5 - 10 July 2009 21st International Conference on Virus and other Graft Transmissible Diseases of Fruit Crops in Neustadt/Weinstrasse, Germany
HIP Guest Seminar
In the frame of common guest seminars between the RLP AgroScience and the University of Heidelberg we would like to invite you to a talk on "chromatin remoldeling" by Andrzej Jerzmanowski.
Workshop Gentechnik der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbiotechnologie:
"Neue Impulse aus der Grundlagenforschung für die angewandte Pflanzenbiotechnologie"
Der Workshop 2007 des Arbeitskreises Gentechnik der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbiotechnologie findet am 12. und 13. Juli 2007 bei AlPlanta - Institute for Plant Research in Neustadt an der Weinstraße statt.
Programm
Hambacher Anstöße
Am 27. Mai 2007 findet die 175-jährige Wiederkehr des Hambacher Festes statt.
Beim Hambacher Fest vom 27. Mai 1832 handelt es sich um die erste politische Volksversammlung der neueren deutschen Geschichte, an der 20.000 bis 30.000 Menschen der unterschiedlichsten sozialen Gruppen teilnahmen: Vom Hambacher Fest gingen wesentliche Anstöße zur deutschen Einheits- und Freiheitsbewegung und damit zur demokratischen Tradition unseres Landes aus.
Bei den etwa 33 Rednern auf dem Hambacher Fest handelte es sich um Entscheidungsträger aus verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen.. Ihr Ziel war es, umfassende Entwürfe für ein liberales, friedliches, solidarisches, gerechtes und glückliches Miteinander der Bürger wie der europäischen Völker untereinander zu liefern.
Die Positionen der Hambacher Redner sind heute aktueller denn je. Sie bilden 175 Jahre nach dem Ereignis den Ausgangspunkt dafür, Stellung zu beziehen zur Fortentwicklung der demokratischen Kultur in Deutschland und Europa
Unter
http://www.hambacher-anstoesse.de/forum/viewforum.php?f=1
finden sich Statements von Persönlichkeiten aus verschiedenen Gesellschaftsbereichen, darunter auch die Geschäftsführerin der RLP AgroScience GmbH, die Anstöße zu einer breiten Gesellschaftlichen Diskussion zur Zukunft unser Demokratie liefern sollen.
Scientists in Norwich are leading a new research consortium to study how RNA silencing could
be used to treat life-threatening diseases.
The European Commission has committed 11.8 million euros to this four-year Integrated Project
funded under the Sixth Framework Programme.
"RNA silencing, also called RNA interference, is the cell’s natural ability to turn off genes", said
Professor David Baulcombe of the Sainsbury Laboratory at the John Innes Centre. "Only a few
years ago it was unknown, but now RNA silencing is one of the most powerful tools available to
researchers. We can use it to understand the function of genes and the mechanisms of cellular
regulation. We can also use it as a diagnostic tool for cancer and other diseases. In future it may
also be possible to use RNA silencing as the basis of novel therapy for diverse diseases ranging
from avian influenza to cancer."
RNA silencing is thought to have evolved as a defence mechanism against viruses. In primitive
cells it was a type of immune system that could recognize and then silence viral genes. Later in
evolution the silencing mechanism was recruited for switching off genes involved in normal
growth of cells and responses to stress. It occurs in all sorts of organisms from yeasts to humans
and the recent discoveries have revealed a previously unknown role for RNA (ribonucleic acid).
They have shown how, in addition to the previously understood role as a cellular messenger that
directs protein synthesis, RNA can also silence expression of genes. By introducing specific
silencing RNAs into an organism, the expression of genes can be turned down in a controlled
way.
"Although there has been rapid recent progress in understanding RNA silencing there is still much
to be done" said Professor Baulcombe. "For example we need to ensure that an RNA targeted
against gene X will only silence gene X and nothing else. When we can do that we will be able to
use RNA as a drug without side effects. We also need to understand more about the role of
silencing RNAs in normal growth and development. That information will then allow us to use the
presence of silencing RNAs to diagnose disease states in a cell."
Stimulated by the great potential of RNA silencing the European Commission has funded a
consortium of the leading European laboratories. The consortium includes researchers working
on RNA silencing in model plant and animal systems as well as humans. The use of the model
systems allows experiments to be carried out that would be impossible with humans although the
new discoveries may be translatable into new technologies for use in medicine.
Seventeen world-class laboratories and companies from nine European countries are members
of the SIROCCO consortium. SIROCCO stands for "Silencing RNAs: organisers and coordinators
of complexity in eurkaryotic organisms".
www.sirocco-project.eu
AlPlanta and the Laboratory of Molecular Physiology of Grapevine (CBBC, Hammam-Lif, Tunesien) jointly organise the
First Tunisian-German Workshop "Bioinformatics"
8-10th of September 2006 at Borj Cedria, Tunisia
AlPlanta and the Laboratory of Molecular Physiology of Grapevine (CBBC, Hammam-Lif, Tunesien) jointly organise the First Tunisian-German Workshop “Bioinformatics” 8-10th of September 2006 at Borj Cedria, Tunisia This meeting will favour direct contact and exchange between Tunisian and German scientists and is intended to establish bilateral networks and initiate specific projects on bioinformatics and genomics
Further information can be found at
www.internationale-kooperation.de
-> Workshops
Or at
http://www.mrstdc.gov.tn./...
-> Agenda
Download:
Poster
Programm
The City Concil of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse votes for biotechnology
In February 2005 the city of Neustadt started to draft a "city concept" for a strategic development of Neustadt and to develop a profil for the next 10 - 15 years.
While establishing the concept a discussion about genetic engineering of plants came up which led to a public meeting of the city council. During this meeting the official statement concerning biotechnology in the frame of the city concept was decided. It reads as follows:
"The Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum (DLR) Rheinpfalz and the RLP AgroScience GmbH in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse are already leading institutions in plant biotechnology. We support the development to the leading location of research in the metropol-region Rhein-Neckar"
This decision was preceeded by an information event in the DLR Mußbach in which biotech experts participated.
For more information about the event as well as pdfs of the talks go to:
http://www.neustadt-weinstrasse.de/probuerger/public/
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