Two Blades Foundation
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]
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People
Management and Directors
As at June 2010:[2]
- Dr. Roger Freedman - chair[3]
- Dr. Diana Horvath
- Susan Nycum
- Dr. Michael Pauly
- Dr. Eric Ward
Science Advisory Board
As at June 2010:[4]
- Prof. Jeff Dangl
- Dr. Jeff Ellis
- Prof. Jonathan Jones - also senior scientist at the Sainsbury Laboratory of the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich, UK.[5] He is on the advisory board of Mendel Biotechnology.[6]
- Prof. Sophien Kamoun - also project leader at the Sainsbury Laboratory of the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich, UK.[7]
- 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.[8]
- Prof. Brian Staskawicz
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).[9]
Funding
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Resources
Notes
- ↑ Home page, Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010
- ↑ About us, Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010
- ↑ Roger Freedman, Borlaug Global Rust Initiative website, acc 9 Jun 2010
- ↑ About us, Two Blades Foundation website, acc 9 June 2010
- ↑ Jonathan Jones, Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010
- ↑ "Scientific Advisory Board", Mendel Biotechnology, accessed February 2009.
- ↑ Sophien Kamoun, Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010
- ↑ TSL Alumni, The Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010
- ↑ Eric Ward's Lab: Welcome, Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 June 2010
