MOOIE WERELD  1-11-2011
Thriller over de manipulatie van koersen en voedsel
 
Volgens GeneFight veroorzaakt FastGluten, een gentech-tarwe van het Amerikaanse bedrijf SynGenix, allergie. Daarom moet het van de Europese markt wordt gehaald. Bill Mayr, een topman van SynGenix, is hierover zo kwaad dat hij op een...


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REGULATING GM CROP CULTIVATION IN THE EU  31-10-2011
The final report on the evaluation of Directive 2001/18/EC with a particular view on GM crop cultivation in the EU has now been made publicly accessible. The main contractor for this study was GHK Consulting (Andrew Jarvis, Mavourneen Pieterse) in association with Technopolis and with inputs from...

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Biotechnology to enhance pulp and paper making  23-6-2011
 “We are hardly aware of the many different products from pulp and paper industries we use on a daily basis and how much wood, energy, chemicals and water we currently need for that. Writing this e-book on how biotechnology might enhance economic and environmental performance of several...


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Drivers of consolidation in the seed industry  29-3-2011
In commission of the Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM; the scientific advisory commission to the Netherlands government on issues related to genetic modification), Schenkelaars Biotechnology Consultancy (NL), LIS Consult (NL) and Prof. N. Kalaitzandonakes from the University...

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Successful Science Communication  15-2-2011
Forthcoming September Cambridge University Press will publish "Successful Science Communication: Telling It Like It Is". The book brings together experienced and successful science communicators from across the academic, commercial and media worlds and provides a one-stop resource covering science...

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Dutch Stakeholders' View on Nanotechnology  25-1-2011
Recently, the European Commission funded multistakeholder platform for the implementation of the European Commission voluntary Code of Conduct for nanoscience and nanotechnology, NanoCode, has issued a country report on the Netherlands. In total, 50 representatives from the Dutch Government,...

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Value-Added Chemicals from Biomass  15-1-2011
Last month IntertechPira published an e-book on "Value-Added Chemicals from Biomass", authored by Piet Schenkelaars.
 
This e-book discusses the depletion in fossil feedstocks, increasing oil prices and ecological problems due to greenhouse gas emissions that are forcing advanced...

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International Medical Tourism from the Netherlands for Gene Therapy  30-11-2010
In October 2009 the Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM) commissioned to Schenkelaars Biotechnology Consultancy a study that aimed at resolving two key questions:

What is the scope of patients from the Netherlands who have travelled and travel abroad for treatment with experimental or...

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Civil Society Organisations and NanoCode  11-11-2010
For the European Commission funded project "NanoCode", Piet Schenkelaars and Huib de Vriend from LIS Consult have recently investigated the views of civil society organisations in the Netherlands on a voluntary code of conduct on research in nanosciences and nanotecnologies that was recommended by...

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NanoCode: European Code of Conduct for Nanotech  3-7-2010
NanoCode is a multistakeholder dialogue providing inputs to implement the European Code of Conduct for Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies Research, with support from the European Commission RT&D Framework Programme VII. The country report on The Netherlands, with a contribution from Piet...

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Interim report technical evaluation Directive 2001/18/EC  23-12-2009
Recently, the interim report on Directive 2001/18/EC prepared by the UK consulting firm GHK with assistance of Piet Schenkelaars and five other experts has recently been made publicly accessible by the European Commission DG Environment. See for more information Interim Report 2009 Directive...


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Bijdrage Expertmeeting Eerste Kamer GGO-gewassen  20-10-2009
In Europa heerst al jaren onvrede over de toelating van genetisch veranderde gewassen, onder meer over de milieurisicobeoordeling zelf, maar ook over de vraag of, en zo ja, hoe sociaal-economische effecten meegewogen moeten worden in de toelating. Ook in Nederland is hierover...

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GM poplar for bioethanol in the Netherlands  26-3-2009
Is it useful or needed?
 
On 24 October 2008 the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) submitted an application for a permit for a small-scale field trial with genetically modified (GM) poplar WT/52-3 to the Dutch competent authority (CA) for Directive 2001/18/EC. On 29 January 2009 the...

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Dossierkosten markttoelating gentech gewassen VS en EU  12-3-2009
Om een onderbouwd inzicht te verkrijgen in de kosten die gepaard gaan met een vergunning voor markttoelating van een genetisch gemodificeerd (gg-) gewas heeft de Commissie genetische modificatie (COGEM) een onderzoek laten uitvoeren. In dit onderzoek, dat is uitgevoerd door Schenkelaars...

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Oogst uit het lab  3-6-2008
Oogst uit het lab gaat over nieuwe gentechnieken in landbouw en voedselproductie en over de maatschappelijke betekenis daarvan. Dit boek is geschreven door Piet Schenkelaars en Huib de Vriend voor een breed publiek. Genetisch gemanipuleerde soja, octrooien op genen, synthetische biologie,...

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Klonen landbouwhuisdieren voedselproductie  1-5-2008

In januari 2008 verscheen een advies van de Amerikaanse Food and Drug Administration (FDA), waarmee in de VS het licht op groen gezet is voor het toepassen van dierlijke klonen en nakomelingen voor voedselproductie. Vrijwel tegelijkertijd verscheen een conceptadvies van de European Food...

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Novel aspects risk assessment novel generation GM crops  20-3-2008
To date, a novel generation of genetically modified (GM) plants is under development and at a pre-market stage. These GM plants are plants, which express pharmaceutical, nutraceutical or industrial compounds, have an increased tolerance to abiotic stress, like drought, or have new metabolic...

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Nieuwe aspecten risicobeoordeling nieuwe generatie gg-gewassen  20-3-2008
Op het moment wordt een nieuwe generatie van genetisch gemodificeerde (gg) planten ontwikkeld, die zich in de fase voorafgaande aan vermarkting bevinden. Deze gg-planten maken industriële, farma- of nutraceutische verbindingen, hebben een verhoogde tolerantie tegen abiotische stress, zoals droogte,...

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The Future of Biofuels  26-6-2007
With growing concerns over the price and availability of fossil fuels, not to mention environmental concerns, finding viable alternative fuel supplies is increasingly essential. It is forecast that by 2020 biofuels will account for 6.8% of total transportation fuels, up from 1% in 2003. The Future...


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White Biotech: Present and Future Aspects  24-5-2007
The potential for white biotech is huge. Using enzymes and chemicals to create and change products in the food industry for example is not a new concept, however as our understanding of this technology develops, the applications start multiplying very quickly. From textiles to energy, white biotech...


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