(Posted 7-27-00)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
News Service Contact: Laurie Gengenbach 336-334-5371
UNCG PROFESSOR CO-CONVENES BIOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM IN CALIFORNIA
GREENSBORO — Dr. Neal Stewart, associate professor of biology
at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, co-convened a biotechnology
symposium in San Diego this summer.
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The symposium, entitled "Bt transgenic crops: Efficacy, Environmental Effects and Resistance Management," was sponsored by the University of California Biotechnology Research and Education Fund and was part of the World Congress on In-Vitro Biology.
Stewart also spoke at a National Academy of Sciences workshop on ecological monitoring of genetically modified crops July 13-14 in Washington D.C. His presentation, "Gene Flow: From Canola to Weeds and Monitoring," was co-authored with Matt Halfill, a graduate student at UNCG.
Both of his talks dealt with the public perceptions and science surrounding
the genetic modification of crops.
Stewart specializes in biotechnology risk assessment research. He will
teach an online course, "Concepts in Biology: the Risks and Benefits of
Biotechnology," this fall.
He has also been invited to a European Science Foundation workshop,
"The Environmental Implication of Genetically Modified Plants with Insect
Resistance Genes" in Berne, Switzerland Sept. 29-30, where he plans to
present a paper, "Consequences of Gene Flow from Bt Canola."
Stewart, winner of a 1999 Research Excellence Award at UNCG,
joined the faculty in 1995. He received his doctoral degree from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has received research funding
from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
the National Science Foundation, and Dow AgroSciences.