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Press Info item.
19/04/2006
INRA Researcher Antoine Kremer awarded Wallenberg Prize
Antoine Kremer, a Research Director at INRA, Bordeaux was officially awarded the 2006 Marcus Wallenberg prize at the international symposium on "Climate change and forest genetic diversity" organised in Paris in March 2006. He is the first French scientist to have received this distinction. Antoine Kremer, Director of the Joint Research Unit for Biodiversity, Genes and Ecosystems (INRA-Université Bordeaux I) also coordinates the European network of excellence EVOLTREE, being launched on the 27th of April in Bordeaux.
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Antoine Kremer, winner of the Wallenberg Prize
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Antoine Kremer was awarded the Wallenberg Prize for his original scientific research on the genetic diversity of pan-European oaks, thus paving the way for integrated, sustainable management of oak forests. His major achievements include the reconstruction of the colonisation routes of European oaks since the last glaciation, the identification of the colonisation dynamics that have shaped the genetic diversity in today’s oak forests and the building of a reference database of European oak genetic fingerprints. Together with several European partners, Antoine Kremer has undertaken a study of unprecedented scope of oak genetic diversity, covering more than 2,600 stands. His pioneering and integrative work in oak genetics are now considered a new paradigm for the study of other forest tree species.
The applications of this research are numerous, including the selection of the best seed sources for reforestation, management of biodiversity, conservation of genetic resources for future generations and traceability through the entire tree production chain, from seed to wood, especially that used for cooperage.
Antoine Kremer was officially awarded the Marcus Wallenberg Prize at the international symposium on "Climate change and forest genetic diversity" held by IPGRI and IUFRO on 15-16 March in Paris in the ENGREF Building. During the symposium, Mr Kremer gave a presentation on the factors likely to help forests withstand climate change today.
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize
The purpose of the Wallenberg Prize1 is to recognize, encourage and stimulate path-breaking scientific and technological achievements which contribute significantly to broadening knowledge and to technical development within the fields of importance to forestry and forest industries. It was created in 1980 by a Swedish paper manufacturing group.
The prize of over €200,000 will be presented by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, at a ceremony in Stockholm on 28 September 2006.
EVOLTREE (EVOLution of TREEs)
Antoine Kremer is also the leader of several national and international programmes on the genetics of trees and is coordinating EVOLTREE, a new European network of excellence on forest biodiversity. EVOLTREE will be officially launched on 27th of April 2006 in Bordeaux. EVOLTREE associates four complementary disciplines – ecology, evolution, genomics and genetics – to predict the responses of species and populations to environmental changes. At INRA, 36 researchers from 6 research units are partners of the project.
1 For more information on the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, consult the site:
http://www.mwp.org
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Scientific contact:
Antoine Kremer
Tel: (33) 5 57 12 28 32 or (33) 5 57 12 28 43
Email: antoine.kremer@pierreton.inra.fr
Joint Research Unit for Biodiversity, Genes and Ecosystems, Forest, Grassland and Freshwater Ecology Department, INRA Research Centre of Bordeaux.
Bordeaux press contact
Jean-Claude Meymerit
Tel: (33) 5 57 12 26 52
Email : Jean-Claude.Meymerit@bordeaux.inra.fr
Communications Department, INRA Research Centre of Bordeaux
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