36 ECPGR Cryopreservation Working Group Members
| Country | Name | Organization | Contact Details | Expertise | Remarks |
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| Albania | Ms Antoneta Brahushi | Institute of Plant Genetic Resources of Albania, Agricultural University of Tirana Albania |
Tel: (355) 69705 2084 antonetabrahushi@yahoo.com |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Albania | Ms Valbona Sota | Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana Albania Bulevardi "ZOG I", No.2 1001 Tirana Albania |
Tel: (355) 674113520 valbona.sota@fshn.edu.al |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Belgium | Mr Bart Panis Co-chair |
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, c/o KU Leuven Willem de Croylaan 42 bus 2455Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92 3001 Leuven Belgium |
Tel: (32-16) 321690 Fax: (32-16) 321993 b.panis@cgiar.org |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Bulgaria | Ms Veselina Masheva | Institute for Plant Genetic Resources Druzhba str. 2 4122 Sadovo Bulgaria |
Tel: (359) 886326883 Fax: (359) 32 629026 vesi_masheva@yahoo.com |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Bulgaria | Ms Stanislava Stateva | Institute for Plant Genetic Resources Druzhba str. 2 4122 Sadovo Bulgaria |
stanislava.stateva@gmail.com | Cryopreservation expert | |
| Bulgaria | Ms Katya Uzundzhalieva | Institute for Plant Genetic Resources Druzhba str. 2 4122 Sadovo Bulgaria |
Tel: (359) 32 629026 kspasova69@gmail.com |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Croatia | Ms Zvjezdana Marković | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture Svetošimunska 25 10000 Zagreb Croatia |
Tel: (385) 14627981 zmarkovic@agr.hr |
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| Czech Republic | Mr Alois Bilavcik | Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i. Praha (VÚRV) Crop Research Institute, Cryobank Drnovská 507 161 06 Praha 6 - Ruzyne Czech Republic |
bilavcik@vurv.cz | Cryopreservation expert (fruit trees) | |
| Czech Republic | Mr Miloš Faltus Co-chair Contact person |
Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i. Praha (VÚRV) Crop Research Institute 161 06 Prague, Ruzyne 507 Czech Republic |
Tel: (42) 2 33022362 faltus@vurv.cz |
Genebank curator | |
| Czech Republic | Jiří Zámečník | Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i. Praha (VÚRV) Crop Research Institute, Plant Physiology and Cryobiology Team Drnovská 507 161 06 Praha 6 - Ruzyne Czech Republic |
Tel: (420) 233022426 Fax: (420) 233022286 zamecnik@vurv.cz |
Cryopreservation expert (garlic) | |
| Finland | Ms Anna Nukari Contact person |
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production systems, Plant genetics and genomics Latokartanonkaari 9 FI 00790 Helsinki Finland |
Tel: (358) 295326405 anna.nukari@luke.fi |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Finland | Ms Saija Rantala | Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Research infrastructure services, RI services, data and methodology development Survontie 9 FI 40500 Jyväskylä Finland |
Tel: (358) 295326465 saija.rantala@luke.fi |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| France | Mr Philippe Chatelet Contact person |
INRAE Bâtiment Arcad, 10 avenue Arthur Young 34090 Montpellier France |
Tel: (33) 04 32722201 philippe.chatelet@inrae.fr |
Plant cryopreservation (vegetatively propagated species) | |
| France | Mr Stéphane Dussert | IRD, UMR Diade 911 Av Agropolis 34394 Montpellier France |
Tel: (33) 04 67416459 stephane.dussert@ird.fr |
Plant cryopreservation (non-orthodox seeds) | |
| France | Ms Agnès Grapin | Institut Agro Rennes-Angers 2, rue André Le Nôtre 49045 Angers Cedex 01 France |
Tel: (33) 02 41225490 Agnes.Grapin@agrocampus-ouest.fr |
Plant cryopreservation (shoot-apex) | |
| Georgia | Mr Levan Ujmajuridze | LEPL Scientific Research Center of Agriculture Marshal Gelovani Ave 6 0159 Tbilisi Georgia |
levan.ujmajuridze@srca.gov.ge | ||
| Germany | Ms Monika Höfer | Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institut für Züchtungsforschung an gartenbaulichen Kulturen und Obst Pillnitzer Platz 3a 01326 Dresden Germany |
Tel: (49) (0) 3946 47 8009 Fax: (49) (0) 3946 47 8002 monika.hoefer@julius-kuehn.de |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Germany | Ms Manuela Nagel | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) OT Gatersleben 06466 Stadt Seeland Germany |
Tel: (49) (0)39482 5156 nagel@ipk-gatersleben.de |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Germany | Mr Franco Röckel | Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institut for Grapevine breeding Geilweilerhof 76833 Siebeldingen Germany |
Tel: (49) (0) 634541216 franco.roeckel@julius-kuehn.de |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Italy | Ms Emilia Caboni | Council for Research in Agriculture and Economics, Research Centre for Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura Via di Fioranello, 52 00134 Rome Italy |
Tel: (39) 06 7934 811 emilia.caboni@crea.gov.it |
Cryoconservation expert (fruits and nuts) | |
| Italy | Mr Maurizio Lambardi | National Research Council of Italy (CNR), IBE/Institute of BioEconomy Polo Scientifico, via Madonna del Piano n. 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence) Italy |
Tel: (39) 055 5225685 Fax: (39) 055 755121 maurizio.lambardi@ibe.cnr.it |
Cryopreservation specialist, Cryobank Curator | |
| Italy | Ms Claudia Ruta | Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti Laboratorio di Micropropagazione e Microscopia Università di Bari "A. Moro" via Amendola 165/a 70125 Bari Italy |
Tel: (39) 0805442975 claudia.ruta@uniba.it |
Crop specialist, Genebank manager | |
| Lithuania | Mr Rytis Rugienius | Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture Kauno 30 54333 Babtai, Kaunas distr. Lithuania |
Tel: (370) 37 555253 Fax: (370) 37 555176 r.rugienius@lsdi.lt |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Norway | Ms Zhibo Hamborg | Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) Høgskoleveien 7 1433 Ås Norway |
Tel: (47) 942 57 170 zhibo.hamborg@nibio.no |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Poland | Ms Karolina Tomiczak | Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - National Research Institute Radzików 05-870 Błonie Poland |
Tel: (48) 506218244 k.tomiczak@ihar.edu.pl |
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| Portugal | Mr Octavio Serra | Intituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV) Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal Quinta de S. José. S. Pedro de Merelim 4700-859 Braga Portugal |
Tel: (351)253198730 octavio.serra@iniav.pt |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Serbia | Mr Darko Jevremović | Fruit Research Institute St. Kralja Petra I, No 9 32102 Čačak Serbia |
darkoj@ftn.kg.ac.rs | Researcher, fruit specialist | |
| Serbia | Ms Sladjana Jevremovic | Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic" - National Institute of Republic of Serbia - University of Belgrade St. Bulevar despota Stefana 142 11060 Belgrade Serbia |
Tel: (381) 112078425 Fax: (381) 112761433 sladja@ibiss.bg.ac.rs |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Serbia | Ms Tatjana Vujović Contact person |
Fruit Research Institute St. Kralja Petra I, No 9 32102 Čačak Serbia |
Tel: (381) 32321375 tvujovic@institut-cacak.org |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Slovenia | Ms Jana Ambrožič Dolinšek | University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Education Koroška cesta 160 2000 Maribor Slovenia |
Tel: (386) 2 229 38 750 jana.ambrozic@um.si |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Spain | Ms Mayte Espiau Ramirez | Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA) Avda. Montañana 930 50059 Zaragoza Spain |
Tel: (34) 976716218 mespiau@cita-aragon.es |
Genebank curator | |
| Spain | Elena González Benito | Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Av. Puerta de Hierro, nº 2 - 4, Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid Spain |
Tel: (34) 910670847 - ext. 70847 me.gonzalezbenito@upm.es |
Cryopreservation expert | |
| Spain | Ms Mercè Rovira | IRTA (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries). Fruit Production Department Mas Bové, ctra. Reus-El Morell, km, 3.8 43120 Constantí, Tarragona Spain |
Tel: (34) 977 328424 - ext. 1615 merce.rovira@irta.cat |
Genebank curator, crop specialist (nuts) | |
| Spain | Ms Conchi Sánchez Fernández | Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas (IIAG)-CSIC / Agrobiological Research Institute - CSIC Av. de Vigo, s/n. Campus Vida. Apdo. Correos 122 15780 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña Spain |
Tel: (34) 981 590958 - ext. 246 conchi@iiag.csic.es |
Researcher, crop specialist (oak, chestnut and cork oak) | |
| Türkiye | Mr Erdinç Oğur | Aegean Agricultural Research Institute Canakkale Road No.57PO Box 9 Menemen 35672 Izmir Türkiye |
Tel: (90) 2232 8461331 Fax: (90) 232 8461107 erdinc.ogur@tarimorman.gov.tr |
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| United Kingdom | Mr Matthew Ordidge | School of Agriculture, Policy and Development University of Reading Whiteknights RG6 6EU Reading United Kingdom |
Tel: (44) 7789731785 m.ordidge@reading.ac.uk |
Genebank curator |