Articles in the August 5, 2011 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS Notice •   Global • Online Consultation on Food Security  Africa • A Further Boost for Strategic Biosafety Research by Biosafety South Africa  • Nigeria to Use Biotech to Address Food Problem  Americas • Brazil Registers Growth in GM Plantings  • Danforth Center Scientists Discover a Method to Reduce Cyanogens in Cassava  • Outstanding Stress Resistance Found in Swedish Soybeans  • Agriscience Awards Honor Innovators  • Some Plants Duplicate their Chromosomes to Overcome Distress  Asia and the Pacific • China Reports on Agricultural IP Creation  • Media Practitioners Enlightened About Biotechnology's Role in Changing Climate  • GM Tech a Must in Bangladesh for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation, says Ag Minister  • Pakistan and Turkmenistan to Collaborate on Agricultural Research  • Chemist and Biotechnologist, Among the Conferred Members of the Philippine S&T Academy  • Scientists Recognized During the Philippine Science and Technology Week  • Seminars on Biotech Potato Breeding in Indonesia  • Thailand Positive towards Biotech in Development Plan  • GM Crops, a Must Have in Indonesia to Mitigate Climate Change  Europe • EFSA Releases Scientific Opinion on Post Market Environmental Monitoring of GMPs  • Epigenetic "Memory" Key to Nature vs Nurture  • Researchers Produce Library of Onion Traits for Global Food Security  Research • Biologists Study Genetic Mechanism Involved in Shade Responses of Grasses  • Effects of GM Wheat with Resistance to Powdery Mildew on Non-target Insect Herbivores  • Increase in Antioxidant Activity of Soybean using a New Transformation Protocol  Announcements • AUSBiOTECH 2011 Conference in Adelaide  • International Chromosome and Genetics Conference  • The 3rd ASEAN Food Security Conference in Jakarta  Document Reminders • CAST Website Relaunched

Chemist and Biotechnologist, Among the Conferred Members of the Philippine S&T Academy

The Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) recently conferred the title of Academician to Dr. Ernesto J. Del Rosario, a distinguished scientist known for his research contributions to physical chemistry and industrial biotechnology. Dr. Del Rosario is one of the country's leading experts in biofuels and recognized through his novel research and development work on bioethanol fermentation processes using saccharine and starch substrates, as well agricultural wastes. Further, he studied the preparation, application and production of important enzymes such as alpha-amylase, glucoamylase, cellulose and xylanase needed for bioethanol production. Notably, he holds two patents for his inventions on low cost fermentation process and the purification and stabilization of alpha-amylase.

Other newly-conferred NAST Academicians were Dr. Aura Matias of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) for her contributions in the field of industrial engineering, and Dr. Agnes Rola of the UP Los Baños (UPLB), for her body of work devoted to agricultural economics and sustainable community development. Dr. Eduardo Mendoza who is based in Germany was conferred the title ‘Corresponding Member' for his outstanding scientific achievements in mathematics and systems biology.

The conferment was made during the culminating ceremonies of the 33^rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the NAST, the country's highest advisory and recognition body on science and technology, held at the Manila Hotel on 14 July 2011. The latest scientific meeting focused on the challenges of agricultural productivity, competitiveness and sustainability.

For more updates on biotechnology in the Philippines, e-mail bic@agri.searca.org or visit the SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center website, http://www.bic.searca.org/.

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This article is part of the Crop Biotech Update, a weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Aquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA)

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