Biotechnology and genomics of the nervous system will be among the topics explored at ICTP in July. The ICTP-INFM (Italian National Institute for the Physics of Matter) Conference on New Frontiers in Nano-Biotechnology: Monitoring Protein Function with Single-Protein Resolution will take place on 14-19 July. The Workshop on Genes, Genomics and the Development of Behaviour: The Development of Function in the Nervous System is scheduled for 14 July - 1 August.