Prof. Peter Shewry 

		Prof. Peter Shewry is currently Associate Director and Head of the Crop Performance and Improvement Division. He has over 30 years' experience of studying seed structure and composition. He has participated in a number of EU funded projects and co-ordinated the EUROWHEAT project under FP4. He was awarded the Thomas Burr Osborne medal by the American Association of Cereal Chemists in 2000 and the Rank Prize for Nutrition in 2002.

Dr. Jacqueline Freeman 
Dr Huw Jones 
Dr Rowan Mitchell 
Csilla Nemeth 
Dr Fernandez-Orozco Rebeca 
Dr Jane Ward 

Rothamsted Research is the major UK research organisation with a remit to improve the production, protection and end use quality of arable crops. It currently employs about 500 scientific staff on a 400 Ha site in Harpenden and is coming to the end of an extensive programme of rebuilding and renovation at a total cost of about £40m. It receives substantial funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council of the UK via a Competitive Strategic Grant, and other competitive grants and from the Department of Food and Rural Affairs and the Food Standards Agency. It has been active in EU research for over 20 years and currently participates in approximately 30 programmes, of which we co-ordinate about 14.

Website: http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/