Launching of the Evoltree Network of Excellence
27 April 2006 - 27 April 2006
France
An analysis of the evolutionary history of forest trees can provide information on how forests respond to climate change. Forests are complex ecosystems that need an holistic research approach to improve our understanding on how they function. These issues will be addressed by an interdisciplinary network of scientists and other stakeholders—EVOLTREE. This new, major European initiative will be launched on the 27th of April at the Centre Condorcet, Pessac (33), near Bordeaux, France. Since the 1980s, European researchers have analyzed genetic structures of European oaks and other forest tree species. These efforts enabled a better understanding of the migration of trees through the continent after the last glaciation. EVOLTREE represents a new chapter in these efforts.
EVOLTREE involves 25 research groups from 15 European countries that are working together to identify and study genes of adaptive significance in order to evaluate the contribution they make to the evolution of tree species and tree communities. EVOLTREE will integrate and enhance the European research infrastructures and information resources. Research will be also carried out on organisms that interact with trees, such as insects and mycorrhizal fungi.
12:00-13:00 : press meeting
Jean Marc ORGOGOZO, Vice-President of the Aquitaine Region
Pierre MATHY, Head of Unit for biodiversity and marine ecosystems, European Commission
Antoine KREMER, Evoltree coordinator, INRA
Jozef TUROK, Regional Director for Europe, IPGRI (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute), leading dissemination activities for Evoltree
Guy RIBA, Deputy Director-General of INRA
Martin SYKES, professor at Lund University, at the « Geobiosphere Science Centre »
Scientific contact :
Antoine KREMER
Evoltree coordinator
Head of UMR Biogeco (Joint Research Unit INRA-University of Bordeaux I) Bordeaux
tél. : 33 (0)5 57 12 28 32 ou 28 43 ; mél. : Antoine.Kremer@pierroton.inra.fr
INRA Bordeaux-Aquitaine center
Press contact :
Service de presse INRA, Lise Poulet, tél : 01 42 75 91 69
Service de presse INRA Bordeaux, Jean-Claude Meymerit, tél. : 05 57 12 26 52
EVOLTREE involves 25 research groups from 15 European countries that are working together to identify and study genes of adaptive significance in order to evaluate the contribution they make to the evolution of tree species and tree communities. EVOLTREE will integrate and enhance the European research infrastructures and information resources. Research will be also carried out on organisms that interact with trees, such as insects and mycorrhizal fungi.
12:00-13:00 : press meeting
Jean Marc ORGOGOZO, Vice-President of the Aquitaine Region
Pierre MATHY, Head of Unit for biodiversity and marine ecosystems, European Commission
Antoine KREMER, Evoltree coordinator, INRA
Jozef TUROK, Regional Director for Europe, IPGRI (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute), leading dissemination activities for Evoltree
Guy RIBA, Deputy Director-General of INRA
Martin SYKES, professor at Lund University, at the « Geobiosphere Science Centre »
Scientific contact :
Antoine KREMER
Evoltree coordinator
Head of UMR Biogeco (Joint Research Unit INRA-University of Bordeaux I) Bordeaux
tél. : 33 (0)5 57 12 28 32 ou 28 43 ; mél. : Antoine.Kremer@pierroton.inra.fr
INRA Bordeaux-Aquitaine center
Press contact :
Service de presse INRA, Lise Poulet, tél : 01 42 75 91 69
Service de presse INRA Bordeaux, Jean-Claude Meymerit, tél. : 05 57 12 26 52