gmo-safety.eu – biological safety research in Germany
The Internet portal gmo-safety.eu provides up-to-date clear and intelligible information about current and past biosafety research into genetically modified plants in Germany.
The focus is on projects supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The sections ‘Maize’, ‘Grain’, ‘Potatoes’, ‘Oilseed rape’, ‘Woody plants’, ‘Monitoring’ and ‘Gene transfer’ provide comprehensive basic information about the key BMBF-funded research areas. A database with summaries of research topics, methods and results (‘Database’) is supplemented by exciting insights into the everyday working lives of researchers (‘Science live’), background reports on individual topics (‘Focus’) and news stories on everything to do with biological safety research both in Germany and at international level (‘News’). The ‘Debate’ section is designed to enliven the discussion about green genetic engineering by offering new perspectives and surprising points of view – this section regularly presents interesting texts on scientifically and socially relevant topics. There is also a glossary with key terms, a photo database and a schools portal (German only) with suggestions for teachers.
The information portal is designed to make research findings on the environmental safety of genetically modified plants accessible to the interested public and to contribute towards objective, responsible opinion-forming. The site is run on behalf of the BMBF by an independent editorial team consisting of Genius GmbH – Wissenschaft & Kommunikation (Darmstadt), TransGen (Aachen) and the TÜV Nord Group. The content is produced in close collaboration with the scientists in the research groups. The summaries of research projects in the database are approved for publication by the scientists concerned to ensure that the results are presented correctly.
The portal content is also available in German at www.biosicherheit.de.
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