Were it not for the debate over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), few outside of India ever would have heard of the suicides. St Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Bill Lambrecht only found the story because he was covering the GMO controversy in India, and even then his paper ran the story under a headline about Monsanto’s problems (“India Gives Monsanto An Unstable Lab For Genetics In Farming,...

We give an overview of the current and future IFU capabilities on the Gemini 8-m telescopes. The telescopes are well-suited to integral field spectroscopy and both telescopes will have optical and nearinfrared IFUs within the next few years. Commissioning for the GMOS IFU on Gemini North has begun recently and it is now available to the community. Future integral field instruments will take adv...

Biotechnology and its use to modify the genetic makeup of living organisms has become a topic of heated discussion in recent years. Confusion is plentiful on the topic of biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The purpose of this publication is to discuss genetic/biochemical processes at a basic level and how biotechnology is used to modify the genetic makeup of an organism. R...

We present a study of the internal kinematics and stellar populations of early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster based on integral-field spectroscopic observations with Gemini South GMOS and VLT-VIMOS. Seven galaxies in a luminosity range of -21.3≤MB≤-17.7 have been observed with these integral field units (IFU). As first results, velocity and line strength maps are presented for NGC1427 and ...

Web site Webmasters: Raul Ramos and Rahul Shinde Designer/Contact: Manuel Campanelli [1] Powered by Drupa . Header image Design: Tim Peterson, Manuela Campanelli, Hans-Peter Bischof Main image: Gravitation l wave visualizat on (Hans-Peter Bischof) Background: NGC 5905 and 5908 [3] (St fan Seip ) Small i ages: Albert Einstein [5] Arp 271 [6] (Gemini Observatory , GMOS-South , NSF ) NewHorizons [...

Web site Webmasters: Raul Ramos and Rahul Shinde Designer/Contact: Manuel Campanelli [1] Powered by Drupa . Header image Design: Tim Peterson, Manuela Campanelli, Hans-Peter Bischof Main image: Gravitation l wave visualizat on (Hans-Peter Bischof) Background: NGC 5905 and 5908 [3] (St fan Seip ) Small i ages: Albert Einstein [5] Arp 271 [6] (Gemini Observatory , GMOS-South , NSF ) NewHorizons [...

world population has already exceeded 6.5 billion, out of which about 850 million (13 percent) are undernourished. with the current growth rate, the world community faces even a greater challenge of hunger and food security as the estimated the population will catch 9 billion by the year 2050 with doubled needs for food. at the same time, preservation of biodiversity, stopping deforestation and...

Web site Webmasters: Raul Ramos and Rahul Shinde Designer/Contact: Manuel Campanelli [1] Powered by Drupa . Header image Design: Tim Peterson, Manuela Campanelli, Hans-Peter Bischof Main image: Gravitation l wave visualizat on (Hans-Peter Bischof) Background: NGC 5905 and 5908 [3] (St fan Seip ) Small i ages: Albert Einstein [5] Arp 271 [6] (Gemini Observatory , GMOS-South , NSF ) NewHorizons [...

While teaching a course on Crop Biotechnology at Huazhong Agricultural University (Wuhan, Hubei Province, China) this past October, I was asked by one ofmy students if it is true that American farmers grow genetically modified crops (GMOs) only for export, and that GMO‐foods are not sold in the USA. The student implied that Americans thought that such crops were “good enough” for developing cou...