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2023.03.30 / Plants
This summer, 20 cut flower varieties from NordGen will be test cultivated in four Nordic countries.
2023.02.28 / Plants, Svalbard Global Seed Vault
During the Vault's first 15 years, backup copies of more than 1.2 million seed samples from almost 100 different genebanks have been secured in Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
During two days, researchers and professionals working with genetic resources and plant breeding gather for a knowledge exchange within a Nordic context.
Right now, world leaders are gathering in Montreal to reach an agreement on how to stop the biodiversity loss. NordGen is currently leading a project which will gather the Nordic view on access and benefit sharing of genetic resources.
Now it is time to apply for the annual forest scholarship, the deadline for submitting applications is February 15 2023.
13 April 2023 kl 09.30 - 16.00
The thematic day will focus on the production of forest seedlings with various methods in Iceland. Most of the program will be held in Icelandic.
17-18 April 2023
NordGen will give a lecture in the nature-based solutions session on the NOCCA conference.
18-19 April 2023
NordGen Farm Animals arranges a workshop on conservation of farm animal genetic resources in collaboration with NMBU.
18 April 2023
The cereal technical working group arrange their spring meeting.
26-28 April 2023
The topic of the workshop is the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) för GENBIS.
2022-07-01
The Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) is the Nordic countries’ gene bank and knowledge center for genetic resources. NordGen is an organisation under the Nordic Council of Minister and works with the mission of conserving and facilitating the sustainable use...
The Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen) is the joint genebank and knowledge center for genetic resources in the Nordic countries. Our mission is to conserve and promote the sustainable use of genetic diversity among animals, forests and plants that are...
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