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GAO Publishes Science & Tech Spotlight on Biorecycling of Plastics

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a Science & Tech Spotlight on biorecycling of plastics. Biological recycling, or biorecycling, is an emerging technology that uses microbes, such as bacteria or fungi, to break down plastic into its basic components for reuse. Bergeson and Carla N. On November 21, 2022, the U.S.

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Dr. Marlen Vasquez – We have overcome the most challenging issues, now we need to speed up the process #WomeninScience

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This week, Freya Wilson talks to Dr. Marlen Vasquez, an environmental toxicologist at the Cyprus University of Technology. From my early years in the Dominican Republic, science and technology were always around me. I am Vice Chair of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action ‘Ocean4Biotech’.

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OSTP Publishes RFIs on Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology and National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

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As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , on September 12, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative (NBBI) to accelerate biotechnology innovation and grow America’s bioeconomy across multiple sectors in industries such as health, agriculture, and energy.

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Biden Administration Announces New Goals and Priorities to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing

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Hutton As reported in our September 13, 2022, blog item , President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on September 12, 2022, creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative “that will ensure we can make in the United States all that we invent in the United States.” innovators. innovators.

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

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Lawmakers are working to pass a short-term spending package to keep the government open in October. Congress appears likely to pass a short-term spending measure keeping the government funded through Dec. The current government fiscal year ends Sept. In this issue: Congress. Executive Branch. International. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

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President Biden Launches National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

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On September 12, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order creating a National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative “that will ensure we can make in the United States all that we invent in the United States.” Expand Market Opportunities for Biobased Products : The fact sheet notes that the U.S. supply chains.

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Biden Administration Issues New Sanctions and Trade Restrictions on Chinese Technology Entities and Adds 34 Chinese Entities to the Entity List

Arnold Porter

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently added eight Chinese technology firms to the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies (NS-CMIC) list. The US Department of Commerce also added 40 Chinese entities to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Entity List. Background.