European GDR
"Paramecium Genomics"

The European Group of Research (Groupement de Recherches Européen or GDRE) called "Paramecium Genomics" was created for 4 years on July 1st 2002 by the CNRS to promote Parameciuim Genome sequencing, annotation and functional analysis. It has now been renewed for 4 years starting January 1st 2006. The GDRE, coordinated by Jean Cohen at the Centre de Génétique Moléculaire in Gif-sur-Yvette, France, groups six laboratories in France, three in Germany and three in Poland. The first GDRE meeting was held in Dourdan, outside of Paris, in October 2002, a second meeting in Blaubeuren (Germany) in October 2004 and the third meeting was extended to an open International Meeting at Dourdan in May 2006.

The next meeting will take place October 5-8 2008 in Potzberg, Germany

A critical step towards fulfilling the objectives of the GDRE is the recent completion by the Genoscope of whole genome shotgun sequencing, assembly and annotation of the macronuclear genome of Paramecium (Aury et al. 2006, Nature 444:171-178). The role of the GDRE is now to stimulate post-genomic analyses such as transcriptome analyses, proteomics and functional study of genes by RNAi as well as community curation of the annotations using the Apollo genome editor, now interfaced to ParameciumDB, the Paramecium model organism database and community internet resource.

Member laboratories of the GDRE Paramecium Genomics

In France

Jean Cohen (coordinator)
Centre de Génétique Moléculaire
UPR2167, CNRS
Avenue de la Terrasse
91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex
cohen@cgm.cnrs-gif.fr
http://www.cgm.cnrs-gif.fr/paramecie/
http://paramecium.cgm.cnrs-gif.fr/

Philippe Dessen
Laboratoire Genomes et Cancers
FRE 2939 CNRS
Institut Gustave Rouss PR I
Rue Camille Desmoulin
94815 Villejuif cedex
dessen@igr.fr
http://www.igr.fr/

Olivier Jean-Jean
Unitié de Biochimie Cellulaire
FRE2219
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
9, Quai Saint-Bernanrd
75005 Paris

Eric Meyer
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire
UMR8541
Ecole Normale Supiérieure
46, rue dUUlm
75005 Paris
emeyer@wotan.ens.fr
http://www.biologie.ens.fr/lgmgmc/

Roland Pérasso
Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire 4
UPRESA8080
Bat. 444, Faculté des Sciences
91405 0rsay cedex
Roland.Perasso@bc4.u-psud.fr

Bernard Viguès
Laboratoire de Biologie des Protistes
UMR6023
Université Blaise Pascal
63177 Aubière cedex
Bernard.VIGUES@lbp.univ-bpclermont.fr
http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/

In Germany

Helmut Plattner
Deparment of Biology
University of Konstanz
P.O. Box 5560
D-78457 Konstanz
helmut.plattner@uni-konstanz.de
http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Bio/forsch/cellbio/plattn9.html

Joachim Schultz
School of Farmacy, Deparment of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
Univeristy of Tuebingen
Morgenstelle 8
D-72076 Tuebingen
joachim.schultz@uni-tuebingen.de
http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/pharmazie/abteilungen/biochemie/schultz.htm

Helmut Schmidt
Deparment of Biology
University of Kaiserslautern
Erwin-Schroedinger-Strasse
D-67663 Kaiserslautern
president@protozoologie.de
http://www.uni-kl.de/FB-Biologie/AG-Schmidt/

In Poland

Maria Jerka-Dziadosz
Institute of Experimental Biology
Polish Academy of Sciences
3, Pasteur Street
02-093 Warsaw
dziadosz@nencki.gov.pl
http://www.nencki.gov.pl/

Malgorzata Prajer
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Slawkowska 17
31-016 Krakow
PRAJER@isez.pan.krakow.pl
http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl

Joanna Rytka and Robert Gromadka
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
DNA sequencing Laboratory
Polish Academy of Sciences
Pawinskiego 5a
02-106 Warsaw
robert@poczta.ibb.waw.pl
http://poczta.ibb.waw.pl/staff/__seqoli.html

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