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Shantha J.R. Pieris
Contact Details:
Laboratory Operations Coordinator to the Director,
ERAC Institute for Renewable Fuels and Bio Cassava Plus,
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center,
975 North Warson Road,
St. Louis, MO, 63132, USA.
Phone: 314-587-1680
Fax: 314-587-1780
E-mail: sjpieris@danforthcenter.org
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November 2009
Completion of the Sequencing of the
Cassava Genome Project begun in 2003.
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October 22, 2009
National Biosafety Committee (NBC)
in Kenya announced the approval of a CFT permit for Kenya. |
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October 22, 2009
Ms. Jenny Rooke, Program Officer,
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's visit to the BC Plus laboratory
in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. |
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October 19-21, 2009
Grand Challenges in Global Health
(GCGH) Meeting and GC 9 Meeting in Arusha, Tanzania.
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October 14, 2009
First field trial of transgenic
plants in Nigeria. |
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October 12, 2009
Reaching End Users Strategy Meeting
in Tanzania. |
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October 8-9, 2009
Reaching End Users Strategy Meeting
in Kenya. |
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October 5-6, 2009
Reaching End Users Strategy Meeting
in Nigeria. |
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October 2009
Harvesting of transgenic cassava,
Pro Vitamin A and Protein (Zeolin) in Puerto Rico. |
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July 2009
Harvesting of the G5, Virus
resistant plant in Puerto Rico. |
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June 27-29, 2009
4th Annual Scientific Research
Meeting of BC Plus in Puerto Rico. |
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May 8-11, 2009
GC9 Meeting in Beijing, China. |
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