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Two Blades Foundation is a crop research body that describes itself as "a US based charitable organization that supports programs of research and development on durable disease resistance".<ref>[http://www.2blades.org/ Home page], Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010</ref>
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Two Blades Foundation is a crop research body that describes itself as "a US based charitable organization that supports programs of research and development on durable disease resistance".<ref>[http://www.2blades.org/ Home page], Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010</ref> Two Blades Foundation has linked up with the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]], as the Sainsbury Laboratory website says, "to solve crop disease problems using state-of-the-art technologies". It is clear from the Sainsbury Laboratory website that what is meant is the genetic engineering of wheat against rust disease.<ref>[http://www.tsl.ac.uk/research/eric-ward/index.htm Eric Ward's Lab: Welcome], Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 June 2010</ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
 
===Management and Directors===
 
===Management and Directors===
 
As at June 2010:<ref>[http://www.2blades.org/ About us], Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010</ref>
 
As at June 2010:<ref>[http://www.2blades.org/ About us], Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010</ref>
*Dr. [[Roger Freedman]]
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*Dr. [[Roger Freedman]] - chair<ref>[http://www.globalrust.org/traction/permalink/advocacy586 Roger Freedman], Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website, acc 9 Jun 2010</ref>. According to his biography on the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website:
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::Roger Freedman works for [[David Sainsbury]], the settlor of the [[Gatsby Charitable Foundation|Gatsby Foundation]] and until recently the UK Minister of Science and Innovation. Dr. Freedman established the Gatsby Foundation's programs in plant science and neuroscience and continues to serve the Foundation's much expanded plant science program. He has been a member of the governing council of the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] in Norwich since its establishment, and he is now working on the establishment of a second Sainsbury Laboratory for Plant Science which will be located in Cambridge. He initiated development of JICI (now PBL), the technology licensing company based at the [[John Innes Centre]], remaining as a non-executive director of the company for the first ten years of its operation.<ref>[http://www.globalrust.org/traction/permalink/advocacy586 Roger Freedman], Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website, acc 9 Jun 2010</ref>
 
*Dr. [[Diana Horvath]]
 
*Dr. [[Diana Horvath]]
 
*[[Susan Nycum]]
 
*[[Susan Nycum]]
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*Prof. [[Jeff Dangl]]
 
*Prof. [[Jeff Dangl]]
 
*Dr. [[Jeff Ellis]]
 
*Dr. [[Jeff Ellis]]
*Prof. [[Jonathan Jones]] - also head of the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] of the [[John Innes Centre]] (JIC), Norwich, UK. He is on the advisory board of [[Mendel Biotechnology]].<ref>"[http://www.mendelbio.com/team/sab.html Scientific Advisory Board]", Mendel Biotechnology, accessed February 2009.</ref>
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*Prof. [[Jonathan Jones]] - also senior scientist at the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] of the [[John Innes Centre]] (JIC), Norwich, UK.<ref>[http://www.tsl.ac.uk/profile/jonathan-jones.asp Jonathan Jones], Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010</ref> He is on the advisory board of [[Mendel Biotechnology]].<ref>"[http://www.mendelbio.com/team/sab.html Scientific Advisory Board]", Mendel Biotechnology, accessed February 2009.</ref>
*Prof. [[Sophien Kamoun]]
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*Prof. [[Sophien Kamoun]] - also project leader at the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] of the [[John Innes Centre]] (JIC), Norwich, UK.<ref>[http://www.tsl.ac.uk/profile/sophien-kamoun.asp Sophien Kamoun], Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010</ref>
*Prof. [[Paul Schulze-Lefert]]
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*Prof. [[Paul Schulze-Lefert]] - also group leader at the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] of the [[John Innes Centre]] (JIC), Norwich, UK, 1995-2000. Director of the [[Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research]] in Cologne.<ref>[http://www.tsl.ac.uk/alumni.html TSL Alumni], The Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010</ref>
 
*Prof. [[Brian Staskawicz]]
 
*Prof. [[Brian Staskawicz]]
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
Two Blades Foundation has linked up with the [[Sainsbury Laboratory]] "to solve crop disease problems using state-of-the-art technologies", by which they mean genetic engineering of wheat against rust disease, as is clear from a description of their work on the Sainsbury Laboratory website (June 2010).<ref>[http://www.tsl.ac.uk/research/eric-ward/index.htm Eric Ward's Lab: Welcome], Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 June 2010</ref>
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*[[Sainsbury Laboratory]] - in partnership with them (see above)
 
==Funding==
 
==Funding==
  

Latest revision as of 17:34, 9 June 2010

Two Blades Foundation is a crop research body that describes itself as "a US based charitable organization that supports programs of research and development on durable disease resistance".[1] Two Blades Foundation has linked up with the Sainsbury Laboratory, as the Sainsbury Laboratory website says, "to solve crop disease problems using state-of-the-art technologies". It is clear from the Sainsbury Laboratory website that what is meant is the genetic engineering of wheat against rust disease.[2]

People

Management and Directors

As at June 2010:[3]

  • Dr. Roger Freedman - chair[4]. According to his biography on the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website:
Roger Freedman works for David Sainsbury, the settlor of the Gatsby Foundation and until recently the UK Minister of Science and Innovation. Dr. Freedman established the Gatsby Foundation's programs in plant science and neuroscience and continues to serve the Foundation's much expanded plant science program. He has been a member of the governing council of the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich since its establishment, and he is now working on the establishment of a second Sainsbury Laboratory for Plant Science which will be located in Cambridge. He initiated development of JICI (now PBL), the technology licensing company based at the John Innes Centre, remaining as a non-executive director of the company for the first ten years of its operation.[5]

Science Advisory Board

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  1. Home page, Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010
  2. Eric Ward's Lab: Welcome, Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 June 2010
  3. About us, Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010
  4. Roger Freedman, Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website, acc 9 Jun 2010
  5. Roger Freedman, Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website, acc 9 Jun 2010
  6. About us, Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010
  7. Jonathan Jones, Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010
  8. "Scientific Advisory Board", Mendel Biotechnology, accessed February 2009.
  9. Sophien Kamoun, Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010
  10. TSL Alumni, The Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010