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Plant Protein Club

Membership Information

The Plant Protein Club is based at the University of York (UK); its policies are decided upon by a steering committee composed of academics and industrialists with observers from the UK Department of Trade and Industry and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. 

PPC Steering Committee

Keith Coupland Croda International
Colin S. Fitchett Dupont (UK) Ltd
Peter Lillford Unilever
Vincent Petiard Nestlé
A. Gururaj Rao Pioneer Hi-Bred
John Purcell Monsanto
Benedikt Timmerman Novartis Seeds
Ian Bartle ACTIN
Dianna Bowles University of York
Rod Casey John Innes Centre
Rod Hubbard University of York
Peter Shewry IACR Long Ashton

Membership is on an institutional basis, with annual membership fees of £3,000 for large companies, £500 for small and medium-sized enterprises and £100 for departments of research and educational institutions. Arrangements for associate membership can be negotiated; contact PPC for details. 

Members receive quarterly newsletters; opportunities to attend PPC short courses, workshops, and symposia at greatly reduced rates;  invitations to members-only events; and exclusive access to the club's information resources. 

PPC members

Aarhus University Laboratory of Gene Expression 
Agricultural University of Gembloux Plant Biology Unit
Alternative Crops Technology Information Network (ACTIN)
ATO-DLO Department of Agrofibres and Cellulose 
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Department of Life Sciences 
Bio-organics Research Information Service (BORIS) 
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research 
British Society of Plant Breeders 
Calgene LLC
Calyx Plantech Ltd
Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association
CEA DBMS PCU
Central Science Laboratory Alternative Crops and Biotechnology Group 
CID CSIC Department of Molecular Genetics 
CNRS Biochimie et Physiologie Moleculaire des Plantes
CODA Veterinary and Agrochemical Research (VAR)
CPRO-DLO Cell Biology
Croda International Plc
CSIC Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Danisco Biotechnology
Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences Biotechnology Group 
Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences Department of Ornamentals 
DeMontford University Norman Borlaug Institute
Direction des Sciences du Vivant CEA-Cadarache Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie de la 
DuPont (UK) Limited 
Gyeongsang National University Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Kennedy-Leigh Centre for Horticultural Research 
Heriot-Watt University Department of Biological Sciences
Hokkaido National Agricultural Experiment Station 
Horticultural Research International - Kent
Horticulture Research International-Wellesbourne
IFR-SCBV 
Imperial College of Science, Medicine and Technology Department of Biochemistry UK
Institute for Arable Crops Research-Long Ashton
Institute of Experimental Botany 
Institute of Food Research
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER)
Institute of Horticulture, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center
INRA Station de Physilolgi Vegetale
INRA-Nantes
ITQB Lab.  Bioquimica Vegetal, Dept. de Ciencas Vegetals
Japan Tobacco Inc. 
John Innes Centre Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory
Leiden University Institute of Plant Molecular Sciences
Liverpool John Moores University School of Biomolecular Sciences
Lund University Department of Plant Biochemistry 
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology
Monsanto
Monsanto PBI-Cambridge
National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
National Institute of Agrobiological Resources (Japan)
Nestlé
Nottingham Trent University Department of Life Sciences
Novartis Seeds
Novo Nordisk A/S
Oxford Brookes University School of Biological and Molecular Sciences
Phytera Ltd 
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. 
Plantech Research Intstitute
Renessen
Research Association for Biotechnology 
REXIM S.A. 
Rice Research Institute of Iran
Rice University Biochemistry and Cell Biology
RIKEN Tsukuba Life Science Center Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology
RIKILT-DLO
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Department of Plant Biology
Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University Plant Biochemistry Department
Scottish Crop Research Institute Unit of Plant Biochemistry
SPIC Science Foundation Centre for Biotechnology
Stockholm University Department of Biochemistry
Unilever
Universidade de Aveiro - Dep. de Química
University of Berne
Universita Cattolica
Universita Degli Studi di Pisa Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie
Universite de Sciences et Technologies de Lille Lab de Physiologie Vegetale
University College Dublin Department of Botany
University College London Department of Biology
University of Antwerp Department of Biology
University of Aveiro Department of Chemistry
University of Bath Department of Biology and Biochemistry
University of Birmingham School of Biological Sciences
University of Cambridge Department of Biochemistry
University of Cambridge Institute for Biotechnology 
University of Cape Town Biochemistry Department
University of Copenhagen Department of Plant Physiology 
University of Dundee Department of Biochemistry 
University of Dundee Department of Biological Sciences
University of Edinburgh Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology
University of Essex Department of Biological Sciences
University of Exeter Department of Biological Sciences
University of Freiburg Institute for Botany III
University of Ghent Department of Genetics
University of Glasgow Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences 
University of Guelph Department of Plant Agriculture 
University of Kalmar Department of Natural Sciences
University of Leeds LIBA
University of Leeds School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Leeds School of Biology
University of Leicester Department of Biology
University of Limerick Department of Biology
University of Liverpool School of Biological Sciences 
University of Manchester School of Biological Sciences 
University of Murcia Department of Plant Physiology 
University of Newcastle Department of Biochemistry and Genetics
University of Nottingham Department of Physiology and Environmental Science
University of Oslo Division of General Genetics Institute of Biology 
University of Oxford Department of Plant Sciences 
University of Plymouth Department of Agriculture and Food Studies
University of Reading School of Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield Department of Animal and Plant Sciences 
University of Stirling
University of Sussex School of Biological Sciences Plant Stress Unit 
University of Wales-Aberystwyth Institute of Biological Sciences
University of Warwick Department of Biological Sciences
University of Westminster School of Biosciences 
University of the West of England Centre for Applied Research in Science
University of York Centre for Novel Agricultural Products
University of York Department of Biology Plant Laboratory
University of York Department of Chemistry Protein Structure Group
Weizmann Institute Department of Plant Sciences

For more information, contact PPC

 
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October 2001