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1st Sino-Japan-South Korea Pesticide Science Conference Held in ECUST

1st Sino-Japan-South Korea Pesticide Science Conference Held in ECUST

Write: Mukhtar [2011-05-20]

1st  Sino-Japan-South  Korea  Pesticide  Science  Conference  Held  in  ECUST

Organized by Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (aromatic heterocyclic) of ECUST School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the 1st Sino-Japan-South Korea Pesticide Science Conference was held in ECUST during October 28th to 30th. The conference, chaired by ECUST president Qian Xuhong, was co-hosted by China Pesticide Association, Japan Pesticide Association and South Korea Pesticide Association.

Up to 127 professional scholars attended the conference, among which 17 were from South Korea, 2 from England and 2 from German. Representatives from well-known foreign companies such as Syngenta Biotechnology Co. Ltd, BASF Company, Otsuka Chemical (Japan) Co.Ltd, and U.S FMC Company also participated in the conference. This International Conference was on the theme of Green Pesticide", focusing on pesticide biotechnology, pesticide formulations, pesticide and environment and some other issues. The conference covered a wide range of discussion topics, including molecular design, bioinformatics, pesticides synthesis, natural products and synthesis with active pesticides nature, pesticides molecular biology, pesticide toxicology and new technologies of formulation process, and the safe use of pesticides and environmental impact etc.