Louis-Marie Houdebine Dr. in Biology
Directeur de Recherche INRA, head of the Laboratoire de Differentiation Cellulaire, Unite de Biologie du Developpement et Reproduction INRA 78352 Jouy en Josas France. Researcher in INRA since 1968, expert in two national biosafety commissions:
CES Biotechnologie AFSSA, CGG (Commission de Genie Genetique) Scientific adviser of Bioprotein Technologies.
Fields of expertise: study of gene expression, design of vectors for transgene expression, generation of transgenic animals (rabbits) for the study of human diseases, preparation of pharmaceutical proteins in the milk of transgenic animals.

Achievements
Publications of original articles and reviews, three patents, cofounder of a company BioProteinTechnologies.

Staff
10 persons (scientists, technicians, docs and postdocs)

Collaborators
A. Paglino, G. Jolivet, M. Michel

Resources useful for the project
Secretary, documentation, computers, support for conferences and courses, travelling costs.