Aug 31, 2009

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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 section ‘Science’ provide comprehensive basic information about the key BMBF-funded research areas as ‘Maize’, ‘Potatoes’, ‘Grain’, ‘Oilseed rape’, ‘Woody plants’, ‘Gene transfer’ and ‘Confinement’. 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. In our press report you will find up to date press information on biological safety research on green gene technology in Germany. Follow-up text and graphic material as well as video documentation on the SiFo projects are available in the media center. There is also a glossary with key terms 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) and i-Bio Information Biowissenschaften (formerly: TransGen Wissenschaftskommunikation). 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.