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Archives:
2006
Volume 3 Issue 1 – March 2006
WTO gives thumbs up to biotech crops
Adnavance Technologies Inc. novel technology platform
Technology Transfer: turning ideas into products
In the News... People
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2005
Volume 2 Issue 4 – December 2005
At the vanguard of infectious disease research
Tree Research: branching out across Canada
Financing alternatives for early-stage companies
In the News... People
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Volume 2 Issue 3– September 2005
Saskatchewan: providing science and technology solutions
Canada's Notice of Submission pilot project
Saskatchewan - a beehive of activity
In the News... People
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Volume 2 Issue 2– June 2005
Saskatoon Shines
Addition of scienctists to PGRC
Smart Regulations
In the News... People
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Volume 2 Issue 1 – March 2005
Pesticide Exposure and Human Health
Biotech Crops: 10 years and counting
CFIA and AAFC host workshops
In the News... People
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2004
Volume 1 Issue 3 – December 2004
Europe and GMOs: the dance continues
Facilitating the Development of molecular farming
RNA Interference: shooting the messenger RNA
About the town... People
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Volume 1 Issue 2– September 2004
Synchrotron ushers in new era in Canadian life sciences research
SR&ED Tax Credits: an incentive for biotech companies
DNA sampling technology
About the town... People
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Volume 1 Issue 1 – June 2004
Presenting Ag-West Bio Inc. – a new life science organization for
Saskatchewan
Audiences heard an International Perspective on GM Crops at Co-Existence:
the Challenges and Opportunities
'David versus Goliath' or 'David versus Davids'
About the town... People
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Previous versions of the Ag-West Biotech Inc. - AgBiotech Bulletin:
2004
Volume 12 Issue 3 – March 2004
Unlocking Genetic Diversity Challenge
Editor's Message
President's Message: Canadian canola
Regulatory Column: Intellectual Property, Patenting and Liability
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Volume 12 Issue 2 – February 2004
Multinational Brassica Genome Project
Editor's Message
President's Message: Ag-West Builds Innovation
Regulatory Column: When is Novel no Longer Novel
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Volume 12 Issue 1 – January 2004
Survey Says ....
Ag-West Biotech's new President & CEO
Geee! in Genome comes to Saskatchewan
Regulatory Column: Over-Regulation of Innovation
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2003
Volume 11 Issue 10 – November 2003
Food Traceability: From the farm to the fork
Biotechnology regulatory project launched
Ag-West Biotech's 3rd Annual Regulatory Conference and 13th Annual Meeting
Regulatory Column: The External Advisory Committee on Smart Regulation
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Volume 11 Issue 9 – October 2003
Refuting the daily mail
President's Column: Investing in imagination
Biotechnology offers opportunities to Africa
Regulatory Column: Introducing Ag-West Biotech's Manager – Regulatory
Affairs
Regulatory Affairs Conference – PMPs
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Volume 11 Issue 8 – September 2003
Chipping away at gene expression analysis
President's Column: $120 million investment in Agricultural Genomics
Regulatory Column: Measuring innovation clusters
Regulatory Affairs Conference – PMPs
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Volume 11 Issue 7 – August 2003
Canadian General Standards Board – Voluntary Labeling and Advertising
of Foods that are and are not Products of Genetic Engineering
President's Column: Agricultural biotechnology in the post-BSE environment
Bio-Logical Futures Conference a Success
Regulatory Column: Regulating Efficiently; Inoculant Industry Task Force
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Volume 11 Issue 6 – June 2003
Saskatchewan's Pork Industry Interpretive Centre
President's Column: Anti-Globalization Agendas Help Perpetuate Hunger
In The Developing World
Regulatory Column: Analyzing Knowledge Management in Innovation Clusters
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Volume 11 Issue 5 – May 2003
The 'Pulse' of biotech research
President's Column: GE3LS – genomics, economics, environment,
ethics, law and societal issues
Inoculant research boosts crop profitability
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Volume 11 Issue 4 – April 2003
The gift of the magi
President's Column: Issues that will shape the emerging plant made pharmaceuticals
industry
Intellectual Property Management
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Volume 11 Issue 3 – March 2003
Ag-West Biotech Mission to India
President's Column: Kyoto: a force for change and opportunity
Genetically Modified Crops in the European Union – the dance goes
on
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Volume 11 Issue 2 – February 2003
Forum on Herbicide Resistant Wheat
President's Column: CBAC Acceptability Spectrum Concept
Ag-West Biotech Inc. Invests in Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.
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Volume 11 Issue 1 – January 2003
May contain genetically modified organisms
President's Column: Year In Review
Beefing it up
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2002
Volume 10 Issue 11 – November 2002
Biotechnology: minimizing the footprint
President's Column: Cleaning up after ourselves
Light on the Canadian research horizon
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Volume 10 Issue 10 – October 2002
The Science of Winning Hearts
Presidents Column: Cultivating Convergence: Towards a Bio-Based Economy
Better than sliced bread?
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Volume 10 Issue 9 – September 2002
GenServe: Fingerprinting plants
Presidents Column: Kicking the Fossil Fuel Habit
The Cartegena Biosafety Protocol: Should Canada Ratify?
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Volume 10 Issue 8 – August 2002
Research and Innovation for Canadian Agriculture
Presidents Column: Saskatchewan Hosts 4th ABIC – Come together with
us in Saskatoon!
Production of Antibodies in Plants Patented
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Volume 10 Issue 7 – June 2002
Drifting transgenes and gene stacking
President's Column: Saskatchewan's place in Canada's Innovation Strategy
Prairie researcher develops "active" food packaging
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Volume 10 Issue 6 – May 2002
Bova-Can provides knowledge to improve livestock
President's Column: Ag-West Biotech Investments Blossom
Glowing bollworms point the way to pest eradication
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Special Edition! Volume 10 Issue 5 – April 2002
"Huge gains for Saskatchewan" with over $43 million in new R&D
investment
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Volume 10 Issue 4 – April 2002
Tuning the Genome: Performance Plants Inc.
Putting Canada First: a new policy direction for Canadian Agriculture
Transgenic milk yield malaria vaccine
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Volume 10 Issue 3 – March 2002
Researchers Discovering Synchrotron Potential
Global Business Potential in Saskatchewan, Canada
Still more work needed on the GM food labelling standard
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Volume 10 Issue 2 – February 2002
Fast track new product development at POS Plant
New public opinion research on genomics
Is the government progressing with their Action Plan re: Royal Society
report?
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Volume 10 Issue 1 – January 2002
Saskatchewan's Research Council – "How can we help you?"
CBAC wants to hear from you
AWB hosts Communicator's Workshop
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2001
Volume 9 Issue 9 – November 2001
Ag-West Biotech's Annual Meeting 2001
Extension to National Research Council's Plant Biotechnology Institute
(NRC-PBI)
MANDATORY LABELING: CREDIBLE SOURCES SAY NO!!
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Volume 9 Issue 8 – October 2001
Transatlantic Regulatory Regionalism
Labelling of foods from Modern Biotechnology
DNA Testing for GMO Detection in food
SABIC Gears up for 4th Annual Aventis Biotech Challenge
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Volume 9 Issue 7 – September 2001
Regulating Biotechnology
BIOTECanada: The National Voice in Biotechnology
New Developments in Labelling GM foods & Opportunities for Canadians
to be Heard
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Volume 9 Issue 6 – August 2001
GM Crops Reduce Pesticide Use
Innovation In AgBiotech: The Key To Future Prosperity
"CANOLA POPPING UP WHERE IT'S NOT WANTED!"
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Volume 9 Issue 5 – June 2001
Virtual College of Biotech produces first grads
First tri-national forum on biotechnology in agriculture
Substantial equivalence and regulating GMOs
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Volume 9 Issue 4 – May 2001
Educating the European Public about Biotechnology
Biotechnology Human Resources Council
HACCP and on-farm food safety in Canada
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Volume 9 Issue 3 – April 2001
Transparency: Toward a Global Regulatory Standard
Foods From Biotechnology and the Safety of the Food Supply
Current Debate About Canadian Regulatory Needs
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Volume 9 Issue 2 – March 2001
Power to the people: labelling GMO foods
European Commission welcomes new rules for GMOs
Can the Canadian regulatory system be bought?
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Volume 9 Issue 1 – February 2001
Style and substance: communicating agbiotech
The importance of the regulatory process
Regulatory conference: "The Convergence of Regulatory Affairs and
its Potential Impact on International Trade and Public Perception."
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2000
Volume 8 Issue 11 – December 2000 / January 2001
Researchers explore ways to capitalize on a powerful new tool
Everyone benefits from sharing agbiotech with the developing world
First meeting of the CBAC GM food reference group
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Volume 8 Issue 10 – November 2000
How will we feed ourselves?
Biobased industrial products: new opportunities for agriculture?
The Cartagena protocol on biosafety – an introduction
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Volume 8 Issue 9 – October 2000
Saskatoon company adds value to canola meal
SASCAPCO could provide funds for second-stage growth
No testing of genetically modified crops?
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Volume 8 Issue 8 – September 2000
VIDO: 10 per cent inspiration, 90 per cent perspiration
Genetically modified crops: a world perspective
The downside of fish farming
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Volume 8 Issue 7 – August 2000
Biosafety and genetically modified organisms
The question of safety
Regulatory issues in the developing world
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Volume 8 Issue 6 – July 2000
Premiers say agbiotech offers safe products & potential
Reading the book of life
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Volume 8 Issue 5 – June 2000
Special issue featuring – ABIC 2000: science of a new century
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Volume 8 Issue 4 – May 2000
European Parliament votes on 90/220/EEU revision
Consumer information programs
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Volume 8 Issue 3 – April 2000
Angus Reid poll on acceptance of GM foods
Genome Canada and agricultural genomics initiatives
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Volume 8 Issue 2 – March 2000
Grinding axes on biotech crops
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Volume 8 Issue 1 – February 2000
Cartagena protocol on biodiversity
The economics of agbiotech R&D in Saskatoon
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1999
Volume 7 Issue 12 – December 1999 / January 2000
Computational technology and biotechnology
Agricultural genomics
EU labelling of GMOs
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Volume 7 Issue 11 – November 1999
Animal genomics at the University of Saskatchewan
Ag-West celebrates 10th year
OECD regulatory harmonization efforts in agricultural biotechnology
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Volume 7 Issue 10 – October 1999
It's not easy being antigreen(peace)
Food biotechnology in Japan
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Volume 7 Issue 9 – September 1999
Biotechnology for industrial sustainability and climate change mitigation
Genetically modified plants: benefits and risks – the Indian perspective
Biotech for industrial production, clean products & processes
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Volume 7 Issue 7 – August 1999
Management of technological change in agriculture
Genome Canada plan to be developed by end of month
Animal biotechnology in Saskatchewan
6th International Symposium on the Biosafety of GMOs
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Volume 7 Issue 6 – June 1999
Biosteel
Sowing the seeds of doubt
Science in the media
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Volume 7 Issue 5 – May 1999
Ethics and the biotech industry
Building public confidence
Gene flow
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Volume 7 Issue 4 – April 1999
Law professor's appointment first step to agbiotech role
Green biotech is alive and well in Europe!
Stalled biosafety negotiations
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Volume 7 Issue 3 – March 1999
Patented technology – the core of the biotech freedom to operate
battle
Commercialization underway in Saskatoon
Plan for legislative renewal
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Volume 7 Issue 2 – February 1999
Saskatoon genomics initiative could revolutionize canola research
The potential impact of the International Biosafety Protocol
Market access issues for Canadian seeds
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Volume 7 Issue 1 – January 1999
Agbiotech mission expands Saskatchewan's European connections
An opportunity to grow Saskatchewan's biotech sector
New biotech advocacy group
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1998
Volume 6 Issue 12 – December 1998
Ag-West speakers highlight genomics, communications
Saskatchewan's opportunities in animal biotech
Regulating livestock animals & fish derived from biotech in Canada
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Volume 6 Issue 11 – November 1998
Biotech featured in Saskatchewan blueprint for innovation
Economic assessment of Ag-West activities, 1989-98
Market access for transgenic plants in Japan
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Volume 6 Issue 10 – October 1998
Organization for economic co-oporation and development
Potential strong for Saskatchewan biotech mission to Latin America
Information on biosafety of GM plants and microorganisms
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Volume 6 Issue 8/9 – September 1998
Agbiotech 1998: an industry status report
Ag-West front and centre at Chicago conference
Information on GM foods conference
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Volume 6 Issue 7 – July 1998
ABIC '98 Conference brings biotech world to Saskatoon
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Volume 6 Issue 6 – June 1998
Market access for ag-biotech products in Latin America
VIDO making progress on new technologies
Companies get tough on "Seed Piracy"
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Volume 6 Issue 5 – May 1998
Key to winning with new products identified at ABIC '98 Agbiotech/functional
foods mission to Japan and Korea
The Saskatchewan agbiotech regulatory affairs service
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Volume 6 Issue 3/4 – April 1998
ABIC speaker urges Canada to join human genome project
Ag-West participates in team Canada Latin America Mission
The Saskatchewan Agbiotech Regulatory Affairs Service
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Volume 6 Issue 2 – February 1998
Ag-West launches electronic information service
Ag-West web service offers a window on ag-biotech world
An introduction to SARAS
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Volume 6 Issue 1 – January 1998
Developing strategies for new microbial products
Virtual biotechnology pollege proposed for U of S
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1997
Volume 5 Issue 12 – December 1997
First workshop dedicated to molecular farming held in Saskatoon
Ag-West invests in three Saskatchewan projects
A novel approach to plant pathogen protection
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Volume 5 Issue 11 – November 1997
Plants to the rescue pharmaceutical and environmental uses of plants
Ag-West Biotech expands services to Saskatchewan business
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Volume 5 Issue 10 – October 1997
BIOSTAR's immunosterilants promise to boost livestock productivity
Ag-West launches regulatory affairs service
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