Technology Networks

NGOs and GMOs - A Case Study In Alternative Science Communication
This article seeks to understand how and why we find local NGOs performing a role as alternative science communicators in the social conflict concerning agricultural biotechnology.

Bt maize (video)
In the context of the German biosafety research programme, scientist Mechthild Schuppner is attempting to determine whether genetically modified Bt maize is harmful to domestic butterflies.

Report Blames GM Crops for Herbicide Spike, Downplays Pesticide Reductions
A recent report published by the Organic Center, an organic farming advocacy organization headquartered in Foster, Rhode Island, claims that the use of herbicides in weed control has risen sharply since transgenic crops' commercial introduction in 1996.

European Food Safety Authority Analyzes the new Seralini Paper
The GMO Panel concludes that the authors’ claims, regarding new side effects indicating kidney and liver toxicity, are not supported by the data provided in their paper.

Plant Derivative Could Help Refine Cancer Treatment
MCG researchers are seeking to refine cancer treatment with an anti-inflammatory plant derivative long used in Chinese medicine.

Agriculture is Key to Global Economic Growth, Sustainability and Security
DuPont Chair and CEO Ellen Kullman Leaving Pioneer.com told attendees of the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

Biotech eucalyptus doesn’t mind the cold
Scientists have succeeded in producing a variety of genetically modified eucalyptus suited to withstand cooler temperatures.

Bill Gates at Davos: Rethinking How to Feed the World
Watch panelists including Gates discuss How can the increased demand for food be met in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner?

Biomass and Quercetin Accumulation Predict Drought Sensitivity in a Novel White Clover Hybrid
Lincoln University / AgResearch / PGG Wrightson Seeds

This study shows for the first time that drought resistance in a new white clover hybrid can be linked to drought-induced increases in quercetin levels, and quercetin-to-kaempferol ratio levels. Subsequent DNA-marker analysis studies will be used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for improved drought resistance in white clover to combine high Q response with high herbage yield.

Collaboration key to developing world genomics research
PLoS Medicine

Information exchange and knowledge transfer are key to harnessing genomics research for developing countries, write Josefina Coloma and Eva Harris in a PLoS Medicine essay.


The Bacteriophage in Biology, Biotechnology and Medicine, Welwyn Garden City, UK
26 February 2010 - 26 February 2010

After our successful Bacteriophage Applications - current and potential applications in biotechnology, agriculture and medicine event which took place 16th May 2006 and Bacteriophages: Nature and Exploitation event which took place in 22 February 2008 we are delighted to announce our follow up event.

International Conference and Exhibition on Soilless Culture - ICESC2010, Singapore
08 March 2010 - 13 March 2010


World Biofuels Markets, Amsterdam, Netherlands
15 March 2010 - 17 March 2010


International Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Symposium 2010: IMAPS2010, Shiraz, Iran
19 April 2010 - 21 April 2010


III International Symposium on Loquat, Antakya-Hatay, Turkey
03 May 2010 - 06 May 2010

  


Rational Metabolic Engineering of Transgenic Plants with the Capacity to Synthesise High Levels of Omega-3 Long Chain Polyunsaturates

Johnathan Napier, Research Leader, Rothamsted Research, Speaking at the Agrigenomics World Congress 2009

Genetic and Epigenetic Changes in Stress-tolerant Plants

Igor Kovalchuk ,Group Leader & Associate Professor, University of Lethbridg, Speaking at the Agrigenomics World Congress 2009

Global Pipeline of New GM Crops
European Unioin's JRC

A new publication provides a detailed list of products in the commercial, regulatory and advanced R&D pipelines.