Top news of the week: 18.02.2020.
#WomenInScience #biopharma #Syntheticbiology #synbio #scicomm
Food And Agriculture
FDA defends CRISPR-edited animal rules likely to block most uses: Is the agency trying to avoid litigation from anti-GMO groups? https://t.co/6l3je6SSsS @Camjenglish @GeneticLiteracy
OpenFDA defends CRISPR-edited animal rules likely to block most uses: Is the agency trying to avoid litigation from anti-GMO groups?
"How can the presence of one identifiable variant justify the costs and delays of mandatory FDA oversight?"
RT @evonetix: We're pleased to be sponsoring @FoodBeerScience's article "#Syntheticbiology is shaking up these 5 industries – Some of them might surprise you", which is featured in today's @SynBioBeta Digest. Read it here: https://t.co/Txq6F7WMdl #synbio #biopharma https://t.co/aVjCpis6KQ
OpenSynthetic biology is shaking up these 5 industries–Some of them might surprise you
Ask any researcher for a definition of synthetic biology, and you’ll get a different answer. Synthetic biology is an incredibly diverse field with applications that span the biotechnology ...
RT @ScienceAlly: As global coordinator at @isaaa_org, @maha_mabic is a strong leader among #WomenInScience: "We often deliver, but we are happy to be invisible and work behind the scenes. Women don’t demand. All this has to change. More so, in the fields of STEM." https://t.co/fak56ekDXF
OpenArujanan seeks greater collaboration for ISAAA
As its new global coordinator, Dr. Mahaletchumy Arujanan is planning to lead the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) into an era of greater ...
"It’s easy to condemn the worst aspects of intensive agriculture and industrial production. It’s far harder to get into the nuts and bolts of how to move the ball forward."
https://t.co/zlaI684CT5 @eatcookwrite
OpenViewpoint: ‘Dicamba Debacle’ stirs questions about the future shape of ‘industrial, intensive agriculture’
The dicamba debacle gives a chance to answer key questions about industrial agriculture with rare specificity.
RT @AgFunder: BREAKING: Freight Farms raises $15m Series B led by Ospraie Ag Science https://t.co/MSfAVjadDp https://t.co/QAo9YXqB0K
OpenBREAKING: Freight Farms raises $15m Series B led by Ospraie Ag Science
The container farming startup is planning to dig deeper into plant science to optimize its connected platform and provide growers with better recipes.
After 25 years of millions of farmers growing GM crops, on 12% of world’s fields, it is reasonable for Europe to look at the evidence surrounding the proven safety of GM crops, instead of demonising a technology which can and does provide multiple benefits https://t.co/9rzl3GzcvS
OpenFighting malnutrition: Golden Rice and the EU’s GMO conundrum
In the last two decades, the cultivation of genetically biofortified crops, such as Golden Rice, to help solve the global humanitarian crisis of “malnutrition” remains elusive. Let’s ...
Mutagenesis techniques must be subject to GMO regulation. The Conseil d’Etat, France’s top administrative court, ruled that organisms obtained via in-vitro mutagenesis techniques, including gene editing, should be subject to GMO regulation. https://t.co/a893RYXojQ
OpenMutagenesis techniques must be subject to GMO regulation, says French court
The Conseil d’Etat, France’s top administrative court, ruled that organisms obtained by mutagenesis techniques should be subject to GMO regulation. [SHUTTERSTOCK] The French …
RT @ScienceAlly: When it comes to @#WomenInScience, we often think of @BioBeef and her work to advance livestock breeding and #scicomm.
https://t.co/ozZ5ZO82W4
OpenProfile: Science advocate Alison Van Eenennaam
In the contentious arena of livestock breeding and biotechnology, Dr. Alison L. Van Eenennaam has emerged as a tireless advocate for getting the science right. Whether she’s conducting ...