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Scientific Advisory Committee
Funded by Grand Challenges in Global Health

 

 

Larry Beach Dr. Larry R. Beach
Biotechnology Advisor, Africa
USAID
Ronald Reagan Building Room 3.08B
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
 Washington, D.C. 20523-3800
Eugene R. Terry

Dr. Eugene R. Terry, Ph.D.
4109 17th Street, N.W.      
Washington, D.C. 20011
E-mail: e.terry@cgiar.org

Lothar Willmitzer

Dr. Lothar Willmitzer, Ph.D.
Professor
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Wissenschaftspark Golm Am Mühlenberg 1
14476 Potsdam, Germany  
Tel. +49 (0) 331 5 67 - 82 00  
Fax +49 (0) 331 5 67 - 82 01
E-mail: Willmitzer@mpimp-golm.mpg.de

Salimata Wade

Dr. Salimata Wade
Professor
University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
Faculty of Sciences
Department of Animal Biology
Dakar, Senegal
Tel: (221) 639 86 30
Fax: (221) 832-4415
E-mail: enutsali@refer.sn

 

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November 2009
Completion of the Sequencing of the Cassava Genome Project begun in 2003.

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October 22, 2009
National Biosafety Committee (NBC) in Kenya announced the approval of a CFT permit for Kenya.

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October 22, 2009
Ms. Jenny Rooke, Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's visit to the BC Plus laboratory in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.

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October 19-21, 2009
Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH) Meeting and GC 9 Meeting in Arusha, Tanzania.

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October 14, 2009
First field trial of transgenic plants in Nigeria.

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October 12, 2009
Reaching End Users Strategy Meeting in Tanzania.

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October 8-9, 2009
Reaching End Users Strategy Meeting in Kenya.

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October 5-6, 2009
Reaching End Users Strategy Meeting in Nigeria.

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October 2009
Harvesting of transgenic cassava, Pro Vitamin A and Protein (Zeolin) in Puerto Rico.

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July 2009
Harvesting of the G5, Virus resistant plant in Puerto Rico.

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June 27-29, 2009
4th Annual Scientific Research Meeting of BC Plus in Puerto Rico.

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May 8-11, 2009
GC9 Meeting in Beijing, China.

 

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