
I-34149 Trieste, Italy
Tel.: +39-040-3757333
Computational Systems Biology’’ ICGEB - Conferences and Meetings Fax: +39-040-226555
E-mail: courses@icgeb.org
Trieste, Italy Deadline for receipt of applications
at ICGEB Trieste: 28 April 2011

10-21 Theoretical and Practical Course Organiser:

V. S. Reddy (ICGEB, New Delhi, India)
ICGEB – New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
October “Proteomics: High Throughput Analysis Requests for information and applications directly to:
New Delhi – 110067, India
Tel.: +91-11-26742356
of Proteins and Proteome by Mass Spectrometry” H. S. Narayanan Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in
New Delhi, India
Deadline for receipt of applications
at ICGEB New Delhi: 30 June 2011

Organisers: Human Genetics Program

24-28 Theoretical and Practical Course Soledad Berrios del Solar, Jorge E. Allende, Claudio Hetz, ICBM-Faculty of Medicine
October “Genetics of Diseases and Human Populations’’ Mauricio Moraga and Luisa Herrera
(University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
University of Chile
Independencia 1027
Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile Requests for information and applications directly to: Tel.: +56-2-9786462
Soledad Berrios del Solar Fax: +56-2-7373158
E-mail: sberrios@med.uchile.cl

31 Workshop Organisers:
Kanury Rao, Gobardhan Das, V. Manivel, Dhiraj Kumar
ICGEB – New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
October “Methodologies for the Study and Amit Singh (ICGEB, New Delhi, India) New Delhi – 110067, India
Tel.: +91-11-26742356
11 of Host-Pathogen Interactions’’ Requests for information and applications directly to:
H. S. Narayanan
Fax: +91-11-26742316
E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in
November New Delhi, India
Deadline for receipt of applications
at ICGEB New Delhi: 30 May 2011

20-22 “First International Workshop on Bioethics Organiser:

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

21 Theoretical and Practical Course Organisers:

Sneh L. Singla-Pareek and S.K. Sopory
ICGEB – New Delhi Component
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
November “Plant Adaptation Responses (ICGEB, New Delhi, India) New Delhi – 110067, India
Tel.: +91-11-26742356
2 towards Abiotic Stress’’ Requests for information and applications directly to: Fax: +91-11-26742316
H. S. Narayanan E-mail: shubha@icgeb.res.in
December New Delhi, India
Deadline for receipt of applications
at ICGEB New Delhi: 30 June 2011

5-7 Regional Workshop Organiser: Ministry of Culture

December “Field Trials and Post-Release Monitoring of GMOs’’ Kornelija Pintaric (Ministry of Culture, Zagreb, Croatia) Nature Protection Directorate
Runjaninova 2
Requests for information and applications directly to: 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia Kornelija Pintaric Tel.: +385-1-4866101
Fax: +385-1-4866100
E-mail: kornelija.pintaric@min-kulture.hr

Regular updates to this calendar will be available at the url: http://www.icgeb.org/meetings-2011.html

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