Academic and Professional Background

• Background:

  BSc (Hons)

  PhD

  CRSNZ

  Professor of Plant Biotechnology

• Personal Resume: Professor Tony Conner's research activities focus on:
  • integration of biotechnology and genomics into breeding programmes of arable and vegetable crops
  • genetic manipulation of plant cells, especially potatoes, for resistance and quality traits
  • design and development of gene transfer vectors
  • genetic recombination in plants
  • environmental and food biosafety of genetically-improved crops.

  He is a member of:

  • New Zealand Ecological Society
  • International Association for Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology
  • New Zealand Botanical Society
  • New Zealand Institute of Agricultural & Horticultural Science Inc
  • New Zealand Society for Plant Biology
  • The Royal Society of New Zealand
  • Society for the Advancement of Breeding Researches in Asia and Oceania (Regional Secretary for New Zealand, 1998-present)
  • International Society for Biosafety Research
  • Asia Pacific Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Agribiotechnology (New Zealand correspondent, 2007-present).

  Board membership:

  • Editorial board of Euphytica
  • Editorial board Plant Biotechnology Reports
  • Editor-in-Chief The Open Plant Science Journal
  • Advisory Board of the International Society of Biosafety Research.