The Innovate Genomics Institute brought together regulators from 16 countries to discuss global capacity building for the regulation of genome-edited crops. The workshop provided insights into the suitable use of technical analyses to validate edits and raised future considerations regarding regulation reporting, offering suggestions to help countries meet their objectives in the ever-growing landscape of genome editing techniques.
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The authors thank the ‘Regulatory Capacity Building Workshop for Genome-edited Agriculture’ trainers and administrative staff (D. Savage, L. Tripathi, N. Karavolias, C. Williams, K. Markel, B. Staskawicz, S. Abrahamson, Z. Lyons and D. O’Neal) for their efforts to achieve a successful workshop in Berkeley; the other workshop attendees M. Takeuchi, S. Singh, V. Chinnusamy and S. Chakravarthy for their participation and input in the discussion sessions; the USDA-APHIS team for critical reviews and feedback that helped to improve the manuscript; and the Innovative Genomics Institute and the University of California, Berkeley for the use of seminar rooms and laboratory facilities for training.
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M.K. and E.N. initiated and ran the capacity building workshop where the information presented in the manuscript was discussed. E.G. developed the training materials and conducted hands-on laboratory exercises. Regulators and representatives from capacity building organizations, K.C.B., A.M., M.K., C.S., R.L.M., E.K., P.R., J.A., E.M., M.A.A., A.B.M.K., L.C., M.A., D.M.J.B.S., D.W., D.A., G.P.E. and C.K., provided input on individual country regulations, discussion of the types of acceptable test and reviewed the manuscript. E.G., E.N. and M.K. drafted, edited and finalized the manuscript.
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Groover, E., Njuguna, E., Bansal, K.C. et al. A technical approach to global plant genome editing regulation. Nat Biotechnol 42, 1773–1780 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-024-02489-5
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