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Dr. Larry
R. Beach
Biotechnology Advisor, Africa
USAID
Ronald Reagan Building Room 3.08B
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20523-3800 |
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Dr. Eugene R. Terry,
Ph.D.
4109 17th Street,
N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20011
E-mail: e.terry@cgiar.org |
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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
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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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April 6 2009
Dr. Chiedozie Egesi was awarded the
best scientist award for 2008 by the National Root Crop Research
Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Nigeria. |
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March 25-28 2009
Visit of the Nigerian Bio Safety
Delegation, Dr. Chiedozie Egesi, BC Plus In-Country Manager for
Nigeria; Professor Jonathan Ekepere, Chairman, National Biosafety
Committee, Dr. Kenneth Nwosu, Executive Director, NRCRI, Mr. Matthew
Dore, BC Plus Consultant, Mr. Ademola Usman, head, National
Biosafety Office; Mr. Rufus Ebegba, Biosafety officer, National
biosafety Office, and Professor Sylvia Uzochukwu, Chairperson, NBC
Technical Sub-Committee to view the CFT trails in Puerto Rico. |
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March 16-18 2009
Training course, organized by BC
Plus and office of International Programs (OIP) at NRCRI, Umudike,
Nigeria, to train field personnel, regulators, and plant quarantine
officials on conduct of a CFT. |
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March 2009
Arrival of the African trainee, Mr.
Evans Nyaboga, to ETH, Switzerland.
Arrival of the African trainee, Mr.
Alfred Ubalua, to IITA, Nigeria.
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March 2 2009
Nigerian Minister of the
Environment issues a permit to NRCRI and BC Plus to conduct confined
field trial (CFT) of pro-Vitamin A enriched GM cassava events. |
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February 9 2009
BC Plus PI and PDM visit GC9 and
Science and Technology Senior Program Officers of the Gates
Foundation. |
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January 2009
Arrival of the African Trainees:
Mr. Paul Kuria; Mr. Solomon Afuape; Mr. Shuaibu Kahya; and Ms.
Ihuoma Umezurumba at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and
the beginning of the six month training period for African
Scientists. |
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17 December 2008
Application to hold a confined field
trial (CFT) of pro-Vitamin A enriched GM cassava events submitted to
the Internal Bio safety Committee (IBC) of KARI. |
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27 November 2008
Application to hold a confined
field trial (CFT) of pro-Vitamin A enriched GM cassava events
submitted to the Nigerian Bio-safety Office (NBO). |
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13 October 2008
Dr. Shantha J.R. Pieris was
appointed as the new Laboratory Operations Coordinator for the Sayre
Lab, the ERAC Institute for Renewable Fuels at the Donald Danforth
Plant Science Center in St. Louis, U.S.A., and the Administrator for
BC Plus. |
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1 September 2008
Ms. Sally Mallowa was appointed as
the new In-Country Product Development Manager (PDM) for Kenya. |
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1 September 2008
Dr. Chiedozie Egesi took office as
the new In-Country Product Development Manager (PDM) for Nigeria.
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