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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…
Archived english announcements of the ZKBS The adenovirus-based vaccine strains ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca), Ad26.COVS1 (Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) and rAd5-S-CoV2 + rAd26-S-CoV2 (SputnikV) were classified by the ZKBS in risk group 1. More detailed information can…
Current Announcements 4th Report on Synthetic Biology published 21 September 2026 To the announcement All announcements Monitoring Synthetic Biology 2025 published 9 July 2026 To the announcement All announcements ZKBS Commentary on the Use of AI in Genetic…
Joint open letter of COGEM and ZKBS on the need for a specific environmental risk assessment of medicinal products with samRNAs The Netherlands Commission on Genetic Modification (COGEM) and the German Central Committee on Biological Safety (ZKBS) sent a joint open…
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…
ZKBS Commentary on Mirror Bacteria Published on: 22. September 2025 The ZKBS has published a commentary on the publication by Adamala et al. (2024) on the dangers to humans, animals, plants and the environment posed by the production of so-called mirror bacteria. You…
Fungi and Oomycetes Statements on fungi and oomycetes 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 C Cladosporium fulvum (2006) (not accessible) [PDF, 32 KB] F Fusarium proliferatum (2010) (not accessible) [PDF, 36 KB] K Komagataella phaffii as part of biol.…
Production of a vaccine Play video Please note! By clicking on the button, you accept the transfer of your data (including IP address) to Vimeo. As this is a company based in the USA, you also consent to the transfer of data in accordance with Article 49(1)(a) GDPR.…
Databases The administrative office of the ZKBS provides databases on the risk assessment of organisms, cell lines and recipient strains for biological safety measures as well as databases on oncogenes and vectors. The databases are constantly being completed and…
