Online Training Events in Accordance with § 28 GenTSV to Obtain Expertise for Project Leaders and Biosafety Officers (Basic Course and Refresher Course)
In future, pursuant to the amended Genetic Engineering Safety Ordinance (GenTSV), project leaders and biosafety officers (BBS) must update their professional expertise every five years by attending a refresher course.
Since the actual practice of the implementation of this 5-year period differs in the individual federal states, we recommend that you clarify with your respective responsible state authorities when exactly you will have to attend a refresher course for the first time.
For the Max Planck Institutes on Campus Martinsried, according to the state authorities, renewed participation in an officially recognized continuing training event is required until 28 February 2026 at the latest.
Due to this amendment of the GenTSV, we are organizing 2 MPG-internal training events in accordance with § 28 GenTSV at the MPI of Biochemistry:
REFRESHER COURSE pursuant to GenTSV for project leaders and biosafety officers (BBS) to renew their expertise.
The online refresher course wil take place on Friday, 23 June 2023, see program.
The training course is recognised by the Government of Upper Bavaria under reference number 55.1GT-8790.GT_3-4-4.
We will provide simultaneous interpretation into English for non-German-speaking participants. Slides in German and English will be put on screen in parallel during the sessions. Additionally, MPIB will provide the scripts for download by the participants prior to the online event.
Important note for non-German-speaking participants: Before registering for the course, please make sure that your respective genetic engineering authorities generally accept non-German-speaking persons as project leaders or as authorized representatives in biological safety matters. This issue is handled differently in the respective federal states.
The online course will take place via the ZOOM platform in cooperation with an external company for the technical engineering. It is mandatory for participants to install the free-of-charge ZOOM app on their respective device (https://zoom.us/support/download) to enable participation in the ZOOM meeting via the personalized access data they will receive in advance. In addition, a time slot for a technical check will be provided beforehand. All details in this regard will be forwarded by e-mail approx. 2 weeks prior to the course.
Along with the online registration, participants must upload an up-to-date portrait photo and a scan of their ID card for identity verification purposes. At the beginning of the online session, these images will be compared visually with the video streamed by the respective participants’ cameras.
Participants must have their respective videos activated permanently during the individual sessions to prove their attendance throughout the course. To verify attendance, MPIB staff members will check the participants´respective video streams during each session.
A continuous attendance check will be carried out by MPIB staff members during all lecture parts of the program by means of optical visual control via screen.
Only when participants have attended every single session of the online course, they will receive a certificate of participation by mail in due course.
PLEASE NOTICE: The number of participants is limited.
You can find the link to register here.
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Please note that registration is binding. For telephone enquiries, please call: 089 / 8578-3789.
The course is free of charge for employees of the Max Planck Society. The course fee is € 200 for external participants. After registration, you will receive an invoice from us.
Please note that the English translation of this information is provided for purposes of convenience and reference only. Only the German version of the text is legally binding.
BASIC COURSE pursuant to GenTSV for obtaining the certificate of competence for project leaders and biosafety officers (BBS).
The next two-day online Basic Course with simultaneous translation into English will take place on 30 November and 01 December 2023. You will find further information and the registration link here on this page from the beginning of August 2023.
PLEASE NOTICE: The number of participants is limited.
Registration will initially only be open to Max Planck employees from the beginning of August.
From the beginning of October registration will also be open to external participants (non-MPG employees).