Biotech Updates

ICGEB GMO Biosafety Workshops

August 31, 2007

The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) (ICGEB) in Trieste, Italy, announces two biosafety workshops in 2008.  A workshop on "Introduction to Biosafety for the Environmental Release of GM Crops: Evaluation of Scientific Data and Risk Assessment Dossiers" will be held at the ICGEB Biosafety Outstation, Ca' Tron di Roncade, Italy, from May 19-29, 2008. Details may be obtained by emailing courses@icgeb.org.

"Workshop on "Risks, Benefits and Opportunities from the Release of GMOs in the African Regions" is scheduled to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in September 2008. Requests for information and applications may be made to Dr. Viresh Ramburan of Stellenbosch University, South Africa at ramburan@sun.ac.za.

Application forms for the two workshops can be downloaded at http://www.icgeb.org/MEETINGS/crsform.htm