United Kingdom Federation for Culture Collections: Newsletter

{I}United Kingdom Federation for Culture Collections, Issue 29,\n1998{/P} {/I}{B}{P}United Kingdom Federation for Culture\nCollections{/B}{/P} {I}{B}Newsletter{/I}{/B}{/P} {P}Edited by Dr. John\nDay {B}{P} Code Number:NL98005 {BR} Sizes of Files: {BR} Text: 49K {BR}\nGraphics: No associated graphics files {/P} {P}Editorial{/P}\n{/B}{P}Amongst other important subjects, this issue of the UKFCC\nNewsletter contains an update on the development of the United Kingdom\nNational Culture Collection (UKNCC). {P}A further subject covered in\nthis issue is the proposed changes to the UKFCC Statutes. {/P}\n{B}{P}The United Kingdom National Culture Collection (UKNCC){/B}{/P}\n{/B}{P}The Initiative to implement the UK Govermnents strategy for UK\nmicrobial collections has now been running for over two years. Just to\nremind you it brings together 9 National Collections (one on two sites)\nunder the UK National Culture Collection (UKNCC). The Office of Science\nand Technology established the UKNCC following the Governments response\nto an independent Review of UK Microbial Culture Collections.\n{B}{P}World Federation for Culture Collections: associate membership\nfor UKFCC members{/P} {/B}{B}{P}The WFCC: Its Present Activities and\nPlans for the Millennium{/B}{/P} {P}The WFCC has had an active period\npromoting the work of the Federation, operating both through its\nexecutive board and committee members, and in a general consultancy\ncapacity to other organisations. It is now planning for the new\nmillennium.{/P} {B}{P}UKFCC Bursary Competition{/P} {/B}{P}The UKFCC\nBursary to attend the XVIIth European Culture Collection Organisation\n(ECCO) meeting at VTT, Espoo, Finland from 24th - 26th June 1998 was\nawarded to Dr RA Fleck. An abstract of the paper he presented\n"{I}Development of effective preservation procedures for use in culture\ncollections"{/I} is published {/P} {P}{B}Report on the UKFCC Student\nBursary (Summer 1998){/P} {/B}{P}Morphological and temperature studies\non a selection of{I} Ganoderma {/I}isolates from the CABI BIOSCIENCE\nGenetic Resources Collection, formerly IMI.{/P} {B}{P}Report on: World\nFederation for Culture Collections (WFCC) Workshop: {BR} The economic\nvalue of microbial genetic resources{/P} {/B}{P}The Workshop was held\nat the Eighth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (Halifax,\nCanada, August 12th 1998){/P} {P}NOTE: A full report with extended\nabstracts, bibliography, background documents etc will be published by\nthe WFCC; this will also be made available on the WFCC Web Site\n{B}{P}MOSAICC Developments{/P} {/B}{P}The EU supported project to\ndevelop guidelines (or a voluntary code of conduct) for the\nimplementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) by\nculture collections and microbiologists in general is reaching its\nfinal stage. The second meeting of the steering group takes place at\nthe beginning of February 1999 in Brussels and additional participants\nwill be invited to attend and contribute to the final development of\nthe guidelines.{/P} {B}{P}Future UKFCC Meetings{/P} {B}{P}Meetings of\nInterest{/P} {B}{P}UKFCC Committee Members{/P} {B}{P}UKNCC Service\nCulture Collections {/P} {B}{P}Sustaining Members{/P} {B}{P}STATUTES OF\nTHE UK FEDERATION for CULTURE COLLECTIONS{/A}{/P} {B}{P}UKFCC Training\nCourse on the Preservation and Maintenance of Microorganisms and Cell\nLines {/B}{BR} 26-28 April 1999{/P} {P}Copyright UKFCC 1998

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