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HISTORY

The foundation of an International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) has been discussed since the beginning of the Transgenic Technology meetings. At the ocassion of the 6th Transgenic Technology Meeting (TT2005, Barcelona, Spain, 11-13 September 2005) Johannes Willbertz, Nelson Khoo and Lluis Montoliu took the initiative to organise a round-table to openly discuss the creation of a Transgenic Technology Society that eventually resulted in the foundation of the ISTT.

What follows is a short description of events that preceded the registration and formal establishment of the ISTT Society.

Date  EVENT
12 April 2006 The ISTT is officially registered at the National Book-Register of Associations in Spain with number 586922
1 March 2006 The ISTT is officially announced
30 January 2006 The ISTT WEB is established and released for testing
18 January 2006 The registration of ISTT at the National Book-Register of Associations in Spain is formally filed
2 January 2006 The Founding Members agree to create the ISTT (Foundation Minute)
November-December 2005 Discussions to ellaborate the ISTT bylaws
24 November 2005 ISTT Logo Polls are closed. The winning logo is announced
9 November 2005 Request for ISTT logos
4 November 2005 An e-mail list is created to discuss the foundation of the ISTT with 60 volunteers
12 September 2005 Round-table discussion at the TT2005 meeting in Barcelona (Spain), the attendees agree to create the ISTT and nominate Lluís Montoliu and Johannes Wilbertz as interim President and Vice-President of the Society
January-September 2005 Johannes Wilbertz, Nelson Khoo and Lluis Montoliu initiate the first discussions regarding the potential foundation of a Transgenic Technology society

 

ISTT Prize

 

The ISTT has established a "Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of Transgene Technologies"

(This ISTT Prize is sponsored by genOway)

 

ISTT Prize awarded persons  Meeting Place and Date
Charles Babinet (1939-2008) TT2007 Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 2007
Andras Nagy TT2005 Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 2005
Qi Zhou TT2004 Uppsala, Sweden, March 2004
Kenneth J. McCreath TT2002 Munich, Germany, Oct. 2002
Teruhiko Wakayama TT2001 Stockholm, Sweden, June 2001

 

All TT Prize winners are given Honorary Membership in the ISTT

The TT Prize represents a silver-made mouse blastocyst created by the Hungarian artist Mr. Bela Roznay

ISTT Transgene Tecnnologies Prize


Last update: 26 March 2008

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