RISACHER, Thierry
Address: Limagrain China, 1-2501,
          Beifangmingzhu Building, Tiantongyuan
          Changping District, Beijing 102218
Tel: +8613810 691412
Email: thierry.risacher@limagrain.com
Education Background:
    1993-1994  Post graduate degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology,Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
    1990-1992  Master’s degree in Biochemistry, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
Working Experiences:
Vilmorin & CIE
    2009.5–present  Project Manager, Wheat Biotechnology Project Manager in China Self-employed
    2008.4–2009.5  Scientific consultant, Crop Genetics and Plant Science consultancy for NIAB(Cambridge, UK) and CNAP (University of York, UK) Biogemma UK Ltd, Cambridge, UK
    2002–2006.12  Project leader, Wheat and Oilseed Rape Transformation Platform
    1998–2002     principal scientist, Wheat transformation and disease resistance
    1996.6–1998   Research scientist, Wheat transformation
Research Interests:
Molecular geneticist and a project manager specialized in wheat and cereal transformation
Selected Publications：
• “Transformation of wheat" Barsby TL, Power JB, Freeman JP, Ingram HM, Livesey NL, Risacher T and Davey MR (2001) In: World Wheat Book: A history of Wheat Breeding, Bonjean A, Angus B (eds). Intercept Ltd., Andover, UK and Lavoisier Publishing Inc., Secaucus, USA. ISBN 2-7430-0402-0. pp 1081-1103
• “Highly efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of wheat via in planta inoculation” Risacher T, Craze M, Bowden S, Paul W, Barsby T (2009), in “Methods in Biotechnology: Transgenic Wheat, Barley and Oats: Production and Characterisation”, Ed. Jones and Shewry, Humana Press. ISBN 978-1-58829-961-1. pp 115-124
• “Linking the genome to phenotypes in wheat: advances in technologies and concepts”, Appels R., Barsby T., Risacher T., Bekes F. (2011) In: World Wheat Book (vol. 2): A history of Wheat Breeding, Bonjean A., Angus W., van Ginkel M. (eds). Lavoisier Publishing, Paris, France. ISBN : 978-2-7430-1102-4. Pp709-748