Recipient strains for biological safety measures The database of recipient strains recognized for biological saftey measures provides information on recipient organisms frequently used for genetic engineering operations. This information concerns the allocation to a…
History Historie Mode of operation until 1990 Development since the genetic engineering act (GenTG) was passed in 1990 Expansion of the circle of members 250th ZKBS meeting on 5 September 2023 The ZKBS was launched in February 1978 with the “Directives on protection…
Monitoring Synthetic Biology 2023 published The Synthetic Biology Working Group of the ZKBS has reviewed the publications of the year 2023 and selected 37 of them for publication on their homepage . The working group found that all research approaches in synthetic…
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9th MEACB 2019 From 6 to 7 November 2019 the 9th Meeting of the European Advisory Committees on Biosafety (MEACB) in the field of contained use and deliberate release of GMOs took place in Berlin, Germany. It was hosted by the German Federal Office of Consumer…
Presentations of the 9th MEACB Welcome by Sigrun Smola, Head of ZKBS (not accessible) [PDF, 6 MB] SESSION I: Tasks of advisory boards/ special focusses Recent work of the Biotech Advisory Board in Norway on the future regulation of GMOs (not accessible) [PDF, 6 MB]…
The ZKBS introduces itself The Central Committee on Biological Safety (ZKBS) is a voluntary expert panel responsible for evaluating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with regard to the potential risks posed to humans, animals and the environment and delivering…
Bacteria and Archaea Statements on Bacteria and Archaea A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A ARSOlux test system (2012) (not accessible) [PDF, 66 KB] B Bacteria and Archaeaa_virus of (2026) [PDF, 272 KB] B. subtilis 168_suitability as biosafety…
Plants Statements on plants A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Antibiotic resistence genes in the genome of plants (2008) (not accessible) [PDF, 150 KB] M Maize GA21 (2008) (not accessible) [PDF, 94 KB] Maize MON810 (2007) (not accessible) [PDF, 53…
General Subjects Statements on general subjects A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1st Monitoring Report of the ZKBS on Synthetic Biology (2012) (not accessible) [PDF, 87 KB] 2nd Report of the ZKBS on Synthetic Biology (2018) (not accessible) [PDF, 2…
