The ICGEB Meetings and Courses Programme
Meeting and Courses awarded for 2026
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Training course on ‘Pathogen Detection and Biosecurity’
Trieste, Italy 23 – 27 February 2026
From Cryopreservation to Repositories: Advancing Mouse Reproductive Cell Storage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16 – 19 March 2026
Translational Virology of Oncogenic Viruses: From Epidemiology to Intervention In Sub-Saharan Africa
Durban, South Africa 18 – 20 March 2026 – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Clinical bioinformatics for variant interpretation in medical genomics
Sousse, Tunisia 23 – 26 March 2026 – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
ICGEB-DRTC FLY-NEUROCAN Workshop: Frontiers in Drosophila Research for Neurodegeneration and Cancer
Ibadan, Nigeria 15 – 26 June 2026 – CALL FOR APPLICATION NOW OPEN
ICGEB Symposium on Inflammation and Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD Spectrum Disorder
Rijeka, Croatia 30 June – 2 July 2026
Strengthening Regional Capacity for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance: A One Health Training Workshop Integrating Molecular and Genomic Approaches
Kigali, Rwanda 20 – 23 July 2026 – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
ICGEB Sponsored Event “NextGen Metabolomics Data Mining Workshop”
Putrajaya, Malaysia 18 – 21 August 2026
International Course on Transgene-Free Gene Editing: Strengthening Capacities for Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation
Amazonas, Peru 8 – 11 September 2026 – CALL FOR APPLICATION NOW OPEN
FluoMicro@ICGEB – ICGEB Practical Course of Fluorescence Microscopy
Trieste, Italy 24 – 26 November 2026
Neglected Tropical Diseases: Molecular Diagnosis, Comparative Genomics and Phylogenetics
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 25 – 27 November 2026 – CALL FOR APPLICATION NOW OPEN
Meeting and Courses awarded for 2025
Download here the 2025 ICGEB Calendar (pdf)
Bioinformatics Education in Low Resource Settings: Introduction to Bioinformatics Using R
Mthatha, South Africa 17 – 19 February 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Computational and Systems Biology Workshop 2025
Durban, South Africa 24 – 26 February 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Enhancing regulatory capacity for application of SADC harmonized guidelines for registration of biopesticides and biological control agents in Tanzania
Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania 25 – 27 February 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Practical Course on Artificial Intelligence in Data Science and Bioinformatics
Trieste, Italy 10 – 14 March 2025 – Call for applications now closed
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2.0: integrating X-ray diffraction and modern computational tools
Montevideo, Uruguay 21 – 30 April 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “3rd International Conference of the World Society for Virology 2025”
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia 6 – 8 May 2025
Malaria Molecular Surveillance with the AmpliSeq assays
Lima, Peru 19 – 23 May 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “Emerging issues in oncogenic virus research”
Manduria, Italy 4 – 8 June 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Carbon Capture and Biofuels
New Delhi, India9 – 13 June 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Alumni Meeting 2025
Trieste, Italy 11 – 13 June 2025
ICGEB Sponsored Event “II Brazilian Conference on Synthetic Biology”
São Paulo, Brazil 30 July – 1 August 2025
ICGEB Sponsored Event “XII Course on Molecular Biology of trypanosomatids and XII Symposium of molecular and cellular biology of Chagas disease”
Santiago de Chile, Chile 25 – 29 August 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Arturo Falaschi Conference “2nd biennial conference on TDP-43 function and dysfunction in disease”
Trieste, Italy 9 – 11 September 2025 – Call for applications and registrations now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “HPV-associated diseases: screening, prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines”
São Paulo, Brazil11 – 13 September 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Latest Advances in Genome Editing and ART Technologies in Laboratory Animals
Izmir, Türkiye 15 – 19 September 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “ICTP, IFOM and ICGEB Hands-on School in Quantitative Biology”
Trieste, Italy 15 – 26 September 2025
ICGEB Sponsored Event “SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference 2025”
Ljubljana, Slovenia 17 – 19 September 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “Central European Symposium on Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance (CESAR 2025)”
Zadar, Croatia 22 – 25 September 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “Modern Biotechnologies in Sustainable Development of the Danube Delta”
Murighiol, Romania 23 – 24 September 2025
Harnessing Functional Genomics in Cancer Research: Opportunities for Diagnosis and Treatment
Windhoek, Namibia 24 – 26 September 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “4th Molecular Biosystems Conference on Eukaryotic Gene Regulation & Functional Genomics”
Puerto Varas, Chile 29 September – 3 October 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Fluorescence in Microscopy – FluoMicro@ICGEB
New Delhi, India14 – 16 October 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Elevating Infectious Disease Research in Developing Nations with Spectral Flow Cytometry: Insights and Applications
Homagama, Sri Lanka20 – 24 October 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Arturo Falaschi Conference “Cell-cell communication in bacteria: new insights and future trends”
Trieste, Italy 28 – 30 October 2025 – Call for applications and registrations now closed
South Asian Biotechnology Conference (SABC 2025): Advancing Health, Agriculture, and Environment in South Asia
New Delhi, India 29 October – 1 November 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Training on Technology Transfer for Vaccine Manufacturing – Hybrid Course
Trieste, Italy 3 November – 19 December 2025
ICGEB Sponsored Event “The Brucellosis 2025 International Research Conference including the 77th Annual Brucellosis Research Conference”
San José, Costa Rica 4 – 7 November 2025
Applications of CRISPR and ART Technologies to Laboratory Mice
Havana, Cuba10 – 14 November 2025 – CANCELLED
Arturo Falaschi Conference “Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Pesticide Residue Mitigation”
Johannesburg, South Africa10-13 November 2025
A hands-on workshop on AI and data science for advancing translational science
New Delhi, India11 – 15 November 2025 – Call for applications now closed
Enzyme Manufacturing Masterclass
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 24 – 28 November 2025 – Call for applications now closed
ICGEB Sponsored Event “The third Rencontres de Quy Nhon: International Conference on Molecular Diagnostics in Microbiology and Diseases (MDMD2025)”
Quy Nhon, Viet Nam 11 – 13 December 2025
ICGEB New Delhi 5-day workshop on Carbon Capture and Biofuels
Held under the BioE3 policy of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, the workshop focused on Microalgae-Based Carbon Capture and Biofuel Production.
Training course on ‘Pathogen Detection and Biosecurity’
Cape Town, South Africa 1 – 5 December 2025
Download here the ICGEB Calendar since 1996 (pdf)
Type of events
- Meetings, to be held in the three ICGEB Components
- Theoretical and/or Practical events, co-sponsored by local organising institutes
- Seeds for Science supports small meetings aimed at building networks
- Sponsorships provided to scientific events relevant to the ICGEB mandate in our Member States
Participants
- Nationals of ICGEB Member States are eligible to apply for a limited number of grants to support registration fee and/or living costs during the meeting
- International travel is not usually funded. Participants are strongly encouraged to obtain additional sources of support to cover their travel expenses
- Refer to the ICGEB Meetings and Courses calendar for information, terms of participation, application forms and contact details for individual events
Organisers
- Scientific institutions located in ICGEB Member States are eligible to organise ICGEB events and/or apply for an ICGEB Sponsorship
- The deadline for applications is 6th October 2025 for events to be held in the 2nd half of 2026
- The possibility to apply will open on 1st September 2025
- Refer to the annual Meetings and Courses Call for Proposals for information and guidelines
Call for proposal 2026
Closing date for applications: 6 October 2025
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