organisation - the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

PathProt-4
21 - 22 October 2011
Organisers: Pedro Fernandes (IGC), Roman Zubarev (Karolinska Institute,
Sweden), Alexander Kel (GenExplain GmbH, Germany)
Funding by: Self-financed by participants
PathProt is the international forum for Pathway Analysis in Proteomics. We are
an informal discussion forum that holds brainstorming meetings.
THEORETICAL COURSE IN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE - FELASA CATEGORY B
14 - 18 November 2011
Organisers: Ana Mena, Manuel Rebelo and Jocelyne Demengeot (IGC)
The aim of this course was to teach theoretical concepts to researchers that
carry out experiments with animals, following FELASA guidelines and in fulfillment
of Portuguese and European Law, which require training in order for
researchers be considered capable to work with animals.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PORTUGUESE SOCIETY OF IMMUNOLOGY
29 - 30 November 2011
Organisers: Jocelyne Demengeot, Jorge Carneiro, Thiago Carvalho
and Carlos Tadokoro (IGC)
Funding by: Sociedade Portuguesa de Imunologia, Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation, Actimel, Roche, PeproTech (Portugal)
Entitled “Portrait of the immune system: history and perspective”, this meeting
hosted 120 participants. It shared a session with the symposium Jerne100:
a century of Niels K. Jerne, a gathering of colleagues, associates, and friends of
one of the most remarkable and intemporal figures in immunology. It provided
the opportunity to present and discuss work with members of the society and
with several speakers selected from the Jerne100 symposium.
GAMEETS 2011 - IGC NETWORKS:
INTERACTIONS WITHIN THE IGC PROGRAMMES
27 December 2011
Organisers: Miguel Godinho Ferreira, Rui Martinho (IGC) and Greta Martins (IGC)
Funding by: Oeiras City Council
The aim of this annual meeting was to present examples of past and ongoing
collaborations within Gulbenkian Alumni and discuss ways to stimulate such collaborative
research projects.
IGC ANNUAL REPORT ‘11
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