November 18, 2024
Location
St. Louis, MO, USA
Pre-Phytobiomes Conference 2024 Workshop
Registration is open
Time
12:30-6:30pm
Venue
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Outline
This workshop will discuss opportunities to advance phytobiomes research utilizing living microbial collections. We will explore diverse types of microbial collections, how specimens are collected, stored, and used in systems-based research. This workshop will also address the IP requirements of microbes when used for new product commercialization.
Fee
- $55 when purchased independently
- $45 when purchased in conjunction with a Phytobiomes Conference registration
Agenda
12:30 – 3:30pm: Industry Tour
3:30 – 3:40pm: Welcome and Introductions
- Dusti Gallagher, Phytobiomes Alliance Executive Director & USCCN Project Manager
Phytobiomes Alliance & U.S. Culture Collection Network Overview
3:40 – 4:30pm: Session 1: The Culture Collections Landscape
- Kyria Boundy-Mills, Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, University of California, Davis, US
- Matthew Ryan, CABI Collection, UK
- Gwyn Beattie, Beattie Bacterial Collection, Iowa State University, US
- Discussion/Q&A
4:30pm: Break
4:45 – 6:10pm: Session 2: Leveraging Microbial Collections to Answer Scientific Questions
- Mohammad Arif, University of Hawai’i , US
Value of existing holdings in collections: The Ann Alvarez Collection Story
- Caitilyn Allen, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
Cool Virulence: Drawing on a Legacy Culture Collection to Uncover New Biology
- Kirk Broders, USDA-ARS, US
The ARS Culture Collection: A Resource for Patent Strain Deposits and Microbial Germplasm for Research and Development.
- Discussion/Q&A
6:10pm: Special Recognition presented by Kellye Eversole
6:15pm: End of Workshop
Registration