Open-Seminar on CRISPR-Cas 9 and Genomics
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The Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) conducted an Open-Seminar on CRISPR-Cas 9 and Genomics on January 23, 2018 in partnership with East-West Seed Company. The speakers were Dr. Zachary Lippman of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory who discussed “The Miracle of Genomic Editing: Now What?” and Dr. Byuong-Cheorl Kang of Seoul National University who discussed about “Genomics-assisted breeding in Pepper”.
New common formats for submission of contained use and confined test proposals
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Please be informed that new common formats for submission of the following proposals have been released:
- Contained use (http://dost-bc.dost.gov.ph/download/category/8-contained-use)
- Confined test (http://dost-bc.dost.gov.ph/download/category/7-confined-tests)
Proposals to be submitted on October 2017 must be in accordance to the new common formats.
Regulators from Competent National Authorities participate in the 14th ISBGMO in Mexico
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On 4 to 8 June, the regulators from Departments of Health (DOH) and Science and Technology (DOST) participated in the 14th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (ISBGMO) in Guadalajara, México. For this year, the conference theme was "Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: past, present and future"
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