News

• 06.03.2012 | Topic report on GM animals 'GM animals: a wanted and unwanted reality' published

  Due to developments abroad, through either import requests or permit applications for market admittance, Europe will be faced with genetically modified (GM) animals and animal products in the future. This raises the question of whether the legislative framework and procedures in the Netherlands and Europe are equipped to deal with these developments and whether the present assessment framework is adequate for this purpose. This was why COGEM undertook to investigate the nature of these developments and the possible problems which they may raise.

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• 2011

• 01.07.2011 | COGEM symposium on genetically modified animals: October 25th 2011

  COGEM organises the international symposium 'GM animals: Perspectives and perceptions' on the 25th of October 2011 in Amsterdam. For more information and to register, go to the symposium website.

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• 20.06.2011 | Second Synthetic Biology Newsletter

  The Synthetic Biology Newsletter gives an update on current societal, ethical and scientific developments in synthetic biology. The newsletter has been jointly commissioned by COGEM and Rathenau Institute and was created by LIS Consult and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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• 2010

• 29.11.2010 | Current developments in synthetic biology

  The Synthetic Biology Newsletter gives an update on current societal, ethical and scientific developments in synthetic biology. The Newsletter has been jointly commissioned by COGEM and Rathenau Institute and was created by LIS Consult and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

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