The Agbiotech Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 10, October, 1995

The Agbiotech Bulletin, Volume 3, Issue 10, October, 1995 Code Number: NL95033 Size of File: Text: 56K No associated graphics files Potential Strong for Canada-Latin America Partnerships While many applications of biotechnology are already emerging as commercial products in the industrialized world, their penetration into developing nations remains limited. This article is based on the IDRC CamBioTech proposal by Dr. Jose Luis Solleiro.Solleiro, head of the CamBioTech program, will be a featured speaker at the Montreal and Saskatoon workshops. New Approach to Scientific Research - the NCE Concept Genesis of National Centres of Excellence The mid-eighties was a time of reckoning for the Canadian federal government. It was recognized that Canada needed to move from a nation whose economy was primarily resource-based to an economy of greater diversity, with more emphasis on knowledge and technical-based industries. Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network (CBDN) Quantum Canola Update NEWS MicroBio RhizoGen Takes Off Alberta Biotech Firm Bombed Insect Biotech Canada Undergoes Metamorphosis Biotech Education Underway PEI Funds Ag Research More Nutritious Canola Myristate Canola Being Developed Consumer Reports on FlavrSavr Tomato New Seed Network Low Cost Chemicals from Renewables Sought Inhibiting Potato Sprouts Biopesticide Company Downscales New Transgenic Squash Available EVENTS ABIC '96 Update IBEX '95 Taiwan-Canada Workshop The Third International Conference of Harmonization will occur November 29 - December 1, 1995 at Yokohama, Japan. Contact: Phone 41-22-340-1200; fax 41-22-345-8275. National Science & Technology Week October 13-22, 1995 has been designated National Science & Technology Week in Canada. Transgenic Technology Molecular Plant-Microbes Interactions Global Environmental Biotechnology 2000 Ag-West Biotech Inc.Annual Meeting will be held October 17, 1995 Bioenergy '96 Biotec 96 India TRENDS Promising Initiatives in Animal Biotechnology Saskatchewan institutions and businesses specializing in animal biotechnology are generating numerous products and processes designed to improve the quality and health of livestock and the productivity of animal production systems. Genetic selection for hornless cattle Selection for meat quality and tenderness in cattle at the genetic level Preservation of rare breeds of domestic animals Novel immune stimulants for farm animals Castration of farm animals by vaccination Value-Added Pork Appropriate use of enzymes in animal feed AI in Elk Cleaning up with Biotechnology Plants used to concentrate toxics Removing heavy metals from wastewater Bioprocess for desulfurizing flue-gas wastes We Welcome Your Input The AgBiotech Bulletin welcomes submissions of news, ideas and articles from subscribers. Information about new developments at your company or institution, notices about new products or resources, or observations about events and opportunities affecting the agbiotech industry will be considered for publication. Please put us on your mailing list for press releases and/or contact us directly regarding story ideas or submissions. ALLIANCES Asia Pacific Research Network Cangene Sells Diagnostic Technology TECHTRANSFER Technology Transfer Opportunities at UTI FINANCE Saskatchewan/Ottawa Sign MOU on International Business Alberta and Ottawa Sign MOU rBst Pays for Milk Quota LEGAL NOTES Experimental Use of a Patented Invention Changes in Patent Law Chinese Patent Cooperation RESOURCES New Agbiotech Booklets Available Biotechnology, Agriculture and Your Food From Field to Plate Bioethics Forum On-line The Ag Bioethics Forum published at Iowa State University is now on the Internet. However, you can still get it the old fashioned way. Mycoplasma Detection Kit Available A PCR-based Mycoplasma Detection Kit is available from American Type Culture Collection. Ontario Agri-Food Directory Patent Info on Internet S&T Information Service (CISTI) Technology Partnerships Program 1995 UK Biotechnology Handbook Weeds on Web PEOPLE WATCH IC2 Institute Pioneer Hi-Bred Smart & Biggar and Fetherstinhaugh & Co. Canadian Receives Chinese Award SAGB Agriculture Institute of Canada (AIC) Credits: The Agbiotech Bulletin is published 12 times per year on behalf of Ag-West Biotech Inc. by Westcross House Publications, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7K OR1, e-mail: signatur@eagle.wbm.ca Ag-West Biotech can be reached at 230-111 Research Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 3R2, e-mail: agwest@innovplace.saskatoon.sk.ca World Wide Web: http://www.lights.com/agwest