Biography
Kiran Mysore is a Professor at the Plant Biology Division at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. He also holds Adjunct Professorship at Oklahoma State University. He received his Bachelor’s at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (India), Master’s at Clemson University and Ph. D. at Purdue University in 1999. He did his postdoctoral training at Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University. His research interests center on molecular plant-microbe interactions. He has published over 100 papers on this and related topics in international journals.
Research Interest
Plant Genomics
Biography
Arie Altman received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture and is Professor of Horticulture and Plant Biotechnology (Ret.), Founding Director of Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture. He was President of the International Association of Plant Biotechnology, former Director of the Otto Warburg Center of Biotechnology in Agriculture, member of Israel National Committee for Biotechnology and Committee for Transgenic Plants. His research interests include molecular control of plant response to drought and salinity, agricultural biotechnology, forest tree biotechnology and plant tissue culture. He published over 180 research publications and served as Editor of 5 biotechnology books. He is (past and present) Editor and Editorial Board member of Plant Physiology, Annual Review of Plant Biotechnology and Applied Genetics, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, Plant Cell Reports, and others. Prof Altman was Invited Professor and Scientist at: Amsterdam Free University, INRA Versailles and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris and Orsay, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, N.J., USA, Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Botany Dept., University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK, and others.
Research Interest
Molecular regulation of plant response to drought and salinity, Forestry biotechnology , Plant tissue culture and propagation
Biography
She is a Professor and principle investigator at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She received a Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Plant cell biology. She is a recipient of many awards and grants for her valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of research. Her research interests lie in plant cell biology, transgenic crop and plant biology. She is the Editor-in-Chief/Editorial Board Member of many peer reviewed journals and her area of expertise credits her with many publications in national and international journals. She is committed to highest standards of excellence.
Research Interest
Plant Cell biology Plant Biotechnology