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Registration for ECCO XLII is now open!

We are very pleased to announce that the XLII European Culture Collections’ Organisation (ECCO) meeting will be held in the amazing city of Bari (Apulia region, Southern Italy), from 18 to 20 September 2024. The ECCO meeting is organised by the Institute of Sciences of Food Production of the National […]

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The 2030 Declaration on Scientific Plant and Fungal Collecting

Arising from discussions at the 2023 State of the World’s Plants and Fungi symposium, the ‘2030 Declaration on Scientific Plant and Fungal Collecting’ contains five commitments towards filling key knowledge gaps in plant and fungal diversity, through collaborative and targeted collecting and research activities. Download the full declaration from the […]

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The Future is Fungi Award

The Future is Fungi Award honors frontier and cutting-edge science and innovation on how to use fungi for the environmental solutions that the world needs.Are you ready to lead the way?   Learn more at www.futureisfungi.org!  The application period is open from on September 5th until October the 15th. The winner will receive EUR 10 000 + […]

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New updated preliminary program for ECCO XLI

Tuesday 19 September 9:30: MALDI-TOF training13:00: Welcome & ECCO registration14:00: Keynote lectures16:30: Opening Expo 40 years BCCM & networking reception19:00: Walking buffet & animation Wednesday 20 September 8:30: ECCO registration9:00: Welcome address9:15: Session 1 – Microbes in Health & Disease Chair: Rudi Beyaert & Wouter De SchamphelaireKeynote speaker: Kim De […]

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MOOC on biobanking is open

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that registration for the new edition of the MOOC on biobanking is open and completely free. The MOOC is recorded in English, with French and Spanish subtitles. It will be broadcasted from March 15, 2023, until May 17, 2023.  Once registered, the videos remain available after the end of the broadcasting, which means that you can follow the […]

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15th International Conference on Culture Collections – Save the Date

The Micoteca da Universidade do Minho (MUM), in collaboration with the Chilean Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO), the IS_MIRRI21 EU project (https://ismirri21.mirri.org/), MIRRI-ERIC (https://www.mirri.org/), the Portuguese microBiological Resource Centre Network /MIRRI-PT Node (Pt-mBRCN, https://mbrcn.pt/), the Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM, https://spmicrobiologia.wordpress.com) and the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology (SPBT, https://www.spbt.pt), is very pleased to announce that the next 15th International Conference on […]

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