Category: BiotechBytes Newsletter

Biotechnology Havana 2008- AgBiotechnology: facing huge challenges with new approaches Havana, Cuba November 30 - December 05, 2008

November 24, 2008 by vikas

The meeting will have sessions in the following symposia:

Symposia and main topics

* Aquatic biotechnology

* Modern biotechnologies for animal health

* Animals as bioreactors and biomodels

* Biosafety in Genetic Modified Organisms (GMO) and Bioproducts

* Molecular plant - pathogens interaction

Speed and Safety in Drug Discovery London, UK (November 26, 2008)

November 24, 2008 by vikas

Speed and Safety in Drug Discovery London, UK (November 26, 2008)

Find out how you can get drugs into the clinic faster and more safely from world-leading experts on the latest technologies.

Sessions:

* Predicting human hazard
* Human tissue solutions
* In vitro & in silico solutions
* Testing safely in volunteers

More: http://www.drugtestingconference.com/

Plant functional genomics and molecular Breeding of Field and Vegetable Crops "Breeding 2008" Novi Sad, Serbia (November 24-27, 2008)

November 24, 2008 by vikas

The Conference will include plenary lectures, oral and poster presentations that are focused on the field and vegetable crops breeding. The aim of this meeting is to present and critically discuss individual and group approaches in breeding and breeding-related areas.

FDA Warns Public of Extortion Scam by FDA Impersonators

November 14, 2008 by vikas

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about a fraudulent scheme to extort money from consumers by callers who falsely identify themselves as "FDA special agents" or other FDA officials.

Bioethics and biotechnology

November 13, 2008 by ravi

by Dónal P. O’Mathúna