The founding members of GL-TTP, and de facto temporary members of GL-TTP Council are listed below by alphabetical order.


Abdel Bendahmane
URGV, INRA,
2 Rue Gaston Crémieux
CP 5708, 91 057 Evry, France

I obtained my Master degree in plant science from the university of Paris XI, France and Ph.D. from the university of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Currently I m heading the Crop Functional Genomics team, URGV, Evry. The major goal of CFG team is to develop and apply modern genomics approaches to study crop plants. The most significant achievement of the last three years is the development of a HTP pea TILLING platform and the construction of a pea BAC library of more than 400 000 clones. These resources are being used to isolate genes of agronomic importance from pea. I am also currently involved in GL-TTP through my commitment to the GLIP and the desire to make the results of the pea TILLING platform available for exploitation by the broad user community. As member of GL-TTP Council, I am strongly supporting the development of the GL-TTP in forging strong links between research and industry.


Gérard Duc

INRA-URLEG,
17, rue de Sully
BP 86510, 21034 Dijon cedex,
France

Gérard Duc is Director of Research and currently Deputy Director of URLEG, the Unit of Genetics and Ecophysiology of Grain legumes at INRA Dijon. Gérard Duc’s research focuses on plant genetics, breeding and genetic resources, with special interests on cytoplasmic male sterility and hybrids of faba bean, seed composition of pea and faba bean, nitrogen nutrition, symbiosis and yield performances in legumes. Gérard Duc is one of the founding members of GL-TTP, where he contributes his expertise in genetic resources and breeding, and facilitates the interaction between INRA and GL-TTP.


Noel Ellis

John Innes Centre
Crop Genetics Department
NR4 7UH Norwich,
United Kingdom

Noel Ellis's lab web page

Noel Ellis is a pea geneticist working at the John Innes Centre in Norwich (UK) where he is the Associate Head of the Department of Crop Genetics. His research interests are in the genetics and genomics of pea with three main components: (i) genetic and genomic diversity in Pisum (ii) genetic and comparative linkage mapping (iii) the genetics of plant architecture, especially the genetics of pea leaf development.
Noel is the Coordinator of the Grain Legumes Integrated Project and envisaged GL-TTP as a mechanism for the transfer of knowledge from this large, publicly funded, research project to a wide community of interest.


Andy Flavell

University of Dundee at SCRI
Plant Research Group
DD2 5DA Dundee
United Kingdom

Andy Flavell's lab webpage

The main interest of Andy Flavell's lab is the structure and biodiversity of crop plants and their wild relatives. To study this, they investigate the genetic information (DNA) of different plant samples. They have developed and applied a variety of technologies, including high-throughput robotic techniques for analysing thousands of plant samples in parallel. Andy became involved in GL-TTP through his commitment to the "Grain Legumes" Integrated Project and the desire to make the results of the project available for exploitation by the broad user community. As member of GL-TTP council, Andy is part of the decision-making process that decides upon the directions taken by GL-TTP.



Catherine Golstein

Up to 2007 at Grain Legumes Technology Transfer Platform
Now at INRA



During her doctoral and post-doctoral work (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, 1997-2001; Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 2001-2005), Catherine Golstein contributed to the development of a new paradigm for plant disease resistance. Her work on the molecular complexity underlying the indirect activation of plant defenses by pathogen effectors is published in Science Magazine.
In 2005-2007, Catherine embraced the career of Scientific Manager of GL-TTP, taking a broader responsibility in the advancement and application of science. Her double formation as research scientist and agricultural engineer (ENSAR, Rennes, France, 1996) allowed her to match the cutting edge of plant science and biotechnologies with the real needs and constraints of plant breeders and end-users.



Helge Küster

Bielefeld University,
Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology,
Center for Biotechnology,
D-33594 Bielefeld,
Germany

Helge Küster’s lab web page

Helge Küster heads the Junior Group "Genomics of Legume Plants" at the Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, at the Center for Biotechnology in Bielefeld University. He obtained his PhD in Plant Genetics from Bielefeld University in 1995, at that time investigating genes expressed in Vicia faba root nodules. After switching his research interests towards the development and application of transcriptomics tools to study arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions, he received his Habilitation at the Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University in 2004. Having a focus on integrating transcriptomics activities in different legume projects, his main involvement in GL-TTP relates to his interest in the construction of expression profiling tools that serve the needs of the legume community.



Frédéric Muel

UNIP
12 Avenue George V
75008 PARIS
France

UNIP

Frédéric Muel is an agronomist (ESITPA 1981) at the Technical Department of UNIP where he is responsible of the research and breeding areas. As Director of two French Economic Interest Groups of breeders in pea and faba bean (GSP and GIE FEVEROLE), he has accumulated a deep knowledge on plant breeding requirements, and on the interface between the grain legume research community and the integrated chain, from growers to feed industry. Frédéric is also the Executive Secretary of AEP, the European-based network of research scientists and end-users concerned with grain legumes.
Frédéric considers GL-TTP as the logical extension at the international level of his activity of technology transfer in France, with a special emphasis on biotechnologies.


Nathalie Munier-Jolain
Ecophysiology and Genetics of Legumes, INRA, Dijon, France


Alvaro Ramos Monreal

Consejeria de Agricultura Ganadería
Rigoberto Cortejoso 14, 2ª planta
47014 Valladolid
Spain




Anne Schneider

Up to June 2008: at AEP headquarters
12 Avenue George V
75008 Paris

AEP

- Diploma: Ingénieur Agronome de l’INA-Paris-Grignon (1991) and DEA of INA-PG and University de Compiègne (1991).
- Currently: Executive Manager of AEP, the European Association for Grain Legumes Research, which is an associative Europe-based but international-active network which facilitates multidisciplinary scientific approach and interface with producers, breeders and industry.
- Expertise: Coordination of the networking activities in the legume and grain legume community; Managing Editor of the quarterly Grain Legumes Magazine and of the web site www.grainlegumes.com; Partner in different EU projects and especially leader of the Work Package ‘Dissemination of knowledge’ in the Grain Legumes Integrated Project (GLIP, 2004-2008); In-between role for legume community and decision makers.
- I am proud to be one of the GL-TTP Founding Members since this non-exclusive collaborative platform is a unique tool for durable and sustainable partnerships which are devoted to tackle specific issues by exploiting especially advanced techniques and therefore to make value of scientific knowledge for concrete applications and progress in the real life. I am convinced that the GL-TTP will build added value upon the groundwork, relationships and experience from AEP and associated legume network.


Peter Winter

GenXPro GmBH,
FIZ, Altenhöferallee 3,
60438 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany

Dr. Peter Winter is co-founder and General Manager of GenXPro GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany. During his career, Peter gained a broad spectrum experience in molecular genomics and genetics in plants and human. His current research focuses on the regulation of stress-responses in plants and on the genetics underlying genotypic differences in their responses to the environment. As a co-worker of Günter Kahl, Peter developed the most extended genetic map of chickpea available to date. Peter is the co-ordinator of the ERA-PG LEGRESIST project which comprises 14 leading European laboratories. LEGRESIST aims at elucidating the genetics of pathogen resistance in all major European legumes and at the development of molecular resistance breeding tools. Peter’s company GenXPro develops and offers products and services for a wide range of applications in all life sciences and cooperates with medical research institutions (INSERM, Medical University of Hannover, University of Cordoba) as well as with National and International Agricultural Research Centres (ICARDA, ICRISAT, INAT, INRA, BAZ etc.) and private and academic research organisation around the world.

Peter strongly supports GL-TTP activities, because he feels that those breakthrough technologies developed in science need rapid and efficient application for crop improvement to ensure safe and growing supply of food for a growing world population also under conditions of global warming.