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08/19/10
UN Meeting: Synthetic Biology- Engineering a Safer Future
Organised by the BWC Implementation Support Unit, Office for Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations Office at Geneva together with the Geneva Forum, the seminar about Synthetic Biology: Building a Safe and Secure Future, will take place in Geneva, Switzerland at the 25th August 2010.
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07/10/10
IDC invited to Meeting of the US Presidential Bioethics Commission
The US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues held its first meeting on July 8-9 in Washington, DC.  The primary topic was synthetic biology.
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Biosafety Working Group

IDC`s Biosafety Working Group is working in the field of management and use of plant genetic resources, risk assessment of new biotechnologies, and safety and security issues of synthetic biology.

Follow the project links to learn more about our activites

Ongoing projects:

 CISYNBIO: Cinema and Synthetic Biology
TARPOL: Targeting environmental pollution with engineered microbial systems á la carte

Investigating the biosafety and risk assessment needs of synthetic biology in Austria and China

Completed projects:

Communicating Synthetic Biology
Safety and ethical aspects of Synthetic Biology

 

CAMBIODIVERSITY: Promoting biodiversity conservation in Cambodia

Networking on conservation and use of plant genetic resources in Europe and Asia
Benefiting from an improved agricultural portfolio in Asia

Biosafety and genetically modified crops in Southern Africa


The Biosafety WG includes the following IDC members: Markus Schmidt (group leader), Alexander Kelle, Gregor Giersch, Stefan Glaser, Angela Meyer


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