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Course: Holistic Foundations for Assessment and Regulation of Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms
Place: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Dates: 26 April – 1 May, 2010
Duration: 6 days
Language: Portuguese, Spanish and English
Cost: Full sponsorship will be given to 40 selected applicants.
The sponsorship will cover curricular materials, course-associated travel, visa-fees, accommodation and meals.
How to apply:
The online (electronic) application form is available here: www.rgv.ufsc.br
An application form in Word-format can be downloaded from: english.genok.org or obtained on request from katrine.jaklin@genok.org
The completed forms/CVs should be returned to regional10@genok.org
Applications close on 1 February 2010
Target: The course is designed to provide policy makers, regulators, scientists and NGOs/civil society leaders, specifically from developing countries, with the necessary balanced and critical knowledge and training in crucial GE/GMO issues. Through lectures, laboratory demonstrations, group work on case studies, and discussions, we offer biosafety capacity building within a holistic framework.
Preference will be given to applicants from South American countries. Participant must come from or live in an ODA-country to be considered. Gender and regional criteria are also used in the selection of participants
in order to achieve representational balance.
Program:
- Holistic overview of genetics, genes, gene expression and regulation
- Various application areas for genetic engineering
- The potential impact of GMOs on the environment and human health
- The Biosafety Protocol
- Economic and legal aspects of GMOs
- Socio-cultural and ethical issues of GMOs
- Regulatory systems and GMO labelling
- Risk assessment of GMOs and risk assessment review
- Laboratory practicals on protein and PCR based GMO detection
Contact:
Sarah Zanon Agapito Tenfen
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais
Centro de Ciências Agrárias – Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Florianópolis, SC, Brasil
sarahagapito@cca.ufsc.br
55-48-37215329 or 55-48-88237793
Katrine Jaklin
Project Manager: GenØk – Centre for Biosafety
E-mail: katrine.jaklin@genok.org
For further information about ODA-countries visit http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/40/43540882.pdf
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