Ther RCN for Microbial Germplasm Collections established this website to share information and promote our efforts. Please use the tabs across the top to view different content describing the activities and collections in the US Culture Collection Network.
The USCCN held its
first meeting at the Fungal Genetics Stock Center at Kansas City in September 2012.
This three-day meeting included an afternoon outreach event attended by over 75 local High School students. Three of these students participated in laboratory projects at the FGSC during winter 2012-2013. The following days included input by diverse stake-holders from 25 different academic, government, and commercial entities. For many, it marked their first visit to a collection other than their own.
Three steering committee members participated in the October 2012 launch of the
European Microbial Research Resource Infrastructure project at Braunschweig, Germany.
Planning is underway for a May 30-31, 2013 workshop at the USDA ARS Collection at Peoria, Illinois (NRRL). Later in 2013, participants from the USCCN will attend the
13th International Conference on Culture Collections in Beijing, China.
Our second meeting will be held October 2013 at the National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
The USCCN effort, bringing together researchers from collections of every type of microbial germplasm, is being described as an example of community collaboration (
NSF and ESA).