Arie Altman,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Biography
Arie Altman, Professor of Horticulture and Plant Biotechnology (Ret.), received his PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is Founding Director of Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, and was President of the International Association of Plant Biotechnology, former Director of the Otto Warburg Center of Biotechnology in Agriculture, member of Israel National Committee for Biotechnology. His research interests include molecular control of plant response to drought and salinity, agricultural biotechnology, forest tree biotechnology and plant tissue culture. He published over 190 research publications and served as Editor of 5 biotechnology books. He is (past and present) Editor and Editorial Board member of Plant Physiology, Annual Review of Plant Biotechnology and Applied Genetics, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology, Plant Cell Reports, and others. Prof Altman was Invited Professor and Scientist at: Amsterdam Free University, INRA Versailles and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, N.J., USA, Department of Biology, Yale University, USA, and others.
Abstract
Abstract : Transforming Plant Science: The Role of Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology