MOLECULAR FARMING

FA0804

Molecular farming

Plants as a Production Platform for High Value Proteins

Background

Reference: COST FA0804
Entry into force:
End of Action:
Signatory countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Non-COST States:

*Chairperson*	*Vice-chairperson*
Dr. Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey VTT Technical Research Center of Finland P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT (Espoo) Finland Phone: +358-40-552 2082 Fax: +358-20-722 7071 kirsi-marja.oksman@vtt.fi	Prof. Julian K-C Ma St. George's, University of London Hotung Chair of Molecular Immunology Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Cranmer Terrace London SW17 0RE, UK Phone: +44-208-725 5818 Fax: +44-208-725 3487 jma@sgul.ac.uk .

*Scientific Officer*
Dr. Albino Maggio COST Office Avenue Louise 149, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32 2 533 38 25 Fax: +32 2 533 38 90 amaggio@cost.esf.org .

Working Group 1 Leader	Working Group 1 Vice-Leader
Prof. Paul Christou Universitat de Lleida Department de Produccio Vegetal i Ciencia Forestal Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, E-25198 Lleida, Spain Phone: +34-973-702693 Fax: +34-973-238264 Christou@pvcf.udl.es	Dr. Bart Van Droogenbroeck Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) Unit Technology and Food, Product Quality and Innovation Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 115, P.O. Box 2, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium Phone: +32-9-2722839 Fax: +32-9-2722800 bart.vandroogenbroeck@ilvo.vlaanderen.be .

Working Group 2 Leader	Working Group 2 Vice-Leader
Dr. Stefan Schillberg Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology Forckenbeckstrasse 6, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Phone: +49-241-6085 11051 Fax: +49-241-6085 10000 stefan.schillberg@ime.fraunhofer.de .	Dr. Einar Mäntylä ORF Genetics Keldnaholt, IS-112 Reykjavik, Iceland Phone: +354-591 1570 Fax: +354-591 1580 Einarm@orf.is

Working Group 3 Leader	Working Group 3 Vice-Leader
Prof. Dirk Bosch Plant Research International Cluster Metabolic Regulation Wageningen University and Research Center P.O. Box 16, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands Phone: +31-317-480933 / 480964 Fax: +31-317-418094 dirk.bosch@wur.nl .	Prof. Arjen Schots Laboratory of Nematology Wageningen University and Research Center P.O. Box 16, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands Phone: +31-317-485261 Fax: +31-317-484254 Arjen.Schots@wur.nl

STSM Co-ordinator:	PEC Co-ordinator:
Dr. Tomas Vanek Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Experimental Botany and Research Institute of Crop Sciences, Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies, Rozvojova 263, CZ-166 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic Phone: +420-60-3434370 Fax: +420-233 022 479 vanek@ueb.cas.cz .	Prof. George Sakellaris National Hellenic Research Foundation Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology 48, Vas. Constantinou, GR-11635 Athens, Greece Phone: +30-210-7273 735 Fax: +30-210-7273 677 g.sakellaris@eie.gr