ALTOSAAR, Illimar
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Altosaar
ALTOSAAR, Illimar Tel: +1 613-562-5800 x6374
PhD, Molecular Evolution - Plant Protein Chemistry, University of B.C., Vancouver, 1975
B.Sc. Hon., Cell Biology and Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, 1970
Sec. School Dip., Macdonald High School, Macdonald College Faculty of Agriculture (McGill
University), Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que. 1966
Principal Investigator, Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, and
Full Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, and
Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratories,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada; and
Tel +1 (613) 562-5800 ext: 6374, Secretary 562-5459 (Lucie Besner)
Fax +1 (613) 562-5440
altosaar@uottawa.ca http://www.intermed.med.uottawa.ca/bmi/eng/altosaar.htmhttp://www.environmental-microbiology.ca/index2.html
Patents, Most Recent:
US Patent 7,214,862 Production of GM-CSF (Human Granulocyte Macrophage-Colony
Stimulating Factor) in Plants. Issued May 8, 2007.
US Patent application 20060068397 Sept 24, 2004, High throughput screening method for
identifying molecules having biocidal function. Inventors Xiongying Cheng, I. Altosaar. Functional
antimicrobials from prokaryotic or eukaryotic genomes in a simple cheap fast methodology. Novel methods for screening and cloning DNA sequences coding for biocidal molecules, and for identifying biocidal molecules involving use of viability staining assay are provided. The methods consist of construction of libraries of DNA from natural and synthetic sources, and expression of cloned DNA in surrogate hosts, identification of DNA clones biocidal to the host cells by viability assay and isolation of the DNA sequences coding for biocidal molecules. Further provided are methods of identifying the biocidal molecules and their use. (Other Patents, page 38).
Research Awards, Honours, Appointments
45. Invited Reviewer, E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship Panel, Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). NSERC awards up to 6 Steacie Fellowships to
outstanding multidisciplinary scientists and engineers who, though still in early stages of their
careers, already enjoy a reputation for original research, July-August 2008.
44. Professor of the Year 2007-2008 Award, Science Students Association, Faculty of Science,
University of Ottawa, April 2008.
43. Capital Educators' Awards of Excellence Finalist (1 of 8 at Univ of Ottawa,1/66 overall),
(www.ocri.ca/edugala/finalists.asp) May 2008.
42. Adjunct Professorship, State Key Laboratory for Arid Agro-Ecology, Lanzhou University,
Gansu Province, P.R. China December 2006 – present, Co-PI Professor Feng-min Li,
http://www.gazette.uottawa.ca/article_e_1368.html.
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41. EU Archimides Fellowship Award, for training of Anastassia Voronova in copper metallo-
enzymes, January-March 2007, from Gene Technology Dept, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia.
40. Invited rapporteur, EU Stakeholders Workshop: NOFORISK.org methods to assess the safety of
transgenic food plants, Copenhagen, Nov. 28-30, 2006.
39. Visiting Professor, Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation, School of Biotechnology &
Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2006 – 2007.
38. Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, British Columbia Career Investigator (salary)
Application reviewer, Feb – March 2006.
37. Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Gene Technology Institute, Tallinn University of
Technology, Akadeemia 15, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia. Board also comprises V. Snieckus
(Queen’s), Ü. Langel (Stockholm), R. Sillard (Karolinska), T. Neuman, (CeMines Inc.,
Evergreen CO). (as of 8.17.2005)
36. Invited Chair, Molecular BioPharming Session, Annual Meeting International Plant Tissue
Culture & Biotechnology Association, Truro NS 2-5 August 2004.
35. Chair, EU Final Plenary Discussion: SAFOTEST Proposal for a common set of complementary
methods to assess the safety of transgenic food plants, Copenhagen, May 3-5, 2004.
34. Editorial Board Member, Agronomy Research journal, (est 2003)
33. Invited Member, International Steering Committee, Global Centre for Roundup Ready Canola
Certified Reference Material, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada, 2003 – present.
32. Invited Speaker to Second World Summit of European Diasporas organized by Presidency of
EU on occasion of Expansion of European Union, Brussels, Belgium February 4-5, 2004.
31. Invited Scientist Award, Integrated Conservation Research Inc., Costa Rica Rainforest Project,
Carara and Manuel Antonio National Parks, January 3-10, 2004.
