Links :: Research Groups

Research Groups :: Australia and New Zealand

1. CSIRO - Molecular Breeding of Forest Trees
   The main focus of research conducted by the Molecular Breeding Group at CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products is using molecular technologies to more efficiently develop improved breeds of commercial tree species.
2. CPCG - Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics
3. Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry
4. STBA - Southern Tree Breeding Association - Australia
5. Plant Science (Eucalyptus Genetics) - University of Tasmania
6. Forest Molecular Biology and Genetics Group - University of
7. International Eucalyptus Genome Network EUCAGEN
8. SCION
9. Dominic Cain - Australian National University
10. Colin Matherson - Australian National University
11. BioSylve Forest Science NZ Limited

Research Groups :: European Union

1. Austrian Federal Forest Research Center
2. Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology - Sweden
3. GABI (Genome Analysis of the Plant Biological System)
4. BIOGECO - UMR
5. MycorWeb - INRA
   Tree micro-organism interactions
6. Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology - CSIC
7. UK Crop Net
8. Wood Biotechnology - KTH
9. Department of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding - University of Göttingen
10. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Von Arnold)
11. Forest Genetics in Umeå Plant Science Centre - Umeå University
12. Department of Dendrology and Forest Tree Breeding - University of Agriculture Czech Republic
13. Oak Tree Research - University of Bodenkultur Wien
14. The Plant Genetics Group - University of Oulu
15. Gail Taylor Plant and Environment Lab
16. Vantaa Research Unit - Finnish Forest Research Institute
17. Polytechnic of Castelo Branco
18. Forest Genetic Resources - FAO Forestry of the UN
19. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute - Bioversity International - Forest Genetic Diversit
20. Physiology and Genetics - IUFRO Division 2
21. Tree Improvement and Forest Genetics - Forest Research - Northern Research Station
22. Lithuanian Forest Research Institute
23. Institute of Forest Genetics and Forest Tree Breeding, Germany
24. Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences
    Laboratory of Population Genetics and Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics
25. Insitute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology - Slovakia Academy of Science
26. Forest Biotech Lab -Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
27. INRA - TREEBREEDEX
28. INRA, Equipe de Gntique et Amlioration des Arbes Forestiers
29. INRA Orleans - Forest Genetic Resources Conservation Laboratory (CCAF)
30. BFW Forest Tree Breeding and Genetics
31. Austrian Research Center
    OAKFLOW and PICME (Platform for Integrated Clone Management)

Research Groups :: Middle East and Asia

1. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute - Japan
2. TFRI - Tropical Forest Research Institute - India
3. University of Forestry
4. Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry
5. FABI - Forest and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute - University of Pretoria
6. Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre (ABBC) - Malaysian Palm Oil Board
7. National Forest Tree Breeding Center - Japan
8. Middle East Technical University
9. Kyushu University
10. Laboratory of Molecular Population Genetics LMPG - Kyushu University
11. Korea Forest Research Institute
12. Kerala Forest Research Institute
13. Institute of Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Coimbatore - ICFRE, Dehradun
14. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia
15. Sugi Genome Database
16. Forest Genetics and Breeding Division - Arid Forest Research Institute

Research Groups :: North America

1. Forest Genomics at Purdue University
2. Arborea
   This genomic project will identify and characterize the function of genes that control major properties of economic importance in forest trees, namely genes that control wood formation and forest health. Has poplar and spruce ESTs.
3. Canada's Forest Network
   The Canadian Wood Council CWC is the national association representing Canadian manufacturers of wood products used in construction. CWC works with building codes and standards and by developing and communicating technical information to architects, engineers and builders
4. Conifer Comparative Genomics Project - UCDavis
5. Douglas-fir Genome Project - UCDavis
6. Forest Tree Biotechnology - North Carolina State University
7. Genome Canada
8. Institute of Forest Genetics in Placerville
9. Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology - Texas A&M
10. Laurentian Forestry Center - Canadian Forest Service
11. Laboratory for Genomics and Bioinformatics - University of Georgia
    MAGIC Database, The database can be thought of as consisting of two major components - a segment that focuses on gene discovery through DNA sequencing, with a focus on EST projects, and a second that deals with microarray data.
12. Genomics of Wood Formation in Loblolly Pine - CCGB
    link dead as of 7/2009
13. Loblolly and Slash Pine Rooted Cutting Program - North Carolina State University
14. Accelerating Pine Genomics - MGEL - Mississippi State University
15. National Forest Genetics Laboratory
16. Genomics of Loblolly Pine Embryogenesis Project - IPST and TIGR
17. PlantGDB || View Abstracts
    Resources for Plant Comparative Genomics such as sequence download, annotation, and comparison tools
18. Biotech Research Center - Michigan Tech
19. Pine Genome Network
20. Douglas-fir Genome Project
21. Forest Genetic Resources Working Group
    The Forest Genetic Resources Working Group (FGRWG)is a working group of the North American Forest Commission/FAO/UN. Its mission is to encourage and promote conservation of forest genetic resources by promoting the collection, exchange, and dissemination of information; by promoting cooperation and coordinating research, conservation, training, and exchange among member countries on genetic resource conservation problems; and by facilitating the international exchange of forest genetic resources.
22. Southern Institute of Forest Genetics
23. The ESF Forest Biotechnology Working Group - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
24. Texas Forest Service Forest Genetics
25. Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement - Centre for Enhanced Forest Management - University of Alberta
26. Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics - University of British Columbia
27. Douglas Lab - Department of Botany, University of British Columbia
    Fiber development and forestry genomics
28. Michael Smith Laboratories - University of British Columbia
29. Forest Genomics Labs - University of Florida
30. CFGRP - Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program
    Includes the University of Florida, IFAS, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, forest industrial and state agencies as cooperators to develop genetically-improved pine.
31. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources - University of Georgia
32. Forest Biotechnology of Warnell School of Forestry - University of Georgia
33. Forest Resources - University of Idaho
34. EPOBIO BioMatNet - Technology - Forestry
35. Atree Conservation Genetics
36. Forest Genetics Institute - University of Veracruzana
37. Klein's Lab - University of New Hampshire
38. Tree Biosafety and Genomics Research Cooperative - Oregon State University
39. Center for Advanced Forestry - National Science Foundation
40. The Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics - Penn State University
41. The Pacific Northwest Tree Improvement Research Cooperative PNWTIRC - Oregon State University
42. Huang's Lab - Plant Biotechnology Network - Oklahoma State University
43. Tauer's Lab - Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management - Oklahoma State University
44. Forest Genetics, Tree Physiology, AND Tree Improvement - Ohio State University
45. Gerald A Tuskan Plant Genomics Group - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
46. Lee E Gunter Plant Molecular Ecology Group - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
47. FGO - Forest Genetics Ontario
48. School Of Renewable Resources - Lousiana State University
49. Forestry and Forest Environment Deparment - Lakehead University
50. Biotechnology and Bioproduct - Natural Resources Canada
51. Institute of Paper Science and Technology - Georgia Tech - USA
52. Forest Genetics and Biotechnology - North Carolina State University
53. Rhodes' Wildlife Ecology and Genetics Research Group - Purdue University
54. Genomice Tool Development for The Fagacaceae
55. Forest Conservation and Tree Genetics Program - University of Notredame
56. Forest Genetics Section - British Columbia Forest and Range Research Branch
57. Department of Biology - Appalachian State University
58. Rick's Lab - University of Massachusetts Boston
59. Dodd's lab - University of Berkeley
60. Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics
    The CFGC is the research group of Sally Aitken in the Department of Forest Sciences at the University of British Columbia investigating the conservation, ecological and population genetics of native tree species, as well as implications of climate change for these species, and making recommendations on conservation strategies to provincial and federal agencies.

Research Groups :: South America