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ISSUE 56
July 2007 |
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Wolf
Foundation Prize for 2006 |
The Wolf Foundation began its
activities in 1976, with an initial endowment fund of US$10 million
donated by the Wolf family. The Foundation’s founders and major
donors were Dr. Ricardo Subirana y Lobo Wolf and his wife Francisca.
Annual income from investments is used for prizes, scholarships and
Foundation operating expenses.
The Prize Committee for Agriculture
has unanimously decided that the 2006/7 Wolf Prize be jointly
awarded to:
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Ronald L. Phillips, University of
Minnesota , St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A, and to
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Michel A. J. Georges, University of
Liège, Liège, Belgium
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For groundbreaking discoveries in
genetics and genomics, laying the foundations for improvements in
crop and livestock breeding, and sparking important advances in
plant and animal sciences.
Professor Michel A. J. Georges
With his group, Georges has been a
world leader in the field of animal genetics and genomics, and in
the development of tools and strategies for increasing the
efficiency of genome analysis for livestock improvement. Georges has
applied his methods to the identification and mapping of genes
affecting economically important single-gene (e.g. polled,
double-muscling, callipyge, weaver, congenital muscular distonia),
as well as complex multi-gene traits (e.g. milk and fattening yield
and quality, fertility, disease resistance). In addition, he has
established working relationships with the major breeding
organizations in many countries, well beyond his homeland of
Belgium, helping them to apply the results of his discoveries on a
large scale, using so-called marker assisted selection to accelerate
the otherwise slow process of farm animal improvement. His approach
to genome analysis and to the dissection of complex traits is also
of interest in the field of genetics in general, and has led to
insights relevant to genetic diseases in humans. Georges is also a
pioneer in opening up the field of epigenetics for animals, a
hereditary form that does not conform to simple Mendelian rules. He
is considered a giant within the animal genetics and genomics
community, both for his genius and for generously sharing his ideas.
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