Online Publications

• Link auf PDF-DateiStandortbestimmung zur Synthetischen Biologie / Position Paper Synthetic Biology (in German and English), July 2018
• Link auf PDF-Datei"Chancen und Grenzen des genome editing / The opportunities and limits of genome editing"- Statement of the German Academies and the DFG (in German and English), September 2015 
• Link auf PDF-DateiScientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility - Recommendations for Handling Security-Relevant Research (in German and English), June 2014
• Link auf PDF-DateiRecommendations for Handling Security-Relevant Research (in German and English), May 2014
• Link auf PDF-DateiCode of Conduct: Working with Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms and Toxins, 2013
• Link auf PDF-DateiStatement by the Alliance of Scientific Organisations in Germany "Do Interpretations of the ECJ Judgment on Embryos Affect Stem Cell Research?" of 18.10.2011
• Link auf PDF-DateiStatement by the DFG Senate Commissions on Clinical Research and Genetic Research on the Debate Surrounding a Biobank Law, March 2011 (available only in German)
• Link auf PDF-DateiRecommendations for Working with Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms and Toxins, April 2008 (available only in German) 
• Link auf PDF-DateiStatement "Synthetic Biology" - July 2009
• Link auf PDF-DateiPrécis: Summary and Recommendations by the DFG on Stem Cell Research in Germany – Possibilities and Perspectives (available only in German)
• Link auf PDF-DateiStem Cell Research in Germany – Possibilities and Perspectives, 10 November 2006 (available only in German)
• Link auf PDF-DateiDevelopement of Gene Therapy (2006)
• Link auf PDF-DateiGenetic Engineering and Food (2001)

Print Publications (available only in german)

• Predictive Genetic Diagnostics (2003)
• Recommendations by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on Research Involving Human Stem Cells (2001)
• Human Genome Research and Predictive Genetic Diagnostics: Possibilities – Boundaries - Consequences (1999)
• Genetic Research and Patenting (1996)
• Genetic Engineering and Food (1996)
• Planning and Executing Clinical Trials in Somatic Cell and Gene Therapy in the Federal Republic of Germany (1995)

The updated German/English print version was published in April 2007 by the Wiley-Verlag under the following title:

"Stammzellforschung in Deutschland – Möglichkeiten und Perspektiven / Stem Cell Research in Germany – Possibilities and Perspectives" published by the Senate Commission on Genetic Research.

For information about DFG publications, please contact Michael Hönscheid (+ 49(0) 228/885-2109 or michael.hoenscheid@dfg.de).

Publications Concerning the Work of the Senate Commission on Genetic Research

Online Publications

• Link auf PDF-DateiDFG Statement on the Destruction of a GM Field Trial in Gießen, June 2006 (available only in German)
• Link auf PDF-DateiJoint Statement by the DFG and the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 11.3. 2005: “Research into the Safety of Green Genetic Engineering Must Not be Blocked” (available only in German) 
• Link auf PDF-DateiStatement by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft on the Draft of an Act on the Restructuring of Genetic Engineering Laws, June 2004 (available only in German)
• Link auf PDF-DateiStatement by the Senate Commission on Genetic Research: Genetic Engineering and Food, January 2001 (available only in German)

Print Publications (available only in German)

• Statement on Human Embryonic Stem Cell (1999)
• Statement on Perspectives in Genome Research (1999)