EAGLES Consortium

The EAGLES Consortium presently comprises a number of well-known scientists from the EU and Developing Countries in approximately equal proportions. They are combining their expertise and knowledge of the life sciences, with much experience of the role of the life sciences in the DCs. They have substantial knowledge of the way in which the life sciences are organised, mobilised and applied in Europe and in the developing world. Many have worked together on other major projects. The group has established relationships, complementarities and synergies which will be valuable in designing and implementing the EAGLES programme.

Chairmanship:

Prof. Ismail Serageldin, Chairman of EAGLES, Director of the New Library of Alexandria
Dr. Huanming Yang, Co-Vice Chairman of EAGLES, Director, Beijing Genome Institute
Prof. David McConnell, Co-Vice Chairman of EAGLES, Trinity College, Ireland
Jens Degett, Executive Director, Madrid, Spain

The EAGLES Health Committee:

• Prof. Fred Binka, Indepth Network, Ghana
• Prof. Lars Bolund, University of Aarhus, Denmark
• Dr. Francesc Godia Casablancas, Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
• Prof. Julio Celis, Secretary General, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
• Dr. Werner Christie, Formerly Minister of Health, Government of Norway
• Prof. Brian Clark, Past President, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Prof. Borge Diderichsen,Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Prof. Fotis C. Kafatos, Imperial College, London, England
• Prof. David McConnell, Chairman, EAGLES Health Programme & EFB EAGLES Task Group, Co-Vice Chairman of EAGLES, Trinity College Dublin
• Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Chairman of EAGLES, Director of the New Library of Alexandria
• Prof. Zihe Rao, Chairman, Department of Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, China
• Prof. Jisnuson Svasti, Department of Biochemistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
• Dr. Carmen Vela, Manager Director at INGENASA, Madrid, Spain.
• Prof. Huanming Yang, Co-Vice Chairman of EAGLES, Director, Beijing Genome Institute
• Prof. Tilahun Yilma, International Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis
  

The EAGLES Food Steering Committee:

• Dr Ismail Serageldin, Chairman of EAGLES, Director of the New Library of Alexandria, Egypt
• Prof David McConnell, Chairman, EAGLES Food Forum & EFB EAGLES Task Group, Co-Vice Chairman of EAGLES, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Prof. Huanming Yang, Co-Vice Chairman of EAGLES, Director, Beijing Genome Institute, China
• Prof Patrick Cunningham, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and European Group on Life Sciences
• Dr Adel El-Beltagy, Director General, International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, Research Centre of CGIAR, Syria
• Prof Arturo Falaschi, Director-General, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Italy
• Prof Luis Herrera- Estrella, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
• Prof Marc van Montagu, Gent University, Belgium and European Group on Life Sciences
• Mr. Albert Sasson, Special Adviser to the UNESCO Director General, Paris
• Prof M S Swaminathan, Chairman, Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India
• Jennifer A Thomson, Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Dr Florence Wambugu, Executive Director, Harvest Biotech Foundation International, Kenya

The EAGLES Food Forum:

• Prof. Klaus Ammann, Director, Botanical Garden, Bern, CH
• Prof. Julio Celis, FEBS Secretary General and Institute of Cancer Biology and Danish Centre for Human Genome Research, Denmark
• Prof. Patrick Cunningham, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, and European Group on Life Sciences.
• Prof. Børge Diderichsen, EFB Former President and Novo Nordisk, Denmark.
• Prof. Dr Lene Lange Director, Molecular Biotechnology Novozymes A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark
• Dr Birger Lindberg Møller, Centre for Molecular Plant Physiology, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Denmark
• Prof. Marc van Montagu, Gent University, Belgium and European Group on Life Sciences
• Dr Johan Sanders, Chair of Valorisation of Plant Production Chains, Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University, NL
• Mr. Albert Sasson, Special Advisor to the UNESCO Director General, Paris, France
• Prof. Willem Stiekema, Director, Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Wageningen University, NL
• Mr. Jens Sundbye, Life & Food Science, Investment Location, DK
• Prof. Roberto Tuberosa, University of Bologna, IT
• Prof. Paulo Arruda, Universidade Estadual de Campinas and Alellyx Applied Genomics, Brazil
• Prof. Zhangliang Chen, President, China Agricultural University, China
• Prof. Luis Herrera- Estrella, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Irapuato, Mexico
• Dr. Jorge Huete Perez, Centro de Biologia Molecular, Universidad Centro-Americana, Nicaragua
• Prof. Yufa Peng, Center for Biosafety Research, CAAS, Beijing China
• Prof. Ismail Serageldin, Chairman EAGLES, Director, Library of Alexandria, Egypt, previously Vice-President World Bank
• Prof. M S Swaminathan, Chairman, Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India
• Dr Florence Wambugu, Executive Director, Harvest Biotech Foundation International, Kenya
• Prof. Huanming Yang, Co-Vice Chairman EAGLES, Director, Human Genome Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• Mr. Willy de Greef, International Biotech Regulatory Services, Belgium
• Prof. Julian Kinderlerer, Sheffield Institute for Biotechnology Law and Ethics, UK
• Mr. Niels Louwaars, Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands
• Ms. Willemine Brinkman, Tropenbos International, NL
• Prof. Joske Bunders, Head, Department of Biology and Society, Free University of Amsterdam, NL
• Dr. Siglinde Fischer, BiolinX, DE
• Mr. Hugo Van Heuverswyn, Flemish Institute of Biotechnology, B
• Dr. Cynthia Schneider, Georgetown University, USA
• Dr. Donald Bruce, Society, Religion and Technology Project , Church of Scotland, UK
• Dr. Roger Straughan, formerly Reader in Education at Reading University, UK