PROPOSAL:	QLG2-1999-00454	ACRONYM	ECCO
AREA:	FP5 - QoL, 5/ RTD of a Generic Nature (8: research into genomes)	Call number / date:	1a
PROJECT TYPE:	Shared Cost	EU CONTRIBUTION:	2,930,000
STARTING DATE:	2000-02-01	DURATION:	36 months

Coordinator: Dr. W. van Camp, CropDesign N.V., Project management, Technologiepark 3, BE -9052, Gent, Belgium, Email: wim.vancamp@cropdesign.com

Project Description:
Cell division in plants is one of the most rapidly expanding areas of research in agro-industy. Because of its fundamental role in plant development, technologies related to cell division are expected to open up a wide range of applications in the field of sexual reproduction, apomixis, regeneration, germination, plant architecture, control of methodes and gemini viruses, and, most importantly, in crop yield. Cell division is controled by a complex molecular machinery, named "the cell cycle", involving over one hundred proteins. The isolation and characterization of cell cycle genes, together with an understanding of the impact of these genes on the development, growth, and physiology of the plant are the prime objectives of the ECCO project. ECCO, therefore, brings a functional genomics approach to the cell cycle, creating knowledge and tools for direct application in agriculture. ECCO is the first European initiative on the cell cycle in plants.

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Consortium:
Co-ordinator: Contact Person: VAN MELLAERT, Herman Tel: +32-9-2415083 Organisation: CROPDESIGN NV Tecnologiepark 3 9052 ZWIJNAARDE BELGIUM Participants Contact Person: BARJONAS, Laura Department: LEEDS INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BIOTECNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE Organisation: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Woodhouse Lane LS2 9JT LEEDS UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: SANDBERGER, Georg Department: ENTWICKLUNGSGENETIK, ZMBP Organisation: EBERHARD-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET TUEBINGEN AUF DER MORGENSTELLE 1 72074 TUEBINGEN GERMANY Contact Person: BOWTELL, Michael Organisation: University of Cambridge The Old Schools Trinity Lane CB2 1TS Cambridge UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: NOMBELA, Cesar Organisation: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS 117 Serrano 117 28006 MADRID SPAIN Contact Person: ORMOS, Pal Department: INSTITUT OF PLANT BIOLOGY Organisation: BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Temesvari krt. 62 6726 SZEGED HUNGARY Contact Person: SCHWEYEN, Rudolf Organisation: UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA Dr Karl Lueger - Ring 1 1010 WIEN AUSTRIA Contact Person: DEKEYSER, Rudy Department: DEPARTMENT OF PLANT GENETICS Organisation: FLANDERS INTERUNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY Ledeganckstraat 35 9000 GENT BELGIUM Contact Person: DUVAL, Raymond Department: INSTITUT DE BIOTECHNNOLOGIE DES PLQNTES UMR 8618 Organisation: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE 2 Avenue Albert Einstein 69609 VILLEURBANNE FRANCE Contact Person: MICHEL, Jean-Paul Department: LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE Organisation: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE CR DE VERSAILLES GRIGNON - RD 10 (ROUTE DE SAINT CYR) 78026 VERSAILLES FRANCE

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