Verbania Pallanza (Italy) and online – 12/05/2025 – 14/05/2025
Location: CNR-IRSA Pallanza, Largo Tonolli 50, 98922 Verbania Pallanza, Italy and online
Coordinators: Laura Garzoli, CNR-IRSA, Manuela Coci, CNR-IRBIM
The training school entitled ‘Regulation of Culture Collections, strain preparation and characterisation’ aims to provide a broad but specific overview of methods dedicated to preserve microorganisms and possibilities offered by the Culture Collections (CCs) existing European networks and European Research Infrastructures. Therefore, the training school aims to offer a multidisciplinary look at the subject, approaching it from different points of view, including scientific and administrative challenges.
The training school is structured in three days divided into theoretical and practical sections. The days include practical sessions dedicated to culturing techniques of bacteria (Dr. Manuela Coci – CNR IRBIM, Zacarias Fresno Lopez – CNR-IRSA), fungi (Dr. Laura Garzoli, Dr. Pietro Marchese, Dr. Selene Chinaglia – CNR IRSA), diatoms (Dr. Lukasz Peszek – Rzeszów University), cyanobacteria (Dr. Lukasz Wejnerowski – Adam Mickiewicz University), picocyanobacteria (Cristiana Callieri, Raffaella Sabatino – CNR IRSA), Zoosporic Parasites (Dr. Albert Reñe, CSIC), and aquatic hyphomycetes (Bruder Andreas, Isabel Rodrigues Fernandes – SUPSI).
Opportunities provided by international networks of CCs will will be provided during the theoretical lectures (Prof. Cristina Varese – University of Turin, MIRRI-IT; Prof. Maria Gullo, ECCO, University of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). Trainees will also learn about CCs strains valorization with proteomic (Dr. Emanuele Ferrari, CNR-IRSA) and whole genome seq. (Dr. Ester Eckert, CNR-IRSA). Furthermore, during the training school, participants will be able to discuss legal and regulatory issues such as the Nagoya Protocol (Melania Nelly Munoz-Garcia – Leibniz Institute DSMZ and the German Nagoya Hub). All this with a view to updating and raising awareness on the topic.
Participant Application
The training school will be held at the CNR – IRSA in Verbania Pallanza and online in hybrid format.
To apply for participation, please use the online form: https://forms.gle/A4jScKACFqtRTBBL8.
Application deadline is 25 of March 2025.
To prepare the training school optimally, we will ask you for a statement of motivation for attending the training school. Due to limited on-site capacity, the organizing committee will select in-person participants with a view towards ensuring a well-balanced and diverse group. Selection outcomes will be communicated no later than April 10, 2025.
