5th Ecological Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms meeting

아래와 같이 GM작물의 환경영향: 유럽의 경험이라는 주제로 학술회의를 개최한다.  신젠타의 Alan Raybould가 Scientific Committee에들어가 있다.

The 5th EIGMO meeting by the West Palaearctic Regional Section of the International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC/WPRS) Working Group ‘GMOs in Integrated Plant Production' will take place 22-25 June 2011, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. The meeting will be organized by Oxana Habuštová and František Sehnal from the Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Entomology (http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/). Please reserve these dates!

The IOBC/WPRS working group aims to present a platform for exchange of research results and to stimulate collaborative projects dealing with genetically modified plants and their potential impact on the environment. For details on the objectives of this group see the IOBC/WPRS newsletter Profile Nr. 34 (http://www.iobc-wprs.org/pub/index.html).

The following invited speakers have confirmed their participation in the meeting:

• William D. Hutchison (University of Minnesota, USA)
• Morven McLean (Center for Environmental Risk Assessment, Washington, USA)
• David Bohan (Rothamsted Research, UK)
• Ervin Balàzs (Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
• Josef Soukup (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic)
• Yann Devos (European Food Safety Authority, Italy)

You will find further information regarding the venue, registration, submission of abstracts, accommodation, etc. on the meeting’s website (http://eigmo2011.bc.cas.cz/).

Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is April 15, 2011.
Deadline for registration is April 30, 2011.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Jörg Romeis
Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Zurich, Switzerland
joerg.romeis@art.admin.ch