Flanders-UNIDO Risk Assessment Research Network (FURARN)
The Flanders-UNIDO Risk Assessment Research Network (FURARN) is an international coordination action project funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO Vlaanderen) and UNIDO. The aim of the network is to bring together scientists and biosafety experts with complementary expertise in fields allowing the risk assessment of a GMO.
As a networking institute and focal point bringing together different disciplines in the field of biotechnology and biosafety, the Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO) acts as the coordinator of the FURARN network.
FURARN Objectives
The specific objective of the research network is to develop a computer-based system that will:
- allow the systematic input and analysis of data relevant to risk assessment
- enable the characterization and evaluation of risks
The software will be an invaluable tool for risk assessment by:
- allowing regulators to test risk hypotheses through an interactive software interface
- enabling operational linkages between databases relevant to the risk assessment process (e.g. regulatory, toxicological, ecological, and environmental)
- providing for an assessment of the potential risks of a GM product at its conception thereby informing on the need for project adaptation,saving time and money
FURARN Events
- Ieper 27-28 April 2011: 4th meeting of the Flanders-UNIDO Risk Assessment Research Network
- Buenos Aires 19 November 2011: workshop "Support systems for risk assessment of GM crops", at the 11th International Symposium of Genetically Modified Organisms (ISBGMO)
- Rimini 16-17 September 2010: 3rd Meeting of the Flanders-UNIDO Risk Assessment Research Network
- Gent 17-18 May 2010: 2nd Meeting of the Flanders-UNIDO Risk Assessment Research Network
- Gent 21-22 January 2010: Opening Meeting of the Flanders-UNIDO Risk Assessment Research Network
- Gent 20 January 2010: Mini-Symposium on Trends in Communication and Regulation of Green Biotechnology
FURARN Contacts
Prof. Dr. Godelieve Gheysen: FURARN coordinator
Director of the Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO)
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University
Dept. Molecular Biotechnology, Head of Applied Molecular Genetics research group
Coupure links 653, B-9000 Gent
Tel. +32 9 264 58 88
Fax +32 9 264 62 19
godelieve.gheysen@ugent.be
Dr. Ine Pertry: daily network coordination
Institute of Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries (IPBO),
Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University
Dept. Plant Biotechnology and Genetics
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Tel +32 9 264 52 03
Fax +32 9 264 87 95
ine.pertry@ugent.be
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