Risk assessment and risk management of transgenic microorganisms and viruses

Dear Forum Participant,

Welcome to the Discussion Group on “Risk assessment and risk management of transgenic microorganisms and viruses”.

**The discussions within this group will take place during 10-23 November 2008.**

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As a participant to the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management, your contribution is of extreme importance in making this Forum an unprecedented medium of discussion which is a forerunner to the intergovernmental negotiations on the development of guidance material on specific aspects of risk assessment of LMOs.

The CBD Secretariat thanks you for your active participation. Happy discussions!

Best regards,
The Biosafety Division

It is fine to sign in and to be able to post reply here. I noticed that the main topic here is related to biosafety of transgenic fish. Is there any experts working on fish? I work with plant only and focus on the geneflow from transgenic crops to the wild relatives and the following ecological consequence.

Wei Wei
Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan
Beijing 100093
P. R. China
Email: weiwei@ibcas.ac.cn
Tel: 86-10-62836275
Fax: 86-10-82596146