The course Holistic Foundations for Assessment and Regulation of Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms will take place at the University of Tromso, in Tromso, Norway from 26 July to 8 August 2004.
Thirty hours of flight time separate Tromsø in Norway and Christchurch in New Zealand. But researchers in the two cities have unearthed a common interest — gene flow — that springs from their respective positions as gateways to pristine polar regions. Read the full article in Nature.