Organization

CIGENE

To ensure that CIGENE fulfills its mandate as a national core facility and to develop a culture for multi-institutional "ownership", CIGENEs work is monitored by a board comprising representatives drawn from all universities in Norway and the Norwegian biotech industry. Daily operations are handled by a director assisted by a group of six key scientists within CIGENE. The research work is organized around core members with group leader positions, assisted by several associate members in Norway and abroad who all subscribe to the CIGENE vision and by different means wish to contribute to the long-term mission of the centre. CIGENE is an academic node for several Norwegian biotech companies.

Board
• Professor Knut Hove, Vice-Chancellor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (chair)
• Professor Peter Alestrøm, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
• Director Bjørn Skjævestad, Akvaforsk - Institute of Aquaculture Research
• Professor Inge Jonassen, University of Bergen
• Director Karl A. Almås, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Dr. Jorunn B. Jørgensen, University of Tromsø
• Professor Ola Myklebost, University of Oslo
• Director Odd Magne Rødseth, Aqua Gen AS

Current steering group
• Prof. Stig W. Omholt (Director)
• Prof. Sigbjørn Lien (Assistant director)
• Dr. Thomas Moen
• Prof. Gunnar Klemetsdal
• Senior researcher Bjørn Høyheim
• Prof. Theo Meuwissen
• Prof. Erik Plahte



Members
Core members are senior scientists situated in the Oslo region that are involved in the CIGENE research program. The associate members are distinguished scientists affiliated with strong academic environments in Norway and abroad. They share the CIGENE vision and contribute through such activities as participation in seminars, teaching short-term courses, exchange of graduate students and postdocs, and collaboration on specific research topics.

Collaboration with Norwegian biotech companies
Currently, CIGENE interacts with the cattle biobank possessor Bovibank, the salmon biobank possessors and breeding companies AquaGen and Salmobreed, the pig breeding company Norsvin, the fish breeding company GenoMar, and the text mining software developer PubGene.

Updated: 05.10.06
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