IMB supports Georgian partners with Covid-19 diagnostics (2/14/2020) - Up to now, more than 45.000 people were reported to be infected with the novel Coronavirus, of which over 1000 died as a consequence of the disease. The virus can be transmitted from person to person and has already spread to over 20 countries worldwide. In Germany, the first cases of Covid-19 (previously 2019-nCov) infections ...continue reading "IMB supports Georgian partners with Covid-19 diagnostics"
Erfolgreiche Forschung zur Biosicherheit an der EU-Außengrenze (1/28/2020) - Das Auswärtige Amt unterstützt im Rahmen des Deutschen Biosicherheitsprogramms den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs bei ihren Forschungsvorhaben zu biologischen Risiken. Auf dem 2. Biosafety and Biosecurity Symposium in Tiflis (Georgien), diskutierten junge und erfahrene Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus Georgien, Armenien und der Ukraine ihre Forschungsergebnisse. Wie lässt sich ein höheres Bewusstsein für Enzephalitis-Infektionen schaffen? Wie verbreitet ist Leptospirose in ...continue reading "Erfolgreiche Forschung zur Biosicherheit an der EU-Außengrenze"
German-Kazakh Network – Biosafety & Biosecurity Workshop (11/1/2019) - German Biosecurity Programme – German-Kazakh Network for Biosafety and Biosecurity A two days Workshop on “Biosafety and Biosecurity in field studies and highly pathogenic rodent borne infections” took place from 9 -10 October 2019 at the Anti-Plaque Station (APS) in Uralsk, organized by the “German-Kazakh Network for Biosafety” in collaboration with the APS Uralsk. The ...continue reading "German-Kazakh Network – Biosafety & Biosecurity Workshop"
GIBACHT – Berlin Workshop (8/27/2019) - The second workshop of the fifth GIBACHT (Global Partnership Initiated Academia for the Control of Health Threats)cohort took place at the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) in Berlin from 15-19 July 2019. The programme is led by the BNITM and implemented in partnership with the RKI, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, and the African Field Epidemiology ...continue reading "GIBACHT – Berlin Workshop"
GIBACHT – Hamburg Workshop (6/18/2019) - The 18 fellows of the 2019 cohort of the GIBACHT programme (Global Partnership Initiated Academia for the Control of Health Threats) met at the BNITM for its first workshop from 8-12 April 2019. This training is part of the German Biosecurity Programme, funded by the Federal Foreign Office and led by BNITM with the partner ...continue reading "GIBACHT – Hamburg Workshop"FLI – Bioinformatics Workshop in the Ukraine (6/9/2019) - The workshop “Introduction to Bioinformatics” took place in Kiev, Ukraine from 3rd to 7th June 2019. The workshop was conducted by the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) and implemented in partnership with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). Eight participants from two Ukrainian research institutes - State Scientific Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise and State ...continue reading "FLI – Bioinformatics Workshop in the Ukraine"