Task Forces

Genetic Resources NORGEN Task Force

About the NORGEN Task Force
The current objectives of NORGEN are to:

  • Encourage the communication and collaboration among personnel involved in National Genetic Resource Systems

  • Identify training and educational needs

  • Integrate with other genetic resources networks in the Americas and around the world

  • Develop projects of interest to the three countries

  • Encourage reciprocal participation of national experts in each country’s operational and advisory committees

  • Establish contact with other TF of PROCINORTE

  • Support the development of an Integrated Genetic Resources System in Mexico

Members of the Genetic Resources Task Force – NORGEN

Dr. AXEL DIEDERICHSEN

TASK FORCE LEADER

Dr. AXEL DIEDERICHSEN

Research Scientist and Curator of the Plant Genetic Resources Bank
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
BIO

Dr. GAYLE VOLK

Dr. GAYLE VOLK

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
USDA-ARS
BIO

Dr. JUAN MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ CASILLAS

Dr. JUAN MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ CASILLAS

National Leader of Genetic Resources
Centro Nacional de Recursos Genéticos
Campo Experimental Valle de México
INIFAP
BIO