Biotech Updates

Biosafety Course Slated in Brazil

January 12, 2007

The course will run 24-28 September 2007 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is primarily aimed at Latin American professionals who will be in a position to review applications for the deliberate release of GM crops. The workshop aims to discuss the near term evolution and challenges in GM biosafety, namely the developments of GM crops expressing complex phenotypes, non-food applications, and gene-restriction constructs. The workshop will comprise formal lectures on biosafety, and several sessions of hands-on exercises as in actual regulatory review process.

Requests for information and applications directly to:
Dr. Leila Oda. E-mail: secretaria@anbio.org.br or l.oda@uol.com.br.