UPRA is a European Open Laboratory between
the UPSC (Umeå Plant Science
Centre in Umeå, Sweden) and the research
centre of INRA-Versailles (National Institut for Agricultural
Research, France), which will be formalized through a cooperation
agreement between both institutions, to be signed during the
meeting. The dedicate complementarities
of both Research Centers in different topics of systems biology
and plant genomics has naturally led to the creation of this
European open laboratory. One mission of this partnership is
to join common efforts on research projects on Plant Biology.
A special emphasis is the transfer of knowledge and tools on
a model genetic species, Arabidopsis thaliana, and
the main tree Populus. A second mission is to build
a European joined structure to take over the training of young
scientists through short or long terms exchanges between France
and Sweden. The Universities associated to UPRA laboratories
are therefore expected to benefit from this privileged cooperation.
