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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, Denmark
  • 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, EFB Former President, 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. Robert E. Sinden, Imperial College, London
  • 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
  • Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, England
  • Prof. Tilahun Yilma, International Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis
  • Mr. Jens Degett, EAGLES Executive Director, Spain

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. Eduardo Trigo, Scientific Adviser to the International Directorate of the Secretariat for Science, Technology & Innovation of the Argentine Government, Argentina
  • Dr Florence Wambugu, Executive Director, Harvest Biotech Foundation International, Kenya