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October 16, 2007
Hilton Glasgow, UK
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Have your say in determining who wins
The Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Robert (Bob) Holm Prof. Marc Baron Van Montagu
Dr. Robert (Bob) Holm served as IR-4 Executive Em. Prof. Marc Baron Van Montagu, president of the
Director from 1998 until his retirement in December of European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB),
2006. Prior to joining IR-4, he spent 30 years in a variety of research pioneered, with his colleague, Jeff Schell, Agrobacterium mediated
and development management positions within the crop protection gene transfer in plants. He drove front-line innovations for biotech
industry at companies such as, Diamond Shamrock Corporation, agriculture, such as plants resistant to insects or tolerant to more
Mobil Crop Chemical, Rhone-Poulenc and Valent USA Corporation. environmentally friendly herbicides.
One of Bob’s greatest accomplishments has been his ability to
develop win-win IR-4 partnerships with registrants, commodity
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groups and regulatory agencies including the EPA, California
Department of Pesticide Regulation and Canada’s Pest Management
Regulatory Agency. These partnerships have resulted in thousands
of food use clearances on reduced risk, safer traditional chemicals
and biopesticides.
Dr. John Franz
Please tick here to vote for Dr. Robert (Bob) Holm In 1970, research chemist John Franz discovered the
glyphosate class of herbicides while searching for
a systemic product that would be effective against perennial and
annual weeds. Marketed under the brand name Roundup
®
, glyphosate
Professor Dr. Ingo Potrykus
eliminates more than 125 kinds of weeds and is nontoxic to animals.
Glyphosate is among the most widely used herbicides in the world.
Prof.Potrykus is a retired professor of plant sciences.
Franz was born in Springfield, Illinois. He received his B.S. and Ph.D.
Since 1970 he engaged in developing GMO-
degrees at the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota.
technology for food security in developing countries. He established
He commenced work at Monsanto Company in 1955 and retired in
the science of “Golden Rice” from 1990 to 1999. Prof.Potrykus now
1991. Franz was awarded the National Medal of Technology in
devotes his efforts to the “Humanitarian Golden Rice Project”, to
1987 and the Perkin Medal in 1990. He holds over 840 U.S.
make Golden Rice available free of charge to poor, rice-dependent
societies.
www.goldenrice.org
and foreign patents.
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