New biosafety research programme

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is to provide funding of 10 million euros for biosafety research over the next th… more

Vine trials abandoned

The first release experiment with genetically modified vines in Germany is being called off early. The Institut für Rebenzüchtung Geilweilerho… more

The AgroBioTechnikum in Groß Lüsewitz opens its doors.

After two years in construction, the AgroBio-Technikum, a centre for agro-biotechnological research was officially opened in Groß Lüsewitz, ne… more

“We want to make ourselves known.”

It was a first: for the first time the annual status seminar on biosafety research took place not amongst an inner circle of scientists but in… more

Biosafety research

Since 1987 the German government has been supporting the development of genetic engineering with special programmes aimed at promoting researc… more

Worlds apart in the trial field

A colourful group of opponents of genetic engineering visited the trial fields in the Brandenburg village of Dahnsdorf, where the Federal B… more

GM wine causes a stir

It is an experiment: Since 1999 transgenic grapevines have been undergoing field-testing in the German wine-producing regions of Franken and P… more

bioSicherheit goes online

The Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Wolf-Michael Catenhusen, has opened the new informa… more