On 25 March 2021, we will hold the third regular meeting of the GNP HuB Network or "Stammtisch" in German. The Stammtisch offers network participants an informal space for discussion and exchange on Nagoya Protocol compliance. This meeting will focus on practical ABS challenges for researchers and how to deal with them. You can see […]

The German Nagoya Protocol HuB will be hosting an online event, “The Nagoya Protocol for Newbies”, together with the European Virus Archive. This is an open event so anyone can register. The Nagoya Protocol for Newbies on 27 April 2021 – save the date!  Have you ever heard of the Nagoya Protocol? If you are […]

Title: “The Nagoya Protocol – what does it mean for you? This presentation forms part of the PhD Student Symposium at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology. In this short talk, Elizabeth Karger provides an overview of researchers’ obligations arising from the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, some of the challenges that researchers and […]

Title: "Nagoya Protocol compliance – beyond the basics" Following on from her talk on the 28th of January, Elizabeth Karger goes beyond the basics of the Nagoya Protocol, delving into the practicalities of “doing ABS”, Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 and what German institutions need to consider in order to address compliance. She will provide an […]

Save the date!   On Monday, June 14, 2021 from 2-4:00 p.m. CEST, the German Nagoya Protocol HuB will be co-hosting an online EU ABS Networking Event together with the European Marine Biological Resource Centre, the Union for Ethical Biotrade, ABS-int, the Dutch ABS National Focal Point (hosted by Wageningen University and Research), and the […]

Title: The Nagoya Protocol - beyond the basics This second information session goes beyond the basics, delving into Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 and the practicalities of "doing ABS" and using a number of practical examples along the way. Speaker: Elizabeth Karger, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) Language: English

On August 26, Elizabeth Karger (DSMZ) will speak at the 21st General Congress of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA) about the Nagoya Protocol and what it means for plant research. Interested in joining the 21st EUCARPIA Congress? You can find more information here.

Description: Although a number of researchers are already well-informed about their obligations and are doing their best to fulfil them, there are still a number of people who have only “heard of” the Nagoya Protocol but do not yet fully appreciate what this means for them in practice. In this presentation, Elizabeth Karger talks about […]

Title: "The Nagoya Protocol and its implications for international biobanks" Webinar at the European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB) in which Elizabeth Karger will present the major pillars of ABS and Nagoya Protocol compliance. Speaker: Elizabeth Karger, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) Language: English

From 1 to 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday 15 September 2021, the 4th regular meeting of the GNP HuB Network (4. Stammisch) will take place. This meeting will be co-hosted by the GNP HuB and the Taxon-Omics priority program and participation is open to members of both. We will have a couple of short inputs but […]

Beschreibung: In dieser Informationsveranstaltung wird ein Überblick über die Verpflichtungen der Forschenden, die sich aus der Umsetzung des Nagoya-Protokolls ergeben, gegeben. Zudem werden Beispiele wissenschaftlicher ABS-Kooperationen aus einem Best-Practice Kompendium präsentiert und ein Update zum aktuellen Stand der Diskussion zu Digital Sequence Information gegeben. Das Programm kann hier angesehen werden. Sprache: Deutsch Referenten: Elizabeth Karger, […]

Title: "The Nagoya Protocol – what does it mean in practice?" On 23 September, Elizabeth Karger will speak at an international workshop of the "Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie e.V. (VAAM)". Her presentation will be about the practicalities of “doing ABS” and complying with the EU Regulation, focusing on the use of microorganisms and […]