Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
10/4/02
Contacts:
Jay Staker, Extension-Science, Engineering, and Technology, (515) 294-8417,
jstaker@iastate.edu
Tracy S. Petersen, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515)
294-9915
ISU Extension Staff To Discuss Biotechnology Issues At Workshop
AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University Extension staff members will have the chance to enhance their knowledge of biotechnology at a workshop next month. Employees from all areas of ISU Extension -- agriculture, families, communities and 4-H -- are invited to attend the Extension Biotechnology Workshop Nov. 6 to 8 in Ames.
The event, offered by the ISU Office of Biotechnology and Extension-Science, Engineering, and Technology (E-SET), will be held at the Biotechnology Outreach Education Center on the ISU campus.
It will address consumer and producer issues, agriculture sustainability, ethics, genetically modified testing and current research issues. ISU staff will lead the workshop sessions, which include stem cell research, DNA fingerprinting and consumer issues with biotechnology.
For more information about the workshop, contact Mike Zeller (515) 294-5949, mzeller@iastate.edu or Jay Staker at (515) 294-8417, jstaker@iastate.edu. For registration information, contact Lori Miller at (515) 294-9818, (800) 643-9504, lorimill@iastate.edu.
Registration is due Oct. 25.
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