European Federation of Biotechnology

The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) was established by European scientists in 1978. It is a non-profit federation of national biotechnology associations, learned societies, universities, scientific institutes, biotechnology companies and individual biotechnologists working to promote biotechnology throughout Europe and beyond.

Its mission is to promote the safe, sustainable and beneficial use of life sciences, to promote cutting edge research and innovation, to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and international cooperation, to improve scientific education and to facilitate an informed dialogue between scientists, the biotechnology industries and the public.

The EFB has around 25,000 individual members and 7 Divisions that focus on:

* Biobased Materials Division * Biocatalysis Division * Bioengineering and Bioprocessing Division * Biopharmaceutical Division * Environmental Biotechnology Division * Microbial Biotechnology Division * Plant, Agriculture and Food Division.

The EFB Central Office (ECO) is located in Barcelona. Provided by Wikipedia