Angelika Hilbeck

Webinar on hot button issues at CBD SBSTTA meetings in Nairobi Synthetic biology, artifical intelligence, risk assessment of gene drives

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Invitation

Webinar on hot button issues at CBD SBSTTA meetings in Nairobi: Synthetic biology, artifical intelligence, risk assessment of gene drives

Date:               Wednesday 4th September 2024 at 15:00 CEST
Presenters:     Ricarda Steinbrecher and Angelika Hilbeck – ENSSER Board members
Registration:   https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-lSMU7n-SEKB4LTvclr0Kw

In May this year, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) met in Nairobi for their 26th meeting of the SBSTTA (Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice) from 13-18 May and following that, the 4th SBI (Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention) from 21-29 May. ENSSER board members Ricarda Steinbrecher and Angelika Hilbeck participated in both meetings and will report in this webinar about the most disputed issues of the SBSTTA negotiations.

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New GM plants: EU Commission has lost science and safety from sight

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Press release 19 October 2023 The European Commission’s proposal to exempt most ‘new’ genetically modified (GM) plants from regulation lacks scientific basis, scientists of the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) point out. The proposal will expose citizens and the environment to potentially unsafe food, feed and plants without informing the … Read more

Buchvorstellung: 20 Jahre Whistleblower-Preis. Was wurde aus den Preisträger:innen und ihren Enthüllungen?

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Seit 1999 haben IALANA und VDW jeweils alle zwei Jahre herausragende Whistleblower:innen mit dem Whistleblower-Preis geehrt. Dadurch sollte ihnen öffentlich Anerkennung für ihr mutiges Handeln ausgesprochen und gezeigt werden, dass die Gesellschaft auf Menschen wie sie angewiesen ist, um geheim gehaltene Fehlentwicklungen und Missstände zu erkennen und um deren Behebung einzufordern oder anzugehen. Geehrt wurden … Read more

Agricultural GMOs and their associated pesticides: misinformation, science, and evidence

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By Michael N. Antoniou, Claire Robinson, Irina Castro & Angelika Hilbeck Published in: Environmental Sciences Europe volume 35, Article number: 76 (2023) Abstract Misinformation has always existed, but it became a major preoccupation during the COVID-19 pandemic due to its ability to affect public health choices, decisions, and policy. In their article, “Misinformation in the … Read more

Conference Documentation “The Integrity of Science”, Edinburgh, 26-27 May 2023

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The Integrity of Science A conference about the conflict between public policy and independent science, in honour of Dr. Árpád Pusztai (1930 – 2021)   Documentation   Day 1: A memorial to Dr. Árpád Pusztai Friday, 26 May 2023 Opening (ppt / video) Prof. P. Nicolopoulou-Stamati, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, … Read more

Video of Book Presentation: Challenges and Opportunities of mRNA Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 A Multidisciplinary Perspective

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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYK6gtEM-4[/embedyt]   ENSSER organized the book presentation of Siguna Mueller, Challenges and Opportunities of mRNA Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 – A Multidisciplinary Perspective published by Springer, 2023, 439 p., 61 illus.(https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18903-6) on  Friday 9 June 2023. Speakers: Siguna Mueller, Independent transdisciplinary researcher (Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, Habilitation in Cryptography/Data Security, Ph.D. in Mathematics, M.Sc. in … Read more

Film Premiere with discussion: The Last Seed

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A documentary feature film on the struggle for the control of seeds in Africa Film in English with German subtitles https://www.thelastseed.org/ Film premiere of The Last Seed followed by a discussion and reception The film premiere will be followed by a discussion and reception with the following guests– “- Daniela Trochowski, Executive Director of the … Read more

A Roundup herbicide causes high mortality and impairs development of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

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By Nicolas Defarge, Mathias Otto, Angelika Hilbeck Published in Science of The Total Environment Volume 865, 20 March 2023, 161158 Available online 23 December 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161158 Abstract Glyphosate has and is being used extensively in herbicide formulations worldwide. Thus, glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) substantially add to the environmental load of pesticides and warrant a strict risk … Read more

19 April: Science in the storm: GMOs, agnotology, theory

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An open conversation led by Maël Montévil (theoretical biologist, IRI et IHPST, Université Paris I) and Victor Chaix (AAGT-AI). with Prof. Ignacio Chapela (microbial ecologist and mycologist, University of California, Berkeley) Dr. Angelika Hilbeck (agricultural ecologist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zuerich) Prof. Giuseppe Longo (mathematician and epistemologist, CNRS-Ecole normale supérieure, Paris) Introduction Private … Read more

IAASTD+10: ten years on from the largest agricultural assessment ever

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In 2009, ca. 400 authors contributed to the unique “International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development” (IAASTD). Now, a group of former authors and review editors of the IAASTD, including two ENSSER members, Jack Heinemann and Angelika Hilbeck, decided to commemorate this by discussing key issues in the area of global agricultural … Read more

Much ado about nothing: Angelika Hilbeck interviewed on the promises of genome editing

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The German magazine Spektrum interviews ENSSER board member Angelika Hilbeck (in German) about the promises of genome editing for agriculture, under the title (translated) “This branch lives on making much ado about nothing”. The interview has also been translated into French and published by Les Amis de la Terre des Landes (Friends of the Earth).

Videos of Public Event: Bound to fail – The flawed scientific foundations of genetic engineering – The Central Dogma is 60 years old – but has it always been the new clothes of the emperor?

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Einseitige Angriffe und eine voreingenommene Berichterstattung zum EuGH Urteil über neue Gentechnikmethoden entlarven ein anmassendes und unaufgeklärtes Wissenschafts- Demokratie- und Rechtsverständnis

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Verfasst von: Dr. Eva Gelinsky und Dr. Angelika Hilbeck – ENSSER Einleitung “Nothing has been “banned”. Interpreting laws that simply recognise the novelty and distinctiveness of different kinds of GM breeding processes, the ECJ is merely offering a consistent framework of interpretation within which continuing healthy reasoned argumentation can be more rigorously played out.”1 Mit … Read more

One-sided attacks and biased reporting of the ECJ judgement regarding new genetic engineering methods reveal an arrogant and unenlightened understanding of science, democracy and law

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By Dr Eva Gelinsky and Dr Angelika Hilbeck – ENSSER   Introduction “Nothing has been “banned”. Interpreting laws that simply recognise the novelty and distinctiveness of different kinds of GM breeding processes, the ECJ is merely offering a consistent framework of interpretation within which continuing healthy reasoned argumentation can be more rigorously played out.”[1] With … Read more

Press Release from the Annual Assembly

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Press Release The European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility, at its 7th annual assembly in Athens this year, has expressed its sympathy and solidarity with the victims of the recent disastrous floods in Mandras, Attika. Participating scientists at the meeting, from many European nations, discussed this event and the factors increasing its … Read more

Who is to blame for the failure of GM golden rice?

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PR 04/16 Who is to blame for the failure of GM golden rice? The recent Nobel laureates’ open letter to the United Nations and governments around the world, accusing Greenpeace of a “crime against humanity” for opposing genetically modified (GMO) golden rice, elicited a reaction from scientists Angelika Hilbeck and Hans Herren (Federal Institute of … Read more

Post Neonikotinoid Symposium

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1. Dezember 2015 Festsaal der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Luisenstraße 56, 10115 Berlin (Nähe Charité) Die Biodiversität und damit die menschliche Nahrungsgewinnung ist in zunehmendem Maße bedroht. Eingriffe des Menschen in die Natur wie Landschaftsveränderungen und Bodenversiegelung verursachen großenteils den Rückgang der Artenvielfalt. Neonikotinoide, die heimlichen Pestizide, welche mit dem Getreidesamen im Boden verteilt werden, sind … Read more

End double standards in evaluating GMO safety studies – say scientists

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PR 08/13 End double standards in evaluating GMO safety studies – say scientists Europe’s food safety agency only criticises studies that find risk, new analysis shows ENSSER Press release 17.12.2013 The controversy about the Séralini et al. study, which reported negative health effects of Monsanto’s NK603 GM maize and Roundup herbicide fed to rats over … Read more

ENSSER calls for scientific debate of potential health risks of GM wheat instead of ad hominem attacks on researchers

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PR 03/12 ENSSER calls for scientific debate of potential health risks of GM wheat instead of ad hominem attacks on researchers 19 Sep 2012 – On 11 September 2012, the Science Media Centre (SMC) published response comments (by Prof. Rick Roush, Assoc. Prof. Peter Dearden, Prof. Peter Langridge and Dr. Ian Edwards) in reply to expert … Read more

The State of the GMO Planet

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What has happened to Genetic Engineering in the world? And where are we leading now with GMOs? On August 31, 2012, a unique group of international scientists engaged with environmental and social questions around genetic engineering met for an open conversation on the state of what some have called “The GMO Planet.” About 150 people joined … Read more

Green Genetechnology is overestimated

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In 2011, Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, a leading German biotechnologist and science manager, called for an “ideology free” approach to green genetechnology and for an unconditional support of the technology. Members of ENSSER and other experts replied to Winnacker’s article. The following text was published in “Die Zeit” on 07 March 2012: Die Grüne Gentechnik wird überschätzt … Read more

Swiss researchers confirm lethal effects of genetically modified Bt toxin on young ladybird larvae – Counter-research based on flawed methodology

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PR 01/12 Swiss researchers confirm lethal effects of genetically modified Bt toxin on young ladybird larvae – Counter-research based on flawed methodology Schweizer Forscher bestätigen negative Effekte von gentechnisch verändertem Bt-Toxin auf junge Marienkäferlarven – Gegenstudie ohne negative Effekte wendet zweifelhafte Methodik an Des chercheurs suisses confirment les effets létaux de la toxine Bt génétiquement … Read more