64 Genebank Managers Network Members

Email Distribution List
Chair: Lise-Lykke Steffensen lise.lykke.steffensen@nordgen.org   
Albania Mr Belul Gixhari
Contact person
Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Albanian Gene Bank
Agricultural University of Tirana
Rruga `Siri KODRA`
 Tirana
Albania
Tel: (355) 67 2883637
bgixhari.agb@gmail.com
genebank manager  
Armenia Ms Alvina Avagyan
Contact person
Observer
Scientific Centre of Vegetable and Industrial Crops
Ladoyan Str. 38, vil. Darakert
0808 Ararat marz
Armenia
Tel: (374) 93 707009
alvinaav@hotmail.com
genebank manager  
Austria Ms Lisa  Achathaler Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH (AGES)
Wieningerstraße 8
4020 Linz
Austria
Tel: (43) 664 88 60 76 66
lisa.achathaler@ages.at
genebank manager  
Austria Ms Sylvia Vogl
Contact person
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
Dept for Plant Genetic Resources
Wieningerstrasse 8
4020 Linz
Austria
Tel: (43) 664 966 83 76
sylvia.vogl@ages.at
genebank manager  
Azerbaijan Mr Mehraj Abbasov
Observer
Genetic Resources Institute
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Azadliq ave 155
AZ1106 Baku
Azerbaijan
Tel: (994) 50 5327819
Fax: (994) 12 4499221
mehraj_genetic@yahoo.com
genebank manager  
Azerbaijan Mr Zeynal I. Akparov
Contact person
Observer
Institute of Genetic Resources
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
155 Azadliq Ave
1106 Baku
Azerbaijan
Tel: (994-12) 5629171
Fax: (994-12) 4499221
akparov@yahoo.com
genebank manager  
Bulgaria Ms Gergana Desheva
Contact person
Institute for Plant Genetic Resources "K. Malkov" Sadovo
Druzhba str. 2
4122 Sadovo
Bulgaria
Tel: (359) 32 629026
gergana_desheva@abv.bg
genebank manager  
Bulgaria Ms Nikolaya Velcheva Institute for Plant Genetic Resources "K. Malkov"
2 Druzhba Str.
4122 Sadovo, Plovdiv district
Bulgaria
Tel: Tel: (359) 885012480
Fax: Fax: (359) 32) 629026
nikolaya_velcheva@abv.bg
information/documentation specialist  
Croatia Ms Dunja  Halapija Ministry of Agriculture
Directorate-General for Agricultural Land, Plant Production and Market
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Tel: (385) 1 6109 127
Fax: (385) 1 6109 189
dunja.halapija@mps.hr
genebank manager  
Croatia Mr Ivan Varnica
Contact person
Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food
Center for Seed and Sedlings
Usorska 19, Brijest
31000  Osijek
Croatia
Tel: (385) 31 275 715
ivan.varnica@hapih.hr
genebank manager  
Czech Republic Ms Dagmar Janovska
Contact person
Crop Research Institute
Department of Gene Bank
Drnovska 507
16106 Praha 6 - Ruzyne
Czech Republic
Tel: (420) 233022406
Fax: (420) 233022286
janovska@vurv.cz
genebank manager  
Czech Republic Ms Ludmila Papoušková Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i. Praha (VÚRV)
Crop Research Institute, Gene Bank
Drnovská 507
161 06 Prague - Ruzyne
Czech Republic
Tel: (420) 233022394
Fax: (420) 23302286
papouskova@vurv.cz
information/documentation specialist  
Denmark Mr Lasse Lose
Contact person
University of Copenhagen
Taastrup Campus - The Pometum
Agrovej 1
2630  Taastrup
Denmark
ll@plen.ku.dk genebank manager   
Estonia Ms Külli Annamaa
Contact person
Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK)
J. Aamisepa 1
48309 Jõgeva
Estonia
Tel: (372) 7768372
Fax: (372) 776 6902
kylli.annamaa@metk.agri.ee
genebank manager  
Estonia Ms Liisa Kübarsepp Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge
J. Aamisepa 1
48309  Jõgeva
Estonia
Tel: (372) 5128889
liisa.kybarsepp@metk.agri.ee
genebank manager  
Finland Ms Elina Kiviharju
Contact person
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Biotechnology and Food Research, Alimentum
Myllytie 1
FI-31600 Jokioinen
Finland
Tel: (358) 29 5326249
elina.kiviharju@luke.fi
genebank manager  
Finland Ms Anna Nukari Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production systems, Plant genetics and genomics
Latokartanonkaari 9
FI 00790  Helsinki
Finland
Tel: (358) 295326405
anna.nukari@luke.fi
genebank manager  
Finland Ms Terhi Suojala-Ahlfors Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Toivonlinnantie 518
FI-21500 Piikkiö
Finland
Tel: (358) 29 5326557
Fax: (358) 2 477 2299
terhi.suojala-ahlfors@luke.fi
genebank manager  
Georgia Mr Zviad Bobokashvili Scientific Research Center of Agriculture
6, Marshal Gelovani Ave.
0159 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: (995) 32 2053500
Fax: (995-32) 291842
bobokashvili@hotmail.com
genebank manager  
Georgia Ms Ana Devidze Scientific Research Center of Agriculture
Agricultural University of Georgia
6 Marshal Gelovani ave
0159 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: (995) 32 2053500
anadevidze@yahoo.com
genebank manager  
Georgia Ms Tamar Jinjikhadze
Contact person
Scientific Research Center of Agriculture
Standardization and Certification department , PGR gene bank
6 Marshal Gelovani Ave
0159 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: (995) 32 2053500
tamrikoj@yahoo.com
genebank manager  
Georgia Mr Levan Ujmajuridze LEPL Scientific Research Center of Agriculture
Marshal Gelovani Ave 6
0159 Tbilisi
Georgia
levan.ujmajuridze@srca.gov.ge genebank manager  
Georgia Ms Tekle  Zakalashvili Scientific Research Center of Agriculture (SRCA)
Marshal Gelovani avenue N6, 0159
0159 Tbilisi
Georgia
Tel: (995) 598662190
t.zakalashvili@agruni.edu.ge
genebank manager  
Germany Mr Andreas Börner
Contact person
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Corrensstrasse 3
06466 Stadt Seeland
Germany
Tel: (49) 394825229
Fax: (49) 394825155
boerner@ipk-gatersleben.de
genebank manager  
Germany Ms Ulrike Lohwasser Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Corrensstr. 3
06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben
Germany
Tel: (49) 39482 5282
Fax: (49) 39482 5155
lohwasse@ipk-gatersleben.de
genebank manager   
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
genebank manager  
Hungary  Borbála Baktay
Contact person
Research Centre for Agrobiodiversity Tápiószele
Külsömezö 15
 Tápiószele
Hungary
Tel: (36-53) 380069
Fax: (36-53) 380072
baktay@nbgk.hu
genebank manager  
Hungary Mr Attila Simon Center for Plant Diversity
Külsömezö 15
2766 Tápiószele
Hungary
Tel: (36) 53 380070
Fax: (36) 53 380072
simon@nbgk.hu
genebank manager  
Ireland Ms Marta Capolei Official Seed Testing Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Backweston Laboratory Campus
W23 X3PH Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Ireland
Tel: (353) 16157238
marta.Capolei@agriculture.gov.ie
genebank manager  
Ireland Mr Brian O’Connor
Contact person
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)
Plant Science Division, DAFM Backweston Farm, Leixlip
W23AE3V Co. Kildare
Ireland
BrianM.OConnor@agriculture.gov.ie genebank manager  
Ireland Mr James  Quirke Crop Policy, Evaluation & Certification Division - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Backweston Farm, Leixlip
W23AE3V Co. Kildare
Ireland
Tel: (353) (0) 16302906
James.quirke@agriculture.gov.ie
genebank manager  
Latvia Ms Agnese Gailite Genetic Resource Centre, LSFRI Silava
Rigas 111
LV 2169 Salaspils
Latvia
Tel: (371) 29359458
agnese.gailite@silava.lv
  
Latvia Mr Dainis Ruņģis
Contact person
Latvian State Forest Research Institute (LSFRI) Silava
111 Rigas St
LV-2169 Salaspils
Latvia
Tel: (371) 28344201
Fax: (371) 67901359
dainis.rungis@silava.lv
genebank manager  
Lithuania Mr Bronislovas Gelvonauskis Plant Gene Bank
Stoties str. 2, Akademija
58343 Akademija, Kedainiai district
Lithuania
Tel: (370) 347 37289
Fax: (370) 347 37002
bronislovas.gelvonauskis@amvmt.lt
genebank manager  
Lithuania  Darius Raudonius Forest Genetic Resources, Seed and Plant Service
Liepu str 2
53101 Girionys, Kauno reg.
Lithuania
Tel: (370) 37 547226
Fax: (370) 37 547771
darius.raudonius@amvmt.lt
genebank manager  
Lithuania Ms Gitana  Štukėnienė
Contact person
Plant Gene Bank
Stoties str. 2, Akademija
58343 Akademija, Kedainiai district
Lithuania
gitana.stukeniene@amvmt.lt genebank manager  
Montenegro Mr Zoran Jovović
Contact person
University of Montenegro
Biotechnical Faculty
Mihaila Lalića 1
81000 Podgorica
Montenegro
Tel: (382) 20268438
zoran.jovovic.btf@gmail.com
genebank manager  
Montenegro Ms Zorka Prljevic Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Serdara Jola Piletića 26
81000 Podgorica
Montenegro
Tel: (382) 67 277201
zorka.prljevic@ubh.gov.me
genebank manager  
Netherlands Mr Theo J L van Hintum
Contact person
Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN), Wageningen University and Research Centre
PO Box 16
6700 AA Wageningen
Netherlands
Tel: (31) 317 480913
theo.vanhintum@wur.nl
genebank manager  
NordGen Ms Lise-Lykke Steffensen
Chair
Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen)
Snedjevägen 3
23053 Alnarp
Sweden
Tel: (46) 738171215
lise.lykke.steffensen@nordgen.org
Chair; genebank manager  
North Macedonia Mr Klime Damcheski Directorate for Seed and Seedling Materials
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy
str. Leninova, No. 2
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
Tel: (389) 23226417
Fax: (389) 23226417
kdamceski@yahoo.com
genebank manager  
North Macedonia Ms Mirjana Jankulovska
Contact person
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food Ss Cyril and Methodius University
Blvd Aleksandar Makedonski bb
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
Tel: (389) 2 3115277
mirjanajankulovska@yahoo.com
genebank manager  
Poland Ms Maja  Boczkowska
Contact person
Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute - IHAR-PIB
Radzikow
05 870  Blonie
Poland
Tel: (48) 22 733 46 50
m.boczkowska@ihar.edu.pl
genebank manager  
Portugal Ms Ana Maria Barata
Contact person
Banco Português de Germoplasma Vegetal - Instituto nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (BPGV-INIAV)
Quinta de S. José - S. Pedro de Merelim
4700-859 Braga
Portugal
Tel: (351) 969509792
Fax: (351) 253300961
ana.barata@iniav.pt
genebank manager  
Portugal Mr Miguel Ângelo Pinheiro de Carvalho Banco de Germoplasma ISOPlexis
Universidade de Madeira
Campus da Penteada
9050-290 Funchal
Portugal
Tel: (351) 291 705 386
Fax: (351) 291 705 249
miguel.carvalho@staff.uma.pt
genebank manager  
Romania Mr Marius Dan Şandru Banca de Resurse Genetice Vegetale Suceava
B-dul 1Mai, nr 17
720224 Suceava
Romania
Tel: (40) 230 521016
Fax: (40) 230 521016
office@svgenebank.ro
genebank manager  
Romania Ms Silvia Strãjeru
Contact person
Banca de Resurse Genetice Vegetale Suceava
Bulevardul 1 Mai nr. 17
720224 Suceava
Romania
Tel: (40) 230 521016
Fax: (40) 230 521016
office@svgenebank.ro
genebank manager  
Serbia Ms Maja Jecmenica
Contact person
Directorate for National Reference Laboratories, Gene Bank Department
Batajnicki drun part 7, No 10
11080 Belgrade
Serbia
Tel: (381) 11 3772040
Fax: (381-11) 3117591
maja.jecmenica@minpolj.gov.rs
genebank manager  
Serbia Ms Milena Savić Ivanov Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Directorate for National Reference Laboratories, Gene Bank Department
Batajnicki drun part 7, No 10
11080 Belgrade - Zemun
Serbia
Tel: (381) 11 3772081
Fax: (381) 11 3772025
milena.savicivanov@minpolj.gov.rs
  
Slovenia Ms Zlata Luthar University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
Jamnikarjeva 101
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: (386) 1 3203269
zlata.luthar@bf.uni-lj.si
genebank manager  
Slovenia Ms Jelka Šuštar Vozlič
Contact person
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
Hacquetova ulica 17
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Tel: (386) 1 2805188
Fax: (386) 1 2805255
jelka.sustar-vozlic@kis.si
genebank manager  
Spain Ms Angjelina  Belaj Olive World Germplasm Bank of Cordoba (WOGB-Spain)
IFAPA, Centre "Alameda del Obispo". Avda. Ménéndez Pídal s/n Apdo 3092
14071 Cordoba
Spain
Tel: (34) 671532703
angjelina.belaj@juntadeandalucia.es
genebank manager  
Spain Ms Lucía De la Rosa Fernandez Centro Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos (CRF)
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)
Autovía N II, km 36, Apdo. 1045
28800 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
Spain
Tel: (34) 91 5026670
Fax: (34) 91 8819287
lucia.delarosa@inia.csic.es
information/documentation specialist  
Spain Mr Luis Guasch
Contact person
Centro Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos
Autovía A2 Km 36
28800 Alcalá de Henares
Spain
Tel: (34) 918819261 ext 38
luis.guasch@inia.csic.es
genebank manager  
Spain Mr Gregorio Muňoz Organero IMIDRA, Finca El Encín
Ctra. A-2 Km. 38,200
28800 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
Spain
Tel: (34) 918879483
gregorio.munoz@madrid.org
genebank manager  
Switzerland Ms Beate Schierscher
Contact person
Agroscope
Research Department in Arable Crop Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources
Route de Duillier 50CP 1012
1260 Nyon 1
Switzerland
Tel: (41) 22 3634726
Fax: (41) 22 3621325
beate.schierscher-viret@agroscope.admin.ch
genebank manager  
Türkiye Mr Erdinç Oğur
Contact person
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
genebank manager  
Türkiye Ms Aysun  Örçün General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Üniversiteler Mah. Dumlupınar Bulvarı No: 161
06800  Çankaya, Ankara
Türkiye
Tel: (90) 3123076274
aysun.orcun@tarimorman.gov.tr
genebank manager  
United Kingdom Ms Charlotte Allender University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences
The University of Warwick
Wellesbourne CampusWellesbourne
 Warwick CV35 9EF
United Kingdom
Tel: (44) 24 7657 5014
Fax: (44) 24 7657 4500
charlotte.Allender@warwick.ac.uk
genebank manager  
United Kingdom Mr Noam Chayut
Contact person
John Innes Centre
Norwich Research Park
 Norwich NR4 7UH
United Kingdom
Tel: (44) (0) 1603450630
Noam.Chayut@jic.ac.uk
genebank manager  
United Kingdom Mr John  Dickie Seed & Lab-based Collections
Collections Department
Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst Place
RH17 6TN Ardingly, Haywards Heath
United Kingdom
Tel: (44) 1444 894115
Fax: (44) 1444 894110
j.dickie@kew.org
genebank manager  
United Kingdom Ms Lin  Huang Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS)
Aberystwyth University, Plas Gogerddan
SY23 3EE Aberystwyth
United Kingdom
Tel: (44) (0)1970 823109
lsh@aber.ac.uk
genebank manager  
United Kingdom Ms Gaynor  McKenzie Commonwealth Potato Collection - James Hutton Institute
Errol Road, DD2 5DA
 Dundee
United Kingdom
Tel: (44) 01382 568737
Gaynor.McKenzie@hutton.ac.uk
genebank manager  
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 manager