UPSC has a number of different growth rooms, cabinets and climate chambers that allow plant growth of transgenic, flowering plants in controlled environments. Their usage is restricted to people that belong to UPSC and their collaborators. Access is only granted after an introduction to the facility including information about working rules and safety regulations.
You can find more information about access, costs, booking of the growth rooms, cabinets and climate chambers below as well as details about growth conditions. The complete rules and regulations for UPSC's Growth Facility can be found here.
We have been granted permission by Jordbruksverket to grow genetically modified organisms (GMO)s inside the Security Greenhouse and under certain restrictions also in the climate chambers, cabinets and the cold room on floor 2, outside of the Security Greenhouse. The detailed rules can be found in the above document "General Rules Greenhouse".
The "GMO safety officers" at the two UPSC departments are currently