THE
UNESCO GLOBAL NETWORK OF MIRCENS IS COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING
CENTRES:
The BNF MIRCENS
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Location |
Activity |
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RHIZOBIUM
MIRCEN, FEPAGRO Faculdade de Agronomia, Caixa Postal 776, Porto Alegre,
BRAZIL Contact:
(JARDIM FREIRE) E.mail:
mircen@fepagro.rs.gov.br |
Quality
control of inoculants produced nationally. Research
and Training Regional Centre for Latin America Biodegradation
Technology |
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RHIZOBIUM
MIRCEN, University of Nairobi, College of Agriculture and Veterinary
Sciences, Department of Soil Science, Kabete Campus, P.O. Box 30197,
Nairobi, KENYA Contact: (NANCY KARANJA) E.mail: biofix@arcc.or.ke |
Produces
1500 – 800 Kg of rhizobial inoculant per annum Research
and Training Regional Centre for East Africa |
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RHIZOBIUM
MIRCEN, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre ISRA-IRD, B.P. 1386, Dakar,
SENEGAL Contact: (MAMADOU GUEYE)
E.mail: Mamadou.Gueye@ird.sn |
Research
and Training Regional Centre for West Africa Field
trials with rhizobial and mycorrhizal inocula |
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RHIZOBIUM
MIRCEN, Cell Culture and Nitrogen-Fixation Laboratory Building 011-A,
Barc-West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, U.S.A. Contact:
(PETER VAN BERKUM) E.mail:
pberkum@ba.ars.usda.gov |
International
Research and Training Centre for MIRCEN and UNESCO/BAC
fellows |
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NIFTAL
MIRCEN, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of
Hawaii, 1000 Holumua Road,
P.O. Box “0”, Paia, Hawaii 96779,
U..S.A. Contact:
(HAROLD KEYSER)
E.mail:
niftal@hawaii.edu or
hkeyser@hawaii.edu |
International
Research and Training Centre BNF
industry-supplies – NIFTAL fermentors Specialized
Training Activities and Computerized MIRCEN Bibliographical
Service |
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The
Culture Collection MIRCENS | |
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CULTURE
COLLECTION AND PATENTS MIRCEN, Belgian Co-ordinated
Collections of Microorganisms
BCCM), OSTC Rue de Science, 8, 1000 Brussels,
BELGIUM Contact:
(PHILIPPE DESMETH) E.mail: desmeth@mbla.ucl.ac.be |
International
Research and Training Activities European
Union French
Speaking countries |
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CULTURE
COLLECTIONS AND PATENTS MIRCEN, German Collection of Microorganisms and
Cell Cultures, Mascheroder Weg. 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig,
GERMANY Contact:
(ERKO STACKEBRANDT) E.mail:
erko@dsmz.de |
International
Research and Training Activities Central
and East Europe |
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CULTURE
COLLECTION AND PATENTS MIRCEN, National Collection of Agricultural &
Industrial Microorganisms (NCAIM), Szent Istvan University, H-1118,
Budapest Somloi ut 14-16,
HUNGARY Contact:
(JUDITH TORNAI-LEHOCZKI) E.mail: jtornai@omega.kee.hu
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Research
and Training Activities East
and Central Europe |
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ENTERIC
DISEASES MIRCEN, Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera
and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Calcutta - 700010,
INDIA Contact: (T. RAMAMURTHY) E.mail: niced@cal2.vsnl.net.in or icmnicd@ren.nic.in |
Research
and Training Centre for MIRCEN fellows |
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CULTURE
COLLECTION MIRCEN, National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC), Central
Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT,
UK Contact: (BARRY HOLMES)
E.mail: mailto:bholmes@phls |
International
Research and Training Activities |
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MYCOLOGY
MIRCEN, C.A.B.I. Bioscience UK Centre (Egham), Bakeham Lane, Egham,
Surrey, TW20 9TY, UK Contact: (DAVID SMITH)
E.mail: d.smith@cabi.org |
International
Research and Training Activities |
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CULTURE
COLLECTION AND PATENTS MIRCENS, American Type Culture Collection ATCC),
10801 University Boulevard, Manssassas, VA 20110-2209,
U.S.A Contact:
(RAYMOND CYPESS) E.mail: wwwsjong@atcc.org or
rcypes@atcc.org |
International
Research and Training Activities |
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The
Biotech MIRCENS | |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
MIRCEN, Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiologicos, (PROIMI),
Avenida Belgrano y Pasaje Caseros, 4000 S.M. de Tucuman,
ARGENTINA Contact:
(FAUSTINO SINERIZ)
E.mail: fsineriz@proimi.edu.ar
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Research
and Training Activities for South America |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
MIRCEN, Brisbane and the Pacific Regional Network, Department of
Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD
4072, AUSTRALIA Contact:
(HORST DOELLE/LINDSAY SLY)
E.mail:
doelle@ozemail.com.au or
l.sly@mailbox.uq.edu.au |
Development
of Pacific Islands MIRCEN Regional Network Research
and Training Activities |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
MIRCEN, NSERC Industrial Biotechnology Chair, Department of Chemical
Engineering, 200 University Ave. West, University of Waterloo, Ontario,
N2L 3GI, CANADA Contact:
(MURRAY MOO-YOUNG) E.mail:
mooyoung@cape.uwaterloo.ca or
myoung@uwaterloo.ca |
International
Research and Training Activities· Bioreactor
engineering |
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MICROBIAL
TECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica, Zhong Guan
Cun, Hai Dian, Beijing 100080, CHINA Contact: (DA-KANG SONG)
E.mail: songdk@sun.im.ac.cn |
International
Research and Training Activities· Culture
collection research· Fermentation
Technology |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
MIRCEN, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 68,
Hadayck-Shoubra 11241, Cairo, EGYPT Contact:
(NABIL MAGDOUB) E.mail: elmagdoub@hotmail.com or
nmagdoub@link.net |
Research
and Training Activities for Arab States· Culture
Collection research |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Centre de Bioingénierie, Département de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, 135 Av. de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, FRANCE Contact:
(GERARD GOMA) E.mail: goma@insa-tlse.fr or
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Fermentation
Technology· Research
and Training Activities for Francophone
countries |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
MIRCEN, Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Bioengineering, and
Contamination Control, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, 18 Avenue,
11-96, Zona 15, Vista Hermosa III, GUATEMALA Contact:
(ROBERTO DE LEON)
E.mail:
roberdeleon@yahoo.com or
rdeleon@uvg.edu.gt |
Research
and Training Activities for Central America. Environment-friendly
bioprocessing technologies. |
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BIOCONVERSION
TECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Shatin, Contact: (JOHN BUSWELL)
E.mail: jabuswell@cuhk.edu.hk |
Mushroom
Technology· University
- industry collaboration |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
MIRCEN, Division of Biotechnology, Iranian Research Organization for
Science and Technology, Nº 71 Forsat St., Enghelab Avenue, P.O. Box
15815-3538, Tehran 1589, IRAN Contact:
(NASRINE MOAZAMI) E.mail:
uninet@irost.com or moazami@irost.com |
Research
and Training Activities for West and Central Asia Environment-friendly
technologies |
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FERMENTATION
TECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, ICBiotech, University of Osaka, 2-1 Yamada-OKa,
Suita-Shi, Osaka 565-0871, JAPAN Contact:
(TOSHIOMI YOSHIDA) E.mail: yoshida@icb.osaka-u.ac.jp
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International
Research and Training Activities Fermentation
Technology South-East
Asian Microbiology Network |
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INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, University of the
Free State, Department of Microbiology & Biochemistry, Contact: (LODEWYK KOCK) E.mail: kock@sci.uovs.ac.za |
Research
and Training Activities for Southern and Sub-Saharan
Africa Culture
collection research |
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FERMENTATION, FOOD, AND WASTE RECYCLING MIRCEN,
Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), 196
Phahonyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900,
THAILAND Contact:
(VULLAPA ARUNPAIROJANA) E.mail:
mircen@tistr.or.th or TISTR@mozart.inet.co.th
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Research
and Training Activities for South-East Asia Culture
collection research |
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MICROBIAL
BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Department of Plant Science, The University of the
West Indies, St. Augustine, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Contact:
(ADESH RAMSUBHAG/PATH UMAHARAN) E.mail:
aramsubhag@lifesc.uwi.tt or
pumaharan@lifesc.uwi.tt
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Research
and Training Activities for English-speaking Caribbean
Plant-microbe
interaction |
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BIOTECHNOLOGY
MIRCEN, Sittingbourne Enterprise Hub, Sittingbourne Research Centre,
Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 8AG, UK. Contact: (JOHN DODD)
E.mail: jcdodd@iibiotech.fsbusiness.co.uk |
Long-term
training and research activities International course programmes·
Environmental
Biotechnology:
Biodiversity for Biotechnological
Development |
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The Aquaculture and Marine
Biotech MIRCENS | |
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MICROBIAL GENE PROSPECTING MIRCEN, Centre for Research in Cell and Molecular Biology (CIBM), University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose, COSTA RICA Contact: (ANA SITTENFELD) E.mail: sitten@racsa.co.cr or
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Research
and training for scientists engaged in biotechnology and
biodiversity |
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AQUACULTURE MIRCEN, Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE)Deemed University CIAR, Jaiprakash Road, 7 Bungalow, Versova, Mumbai 400 061, INDIA Contact:
(SUBBANNA AYYAPAN) E.mail: root@cife.bom.nic.in or fishinst@bom3.vsnl.net.in;
ayyapans@yahoo.com |
Development
national and regional network aquaculture laboratories |
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MARINE
BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Department of
Fishery Microbiology, College of Fisheries, University of
Agricultural Sciences, Mangalore 575002, INDIA Contact:
(INDRANI KARUNASAGAR)
E.mail:
mircen@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in or karuna8sagar@yahoo.com
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Research
and Training Centre for MIRCEN fellows |
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AQUACULTURE
MIRCEN, The Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, J. Blaustein Institute
for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker
Campus, Sede Boqer 84990, ISRAEL Contact: (AVIGAD VONSHAK)
E.mail: avigad@bgumail.bgu.ac.il |
Foundation
of commercial products using microalgal
biotechnology |
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MARINE
BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute,
Centre of Marine Biotechnology, 701 East Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21202,
USA Contact: (ANWAR HUQ/RITA COLWELL)
E.mail: huq@umbi.umd.edu |
Research
and Training Centre for MIRCEN and UNESCO/BAC
fellows |
The Bioinformatics
MIRCENS | |
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WFCC-MIRCEN,
World Data Centre for Microorganisms, National Institute of Genetics, 1111
Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka,
411-8540, JAPAN Contact:
(HIDEAKI SUGAWARA) E.mail: hsugawar@genes.nig.ac.jp or
wdcm@wdcm.nig.ac.jp |
World
Catalogue of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms·
Analysis
of over 350 collections in some 60 countries |
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BITES
MIRCEN, UNESCO International Centre for Chemical Studies, (University of
Ljubljana), Vegova 4, P.O.Box 18/1, 61001 Ljubljana,
SLOVENIA Contact:
(BOJANA BOH /ALEKSANDRA KORNHAUSER) E.mail:
bojana.boh@uni-lj.si or iccs@uni-lj.si |
Biotechnological
Information Exchange System
(BITES).
Development
of research support databases |
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BIOINFORMATICS
MIRCEN, Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm,
SWEDEN Contact:
(GUNNEL DALHAMMER/ENG-LEONG FOO):
E.mail:
gunnel@biochem.kth.se or
foo@swipnet.se |
Electronic
Seminars and Computer Conferences: Integrated Biosystems, Ecotechnology for Sustainable
Development,
and Environmental Impacts of
Aquaculture Systems. |
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FURTHER INFORMATION: Ø
General information:
http://www.unesco.org/science/life/life1/mircen.htm Ø
Application forms: http://www.unesco.org/science/life/life1/rcenform.htm Further details can be
obtained from: L.Hoareau:
Programme Officer, Division of Life Sciences:l.hoareau@unesco.org E.DaSilva:
Director, Division of Life Sciences: e.dasilva@unesco.org |