Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries

The Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries is an initiative of Ghent University and was founded by Prof. Em. Dr. Marc Van Montagu on June 13, 2000

It is IPBO's mission to promote sustainable socio-economic development in developing and emerging economies and access to the latest technological developments and the design of effective biosafety and regulatory mechanisms. IPBO contributes to awareness and capacity building through knowledge transfer in enabling technologies, international regulations & intellectual property rights and the promotion of innovative research oriented to the needs of developing nations.

IPBO Upcoming Events

• IPBO is organizing an E-Postgraduate Course 'Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology' for the academic year 2009-2010, in cooperation with UNIDO. Click to read all information on the course contents and the application procedure. Applications for the academic year 2009-2010 have closed.

• IPBO has organised a mini-symposium on Trends in Communication and Regulation of Green Biotechnology on Wednesday 20th January 2010. The presentations given at this event are now available.

General Announcements

• Article with Em.Prof.Dr. Marc Van Montagu in the New York Times,  October 21, 2009. You can find it here.

• The Royal Society has published the report of a landmark study examining the contribution of the biological sciences to food crop production. http://royalsociety.org/displaypagedoc.asp?id=35510

• The September 2009 edition of CGIAR e-News includes a special tribute to Dr. Norman Borlaug. http://www.cgiar.org/enews/september2009/story_01.html