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Christou, Paul
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ICREA Research Professor at UdL (Universitat de Lleida). Life & Medical Sciences
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Received BS degree in Chemistry and PhD in plant biochemistry from University College London. Worked as senior scientist at Agracetus Inc. Madison WI USA. Subsequently head of Molecular Biotechnology Unit, John Innes Centre, Norwich UK and then head of Crop Genetics and Biotechnology Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biotechnology and Applied Ecology, Aachen/Schmallenberg, Germany. Currently at Universitat de Lleida as an ICREA Research Professor and head of the Applied Plant Biotechnology Laboratory.
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Research Interest
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For the past several years we have been investigating the organization of foreign genes in important crops such as maize, rice and wheat and its impact on transgene expression levels and stability. Applied aspects of our research include production of high value recombinant pharmaceuticals (vaccines and antibodies) in plants for use in human health and veterinary medicine; engineering crop plants for enhanced nutrition and novel strategies of sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture using transgenic approaches, all with emphasis on developing countries, poverty alleviation and food security. Our group is heavily involved in training and capacity building in the area of plant biotechnology focusing on developing countries.
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KeyWords
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Applied plant biotechnology. plant molecular biology, cereal crop biotechnology, developing country applications, food security, metabolic engineering, molecular pharming, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance
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