All posts by David Novotny

The European Commission has published a practical guide for researchers in the EU, which explains key ABS terms and concepts and describes the steps researchers should follow to comply with Regulation (EU) No 511/2014. The document is available here: https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2779/0071515 and here. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2779/0071515

International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) organise IUMS Biennial Congress 2026 on 4-6 November 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Culture Collection of algae and Protozoa are thrilled to announce the next in-person training course that will take place at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, on the 28 and 29th of October. This two day course in a mix of hands-on lab practical classes and lectures. […]

Dear all, I have the pleasure to inform you that registration for the FREE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “Biobanking” from Institut Pasteur Paris is now open! How has biobanking evolved in recent years? What are the different biobanks and for which purposes? By the end of the course, you […]

The position paper on Exchange of strains between Culture Collections discusses the impact, advantages, and pitfalls related to the exchange of strains among ECCO collections and proposes new terms for cooperation. It is now published here and in Zenodo in this link: https://zenodo.org/records/14558612.

The organisers of this year’s ECCO meeting are pleased to welcome you to Utrecht, the Netherlands, from 15th  to 17th September. The general topic of that meeting will be “Securing and exploring microbial biodiversity for a sustainable and healthy future”. More info will follow soon. In the meantime we hope you will […]