ICGEB Cape Town

13/06/2026

Join us at our next with Dr Vittorio Venturi from the African Genome Center, UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, MOROCCO & .

▪️17 June 2026 at 12h00 SAST and 11h00 Morocco
🔗 email [email protected]

12/06/2026

Celebrating 2️⃣0️⃣ years of impact in Africa through 🇿🇦

Extraordinary growth across fellowships, collaborative research, technology transfer and scientific partnerships.

Since the Component's establishment in South Africa, the ICGEB has awarded 350 Fellowships and 110 Collaborative Research Programme (CRP) grants to African scientists, helping build a vibrant and interconnected scientific community across the continent 🌍

This is ❤️

11/06/2026

Great to see Dr Rumbidzai Changwa South African Women in Biotechnology Postdoc Fellow at the 31st ICGEB Annual Symposium in Trieste, Italy 🇿🇦 🇮🇹

https://www.icgeb.org/sa-woman-in-biotech-dr-rumbidzai-changwa/

National Research Foundation Department of Science,Technology and Innovation SA International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

05/06/2026

🌱 ICGEB Cape Town Plant Systems Biology postdoctoral researchers Dr Temilola Aina and Dr Shannon-Leigh Sparks have recently been awarded prestigious National Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships, supporting their research in plant sciences, mentored by Group Leader, Dr Lara Donaldson.

🔬 The Group studies salinity stress adaptation using Arabidopsis as a model as well as economically important crops, such as maize and sorghum. In addition, it investigates the role of the microbiome in yield and stress tolerance in sorghum

For more on their research 🔍 https://www.icgeb.org/supporting-plant-sciences-research-in-cape-town/

03/06/2026

The transformative role of South Africa’s Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) in advancing scientific research and innovation took centre stage during the 32nd Session of the ICGEB Board of Governors, hosted in Cape Town by the ICGEB and South Africa’s Department of Science,Technology and Innovation 🇿🇦

Special thanks to HDI CRP awardees, Prof Charles Mutengwa University of Fort Hare and Dr Andrew Musyoki Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University.

More info ℹ️https://www.icgeb.org/spotlight-on-hdis-research-capacity-in-south-africa

02/06/2026

31/05/2026

ICGEB DG Dr Banks visits 🇧🇼

31/05/2026

ICGEB in 🇧🇼

29/05/2026

Today in ICGEB Cape Town, our Biopesticides and Plant Systems Biology researchers welcomed a delegation from the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences China 🇨🇳

Hosted by the Group Leader, Dr Dennis Ndolo, the discussions focused on partnerships and areas of synergy 🤝