EMbaRC Workshop
European Microbial collections: a high added value for science!
Bucharest, Romania, 8–9 March 2010
Kindly hosted by the Cantacuzino Institute
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Monday 8 March, 2010
Opening lecture [Radu Iordăchel, INCDMI Cantacuzino, Romania]
The EMbaRC project and integration of microbial collections in the ERA [Sylvie Lortal, INRA, France]
How to develop Quality Assurance and become a BRC [Chantal Bizet, CRBIP, France]
Collection associated tools: taxonomy, research, information management [Erko Stackebrandt, DSMZ, Germany]
Selected Success stories of collection exploitation [Nelson Lima, UMinho-MUM, Portugal]
Moving from WFCC to GBRCN: similarities and differences [David Smith, CABI, UK]
Round Table: interactive discussion about the ‘value’ of a strain collection. Strenghts : rarety of species, interest for local/national availability, etc…
Tuesday 9 March, 2010
Biosecurity and microbial collections [Joost Stalpers, CBS, The Netherlands]
Microbial Culture Collection of Cantacuzino Institute – Perspectives in theDevelopment of Medical Research [Olguta Dracea, INCDMI Cantacuzino, Romania]
Scientific and Technical Exchange – A Potential Impact in Biosecurity [Marian
Negut, INCDMI Cantacuzino, Romania]
Call for trans-national access in EMbaRC [Philippe Desmeth, BCCM,Belgium]
Round Table: Interactive Discussion about the next step of collection integration across Europe
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