The 1998 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Biotechnology in Agricultural Sciences
• Achievement:
  Establishment of the theory and method of the production of transgenic plants
• Lecture:
  Plant Biology in The Service of Mankind and His Envilonment

Major Awards

	Francqui-prize, Belgium
	Mendel-Medal of the Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
	Otto Bayer-Prize of the Otto Bayer-Stiftung
	Alexandre von Humboldt Prize of the Ministry of Research and Technology,France
	Rank Prize for Nutrition, U.K.
	IBM Europe Science and Technology Prize
	Wolf Prize, Israel
	Australia Prize
	1 iere Grande Medaille de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, France

Membership in Academic Institutions and Societies

	Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Halle, Germany
	National Academy of Sciences, USA
	Indian National Science Academy
	Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden
	Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
	Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
	Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
	Scientific Councillor of International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology,Brussels-Leuven, Belgium
	Board of Governors, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
	Chairman AMICA Science EEIG
	Academia Europea, London, U.K.
	American Academy of Arts and Sciences
	European Molecular Biology Organization
	American Society of Plant Physiologists

Title

• Director, Department of Genetic Principles of Plant Breeding, Max-Planck-Institute für Züechtungsforschung, Germany

Academic Degrees

1957	Graduated from Rijksuniversiteit Gent
1960	Ph.D. from Rijksuniversiteit Gent

Professional Career

1967-70	Associate Professor and Director Laboratory of General Genetics, Rijksuniversiteit Gent
1970-78	Full Professor and Director Laboratory of General Genetics, Rijksuniversiteit Gent 1972- Extraordinary Professor of Free University, Brussels
1978-Present	Director, Department of Genetic Principles of Plant Breeding Max-Planck-Institut fuer Zuechtungsforschung, Germany
1978-94	Extraordinary Professor of Rijksuniversiteit Gent
1994-Present	Professor of Collége de France, Paris, France

Major Publications and Scientific Papers

• Van Larebeke, N., Engler, G., Holsters, M., Van Den Elsacker, S., Zaenen, I., Schilperoort, R.A., and Schell, J.Large plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens essential for crown-gall-inducing ability. Nature 252, 169-170 (1974)
• Genetello, C., Van Larebeke, N., Holsters, M., Depicker, A., Van Montagu, M., and Schell, J.Ti-plasmid of Agrobacterium as conjugative plasmids. Nature 265, 561-563 (1977).
• Hernalsteens, J.P., Van Vliet, F., De Beuckeleer, M., Depicker, A., Engler, G., Lemmers, M., Holsters, M., Van Montagu, M., and Schell, J.The Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid as a host vector system for introducing foreign DNA in plant cells. Nature 287, 654-656 (1980)
• Otten, L., De Greve, H., Hernalsteens, J.P., Van Montagu, M., Schieder, O., Straub, J., and Schell, J.Mendelian transmission of genes introduced into plants by the Ti plasmids of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Mol. Gen. Genet. 183, 209-213 (1981)
• Caplan, A., Herrera-Estrella, L., Inze, D., Van Haute, E., Van Montagu, M., Schell, J., and Zambryski, P.Introduction of genetic material into plant cells. Science 222, 815-821 (1983)
• Herrera-Estrella, L., Depicker, A., Van Montagu, M., and Schell, J.Expression of chimaeric genes transferred into plant cells using a Ti plasmid-derived vector. Nature 303, 209-213 (1983).
• De La Pena, A., Lorz, H., and Schell, J.Transgenic rye plants obtained by injecting DNA into young floral tillers. Nature 325, 274-276 (1987)
• Zambryski, P., TempE, J., and Schell, J.Transfer and function of T-DNA genes from Agrobacterium Ti and Ri plasmids in plants. Cell 56, 193-201 (1989)
• Jach, G., Goernhardt, B., Mundy, J., Logemann, J., Pinsdorf, E., Leah, R.,Schell, J., and Maas, C.Enhanced quantitative resistance against fungal disease by combinatorial expression of different barley antifungal proteins in transgenic tobacco. Plant J. 8, 97-109 (1995)
• Toepfer, R., Martini, N., and Schell, J.Modification of plant lipid synthesis. Science 268, 681-686 (1995)
• Szekeres, M., Nemeth, K., Koncz-Kalman, Z., Mathur, J., Kauschmann, A., Altmann, T., Redei, G.P., Nagy, F., Schell, J., and Koncz, C. Brassinosteroids rescue the deficiency of CYP 90, a cytochrome P450, controlling cell elongation and de-etiolation in Arabidopsis. Cell 85, 171-182 (1996)
• Ichikawa, T. Suzuki, Y., Czaja, I., Schommer, C., Lessnick, A., Schell, J., and Walden R..Identification and role of adenyl cyclase in auxin signaling in higher plants. Nature, in press (1997)