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| The Biosafety Resource Network was established to support the four project teams conducting research under
the Grand Challenge #9 (GC9), a component of the
Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative of the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While the goal of the research is to use
the appropriate technologies to increase nutrients in local crops in a socially and culturally acceptable way, the responsibility of the
BRN is to ensure that the individual projects conduct the necessary activities related to quality assurance, biosafety science and regulatory
science. These activities set the stage for delivering transgenic food crops that can improve the nutrition of people in the
developing countries of Africa and Asia. |
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Objectives:
- To assist the GC9 project teams to develop technical tools, best practices and quality control processes.
- To provide consultative guidance to complete regulatory approval strategies and a plan for regulatory dossier development and to facilitate
approval of confined field trial applications.
- To provide expert technical resources to help the GC9 project teams generate early biosafety science data, ensuring that potential products
will meet commercial standards.
- To build biosafety/regulatory capacity in project locations through project-specific practical 'training in action' and mentorship.
- To establish a comprehensive communications strategy that will deliver appropriately timed, consistent messages across GC9 projects and to
respond to emerging issues arising from the activities of those projects.
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BRN Team:
Dr. Paul Anderson, Project Administrator
Dr. Hector Quemada, Director
Dr. Mark Halsey, Assistant Director
Mary Rieger, Administrative Assistant |
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The Grand Challenge 9 Projects |
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Africa Bio-fortified Sorghum
Biofortified Banana
BioCassava Plus
ProVitaMin Rice
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For additional information, please contact:
Dr. Hector Quemada
Director, Biosafety Resource Network
hquemada@danforthcenter.org
Phone: (314) 587-1682 |
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