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Pugwash Meeting no. 294
2nd Pugwash Workshop: The Impact of Agricultural
Biotechnology on Environmental and Food Security

Havana, Cuba, 1-4 April 2004
Summary | Participants | Papers | Agenda | Photos | Presentations



Participants

Nestor Acosta Tieles, Cuban Pugwash Group, Physician, and Vice President for the Commission of Scientists of the Cuban Movement for Peace and People's Sovereignty (MOVPAZ), Havana, Cuba, E-mail: nestoras@infomed.sld.cu

Renato Andreotti, Pesquisador Méd. Vet. -Doutor Em Ciéncias, Ministry of Agriculture, Pecuaria e Abastececimento Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Embrapa, Centro Nacional De Pesquisa De Gado De Corte, Brasil
*Office: Rodovia Br 262 Km 4 C.P. 154, 79002-970 Campo Grande, Ms, Tel: +55 (67) 368-2173, Fax: +55 (67) 368-2150, E-mail: andreott@cnpgc.embrapa.br

Rodrigo Artunduaga, Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario Coordinador Bioseguridad y Recursos Genéticos Agrícolas, Colombia
*Office: Calle 37 No. 8-43 Oficina 507, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, Tel: 571-288 4427, E-mail: rartunduaga@usa.net

Jose Altshuler, President, Cuban Society for the History of Science and Technology, Cuba, E-mail: jea@infomed.sld.cu

Marta Ayala, International Collaboration/Recombinant Antibodies Department, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
*Office: P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba, Tel: (53-7) 271-6022, 271-6032, Ext.:
Fax: (53-7) 33-1779, E-mail: martta.ayala@cigb.edu.cu

Lesley Blancas, NSF post-doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Mexico-USA
*Office: 321 Steinhaus Hall, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, Tel: 909-319-3391, E-mail: lesleyb@ucr.edu

Carlos Borroto Nordelo, Deputy Director, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
*Office: P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba, Tel: (53-7) 271-3313, Fax: (53-7) 33-1779, E-mail: carlos.borroto@cigb.edu.cu

Jeffrey Boutwell, Executive Director, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, USA
*Office: 1111 19th St., NW,Suite 1200,Washington, DC 20036,
Tel: (202)478-3440, Fax: 202-238-9604, E-mail: pugwashdc@aol.com, www.pugwash.org

Moises Burachik, Ministry of Agriculture, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Office: CONABIA, Depto. De Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, CP 1428 Capital Federal, Argentina, E-mail: mburac@sagpya.minproduccion.gov.ar

Carlos Camaño, Prod. Agroindustriales, SENASA, Argentina
*Office: P. Colón 367, (1063) Bs. As., Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 524-8060, Fax: (54-11) 524-8060, E-Mail: camano@mail.agro.uba.ar

Candice Cotton, Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, USA
*Office: 379A Russell, Washington D.C. 20510, U.S.A., Tel: 202-224-3424, Fax: 202-228-0359, E-mail: candice_cotton@enzi.senate.gov

Luis Manuel Cuñarro, Center for the Study of Defense Information, Cuba, E-mail: cunarro@ceicom.co.cu

José Rodriguez Dueñas, Director, National Center for Biosafety, Cuba, E-mail: jose@cnsn.cu

David Ellar, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
*Office: 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, U.K., Tel: +44 (0) 1223 333651 (direct) +44 (0)1223 766001 (secretary), FAX: +44 (0) 1223 766043/766002, e-mail: d.j.ellar@bioc.cam.ac.uk

Norman C. Ellstrand, Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Director, Biotechnology Impacts Center, USA
*Office: University of California, Riverside, California, 92521-0124, Tel: 1-(909) 787-4194, Fax: 1-(909) 787-4437, E-mail: Norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu

Mario Pablo Estrada, Head, Aquatic Organisms Biotech lab, Animal Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
*Office: P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba, Tel: (53-7) 271-6022, 271-6032, Ext.: 5154, Fax: (53-7) 33-1779, E-mail: mario.pablo@cigb.edu.cu

Orlando Fundora Lopez, Chair, Cuban Pugwash Group, and President, Cuban Movement for Peace and People's Sovereignty, Havana, Cuba, E-mail: movpaz@enet.cu

Robert B. Horsch, Vice President, Product and Technology Cooperation, Monsanto Company, USA, E-mail: Robert.b.horsch@monsanto.com

Martha Krebs, Science Strategies, USA
*Office: 2139 Kew Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90046, Tel: (323) 656-6750, Fax: (323) 656-6240, E-mail: makpec@att.net

Dr. Quentin B. Kubicek, Manager, Regulatory Affairs & Policy Development, DuPont Ag. & Nutrition, USA
*Office: CRN 705/1-E36, 4417 Lancaster Pike, Wilmington, Delaware, 19890, Tel: 302 999 5356, Fax: 302 999 5322, E-mail: quentin.b.kubicek@usa.dupont.com

Ondina León, Deputy Director, Center for Animal and Plant Health, Cuba, Tel: 53-64-56377, Fax: 53-64-98104, E-mail: ondina@censa.edu.cu

Rebeca Martínez, Aquatic Organisms Biotech Lab, Animal Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
*Office: P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba, Tel: (53-7) 271-6022, 271-6032, Ext.: 5154, Fax: (53-7) 33-1779, E-mail: rebeca.martinez@cigb.edu.cu

Nicolás Medina, Senior Researcher, Dept. of Plant Nutrition and Biofertilizers, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Cuba
*Office: PO Box 1, San Jose de las Lajas 32700, La Habana, Cuba, Tel: 53-64-98374, Fax: 53-64-63867, E-mail: nmedina@inca.edu.cu

Carlos Muñoz, Unidad de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Centro Regional de Investigacion, Chile
*Office: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, La Platina , Chile, Teléfono: [56] (2) 5417223, E -Mail: cmunoz@inia.cl

Maria Cristina Perez, Executive Director, National Program for Agricultural Biotechnology, Cuba, E-mail: mcristina@geprop.cu

Merardo Pujol, Head, Plant Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
*Office: P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba, Tel: (53-7) 271-6022, 271-6032, Ext.: 1244, Fax: (53-7) 33-1779, E-mail: merardo.pujol@cigb.edu.cu

José Luis Ramírez, Director Centro de Biotecnología, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, Venezuela
*Office: Instituto IDEA, Edificio Bolivar, Planta Baja, Baruta 1080 - Estado Miranda, Venezuala, Tel: +58-212-962-1605/962-1644, Fax: +58-212-962-1120, E-mail: jramirez@reaccuin.ve

Maria Elena Rodriguez, Specialist of the Ministry of Science and Technology, CITMA, Cuba, E-mail: melena@ama.cu

Pilar Rodríguez, Head, Animal Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
*Office: P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba, Tel: (53-7) 271-6022, 271-6032, Ext.: 5102, Fax: (53-7) 33-1779, E-mail: pilar.rodriguez@cigb.edu.cu

Angela Estela Sosa, Biosafety Specialist, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba
*Office: P.O. Box 6162, Havana 10600, Cuba, Tel: (53-7) 271-6022, 271-6032, Ext.:
Fax: (53-7) 33-1779, E-mail: angela.sosa@cigb.edu.cu

Terje Traavik, Professor of Gene Ecology, School of Medicine, University of Tromsö.
Scientific Director, GenÖk-Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology, Norway
*Office: Mail: P.O Box 6418, The Science Park, N-9294 Tromsö, Norway, Tel: +47 776 44379; Mob.: +47 95 8175 37, terjet@genok.org; terje_traavik@hotmail.com