| Partners |
Partner Organisations |
| Prof S Veiths, Dr T Holzhauser, Dr G Reese, Dr L Vogel, Mrs S Randow |
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), Germany
PEI is the German Federal Agency responsible for marketing authorisation and batch control of biological drugs. The Division of Allergology has long been performing food allergen research and has produced more than 30 recombinant food allergens. |
| Prof P Shewry, Dr J Marsh, Dr J Freeman, Dr P Tosi, Dr J Ward, Dr N Halford |
Rothamsted Research, UK
Rothamsted Research is the leading UK Institute with a remit to study the production, protection and improvement of arable crops. It employs about 480 scientific staff and hosts about 160 students and visiting scientists. |
| Mr R Crevel, Dr S Lewis |
Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever Colworth, UK
Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch company, is one of the largest consumer goods companies in the world. Development of the science base and core product technologies is carried out in 6 laboritores throughout the world. |
| Dr C Hischenhuber, Dr S T Beckett, Dr A Manez, Dr MC Robert |
Nestle Research Centre, Switzerland
As an international food, nutrition and well being company, Nestlé covers a wide range of expertise in the areas of food quality and safety, food science and technology, nutrition, sensory evaluation and immunology. The main analytical expertises are in food authenticity assessment methods and allergen detection methods. |
| Dr M Lindbloom |
Kraft Foods R&D Inc., Germany
Kraft Foods R&D Inc. is the Research and Development part of the company Kraft, which is active in marketing foodstuffs on a global basis. Kraft Foods R&D Inc. deals with basic food research, general questions related to foods and nutrition, and product development.
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| Prof K Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Prof H Breitender, Prof Z Szepfalusi, Prof S Jager, Dr Y Ma, Mrs Dorothea Allwardt. |
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
The Department of Pathophysiology has been working in the field of experimental allergology for the past ten years. Particular emphasis has been put on the application of identification and characterisation of pollen and pollen-related food allergens. |
| Prof P Papageorgiou, Dr N Papadopoulos |
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece
The allergy department consists of the outpatient clinic, receiving over 6000 patients yearly including all aspects of allergic disease, and the research laboratory. The department is a Specialty Training Center for Allergy & Clinical Immunology; |
| Dr G Roberts, Dr K Grimshaw |
University of Southampton, UK
University Child Health at the University of Southampton has an active research and clinical programme investigating food allergy. Clinical activities take place in Allergy Outpatient Clinic while research activities are carried out in the Wellcome Trust Clinical research Facility. |
| Mrs E Botjes |
European Federation of Asthma and Allergy Association, Belgium
EFA, European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients´ Associations, represents the views of people with allergies, asthma and chronic obstructive lung diseases, throughout Europe. |
| Prof C Bruinjzeel-Koomans, Dr A C Knulst |
University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU), The Netherlands
The institute is a center with numerous specialties in medicine and biomedicine with training facilities for nurses, PhD students, medical students and medical specialists. The research is focused on five main areas: genes, atherosclerosis, central nervous system, immunology/infection and imaging. |
