Fungus wanted
18/04/2013
At the CBS Evolutionary Phytopathology group we are looking once again for a certain fungus and are prepared once again to pay €300 to the lucky finder. ...more |
CBS Fungal Biodiversity Calendar: Battle of the pixels
CBS is initiating a new (12 month) calendar series, which will focus on the beauty of fungal biodiversity. ...more |
Studies in Mycology volume 73 is dedicated to Brian C. Sutton,
7/11/2012
in honour
of his scientific contribution to the systematics of the genus Colletotrichum. ...more |
| Nederlandse onderzoekers ontdekken tropische ziekteverwekker in Europa ...more |
VENI grant for Dr. Joost van den Brink of the CBS-KNAW
28/08/2012
Dr. Joost van den Brink of the CBS-KNAW obtained a prestigious VENI grant of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). ...more |
Film on the Fungal Institute in Baarn. (1950)
23/08/2012
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision recently located old, forgotten movie footage of the CBS. ...more |
Emerging Zygomycetes, a new problem in the clinical lab
23/08/2012
A workshop of the ECMM/ISHAM Working Group on Zygomycetes and Zygomycoses on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 April, 2013: ...more |
The future of barcoding:
getting closer, or drifting further away from clinical practice?
23/08/2012
Workshop ISHAM Working Group Medical Barcoding on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 April, 2013: ...more |
Schimmels hebben hun sporen verdiend
20/08/2012
door Mariska van Sprundel wetenschapsjournalist ...more |
CBS Spring Symposium, One Fungus : Which Gene(s) (1F = ?G) 2013
25/06/2012
The symposium will be held in Amsterdam from Wednesday April 10 until Thursday April 11 2013 at the Trippenhuis, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). ...more |
The video archive of the CBS symposium:
22/05/2012
One Fungus = Which Name? (2012) is now online. Talks can be viewed at the following link ...more |
Scientific Advancement Award
23/12/2011
Sylvia Klaubauf of the CBS-KNAW won the prestigious Scientific Advancement Award 2011 by the Vienna Municipal Department 22 – Environmental Protection in Vienna (MA22). ...more |
1000 Fungal Genomes
4/11/2011
With an estimated 1.5 million species, Fungi represent one of the largest branches of the Tree of Life. ...more |
30 participants attended the CBS course Food and airborne fungi which was held for the 30th time.
18/10/2011
Rob Samson and Ellen Hoekstra started the course Food and airborne fungi in 1981 in Baarn. The course was given this year from 10-14 October 2011 and all participants were very enthusiastic ...more |
CBS symposium: One Fungus = Which Name? (2012)
13/10/2011
The symposium will be held in Amsterdam from 12–13 April 2012 at the Trippenhuis, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). ...more |
Fungus wanted --> FOUND
30/09/2011 ...more |
IUMS Secretary General Rob Samson met the Japanese Emperor
15/09/2011
At a special ceremony during the last IUMS Mycology and Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Congress held in Sapporo Japan (6-10 September 2011) Rob Samson as Secretary General and the Executive Board of the International Union of Microbiological Societies met his Majesty the Emperor Akihito of Japan. In the conversation with Rob Samson his Majesty, who is also an active scientist and published several ichthyological research papers, expressed great interest in the CBS research on the taxonomy of koji (Aspergillus) moulds. ...more |
'Spongiforma squarepantsii' lifeform found in Borneo
Bizarre rubbery sponge-shroom stuns jungle boffins ...more |
Vacancy
21/06/2011
2011-04 Analist Ronald de Vries ...more |
Fungus wanted
20/05/2011 ...more |
Vacancy
17/05/2011
2011-03 Postdoc/bioinformatician ...more |
Best Gene for Fungi DNA Barcoding Symposium in Amsterdam
17/05/2011
On 19–20 April 2011, 55 mycologists from 18 countries, including most members of the Fungal Working Group (FWG) of the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) came together at the Bazel Conference Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands to discuss and select an appropriate DNA barcode marker for the Fungal Kingdom ...more |
The CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, and fellow members of the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF), have signed a historic agreement to promote scientific research in the fields of biological systematics in Europe.
11/04/2011
"A Quantum Leap for European Natural History Collections"
In Geneva, Switzerland, on the 6th of April 2011 a key event for European natural history museums, botanical gardens and taxonomic research facilities took place. Members of the CETAF (Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities) signed an agreement that sets the organisation on a new footing by mobilising resources from member institutions towards reaching ambitious goals. ...more |
CBS Biodiversity Series 9
7/04/2011
The Genera of Hyphomycetes ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 68
7/04/2011
Phylogenetic revision of taxonomic concepts in the Hypocreales and other Ascomycota - A tribute to Gary J. Samuels ...more |
Vacancy
21/03/2011
2011-02 Researcher ...more |
CBS Fungal Biodiversity Course a great success!!
21/02/2011
The annual “CBS Fungal Biodiversity Course” was recently held at the CBS in Utrecht (7 – 18 February 2011). ...more |
Comparative genomics of eukaryotic microorganisms:understanding the complexity of diversity
9/02/2011
15 - 20 October | 2011 | Sant Feliux | Spain ...more |
Vacancy
1/12/2010
2010-21 MLO Analist ...more |
Sybren de Hoog appointed as visiting professor.
30/11/2010
Sybren de Hoog was appointed as visiting professor at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of the University of Guangzhou, China. ...more |
Vacancy
29/11/2010
2010-18 CBS PhD student ...more |
CBS symposium 1F=1N (2011)
3/11/2010
The symposium will be held in Amsterdam from 19–20 April 2011 at the Trippenhuis, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) ...more |
Fungal Barcoding Workshop: Finding the Best Gene for DNA Barcoding
3/11/2010
17-18 April 2011 ...more |
Mycologists in the Spotlight
27/10/2010
Rob Samson was elected as Honorary Member by the General Assembly of the Hungarian Society for Microbiology. His Curriculum Vitae reflected his outstanding achievements in mycology and the recommendation of the Board gave the General Assembly plenty of evidence supporting his appointment as Honorary Member. ...more |
Vacancies
27/10/2010
2010-12 CBS Researcher
2010-13 CBS PhD student
2010-14 CBS PhD student
2010-15 CBS Technician ...more |
Vacancy
20/10/2010
Researcher (CBS 2010-10) ...more |
CBS Laboratory Manual Series 2: Food and Indoor Fungi
14/10/2010
This book is based on Introduction to Food- and Airborne Fungi and is fully revised with up to date taxonomy. It is illustrated with full colour micrographs of common species from food and occurring in indoor environments. ...more |
CBS in the news: Scedosporium on TV
23/09/2010
Sybren de Hoog and Bert Gerrits van den Ende featured in an episode of the ZDF science program “Abenteuer Wissen” on Germany’s second TV network. ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 67
22/09/2010
Species and ecological diversity within the Cladosporium cladosporioides complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales)
Authors: onstanze Bensch, J.Z.(Ewald) Groenewald, Jan Dijksterhuis, Mieke Starink-Willemse, Birgitte Andersen, Brett A. Summerell, Hyeon-Dong Shin, Frank M. Dugan, Hans-Josef Schroers, Uwe Braun and Pedro W. Crous
The genus Cladosporium is one of the largest genera of dematiaceous hyphomycetes, and is characterised by a coronate scar structure, conidia in acropetal chains and Davidiella teleomorphs. ...more |
Vacancy
23/08/2010
Administratief medewerker (CBS 2010-08) ...more |
Research and collection collaboration between IM-CAS and CBS-KNAW
11/08/2010
On the 9th of August a team of six mycologists from the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IM-CAS) visited the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (CBS-KNAW), to discuss research collaboration. ...more |
Vacancy
21/06/2010
Analist A, PhD student and Researcher ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 66
31/05/2010
Systematics of Calonectria: a genus of root, shoot and foliar pathogens
Authors: Lorenzo Lombard, Pedro W. Crous, Brenda D. Wingfield and Michael J. Wingfield
Species of the genus Calonectria (Hypocreales) are important plant pathogens, several of which have a worldwide distribution. ...more |
Vacancy
4/05/2010
Analist A ...more |
Farewell to members of the CBS-KNAW Scientific Advisory Board (WeCo).
16/04/2010
On Tuesday the 6th of April the CBS WeCo convened in Utrecht to discuss the scientific progress and research direction of the CBS. ...more |
First workshop of Laboratory Managers of the Network of European Leading Laboratories (NELL)
16/04/2010
On 13-14 April the first training workshop was held at the CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre for Laboratory Managers of NELL. ...more |
CBS in the news
29/03/2010
The journal Mykologie Forum of the German-language medical mycological society published an interview with Sybren de Hoog entitled “Mekka der Pilze”. ...more |
Vacancy
23/03/2010
Research network Coordinator ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 65
12/03/2010
Highlights of the Didymellaceae: A polyphasic approach to characterise Phoma and related pleosporalean genera
Author(s):Maikel Aveskamp, Hans de Gruyter, Joyce Woudenberg, Gerard Verkley and Pedro W. Crous
Fungal taxonomists routinely encounter problems when dealing with asexual fungal species due to poly- and paraphyletic generic phylogenies, and unclear species boundaries. These problems are aptly illustrated in the genus Phoma. ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 64
26/01/2010
A phylogenetic re-evaluation of Dothideomycetes
Edited by Conrad L. Schoch, Joseph W. Spatafora, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Sabine M. Huhndorf, Kevin D. Hyde, Johannes Z. Groenewald and Pedro W. Crous
This volume presents a re-evaluation of phylogenetic relationships within the class Dothideomycetes, which is by far the largest and arguably most phylogenetically diverse class within the largest fungal phylum, Ascomycota. ...more |
CBS Laboratory Manual Series 1: Fungal Biodiversity
30/11/2009
This new publication focuses on techniques involved in isolation, cultivation and morphological study of common species in various economically important genera. This new book will be used as the guide for the CBS course Fungal Biodiversity in February 2010 ...more |
Interview Laboratorium Magazine with CBS Postdoc Ursula Eberhardt
17/11/2009
In the Dutch language “Laboratorium Magazine” of November 2009 an extensive interview with CBS Postdoc Ursula Eberhardt can be found. In the interview she tells about DNA barcoding, a CBS spearhead. The entire collection of fungi from the CBS Collection will be genetically barcoded. A database containing al the DNA sequences will certainly increase the value of the collection and simplify the identification of unknown fungi. ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 63
12/11/2009
European species of Hypocrea Part I. The green-spored species.
Author: W.M. Jaklitsch
This work is a preliminary account of Hypocrea and their Trichoderma anamorphs in Europe. Of the hyaline-spored species, H. minutispora is by far the most common species in Europe, while of the green-spored species this is H. strictipilosa ...more |
ECMM young investigators travel award
20/10/2009
Hamid Badali has been granted the ECMM young investigators travel award worth 1000 Euro for an outstanding presentation ...more |
Open dag CBS Oktober Kennismaand groot succes
19/10/2009
Op 18 oktober 2009 opende het CBS van 12.00 – 16.00 uur de deuren voor iedereen van 8 tot 80 jaar om kennis te maken met de magische wereld van de schimmels. ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 63
14/10/2009
Coming soon
At present 75 species of Hypocrea have been identified in temperate Europe. ...more |
30 Million Euro to establish the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity
16/09/2009
The ministry of Education, Culture and Science made 30 million Euro available from funds derived from the gas reserves to support an initiative of the Universities of Amsterdam, Leiden and Wageningen, whom together with Naturalis will join forces to form one centre for biodiversity. ...more |
Prof. Dr R.A. Samson - Honorary Doctor of Swedish Universit
4/08/2009
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala confer on Prof. Dr R.A. Samson the degree of Honorary Doctor of Agricultural Sciences at the Faculty for Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences on October 3 2009. ...more |
Een reis door het rijk van de schimmels, gisten en bacteriën.
13/07/2009
Oktober Kennismaand 2009 vindt plaats van 1 t/m 31 oktober ...more |
Sybren de Hoog Guest Professor at Peking University.
9/07/2009
On April 13, 2009 Sybren de Hoog was appointed as Guest Professor at the Peking University Health Science Center at Beijing, China, for a three-year period. ...more |
CBS Biodiversity Series 8
15/12/2008
The genera of the Parmulariaceae ...more |
BIOTEC and the CBS sign a Memorandum of Understanding
19/03/2009
During a recent visit of Prof. Pedro Crous to the National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) in Thailand, a formal memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between BIOTEC and the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre. ...more |
US mycologists win prestigious awards in the Netherlands
19/11/2008
The CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre organized a symposium “Fungi and Health” on the 13–14 November 2008 at the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. ...more |
Eukaryotic Cell Outstanding Young Investigator Award
22/03/2009
M. R. van Leeuwen got the Award during the 25th Fungal Genetics Conference in Asilomar (USA) . ...more |
The International Society for Human and Animal Mycoses (ISHAM) Poster Award
29/05/2009
During the 17th ISHAM Congress in Tokyo (Japan) Ferry Hagen received the ISHAM Poster Award for his outstanding presentation of his research, in collaboration with several European investigators, on the epidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii in Europe. ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 62
18/12/2008
Leaf-inhabiting genera of the Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales ...more |
Studies in Mycology No. 61
15/03/2008
Black fungal extremes ...more |
ECBOL Factsheet
1/11/2008
Identifying & Protecting European Biodiversity using
DNA Barcodes ...more |
Hoe?Zo! Radio
22/08/2008
Interview in Dutch for the Dutch radio programme Hoe?Zo! Radio with Pedro Crous, Director of the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, and CBS microbiologists and fungal experts Teun Boekhout and Jan Dijksterhuis. Interviewer Jeroen Dirks visits the CBS to find out more about fungi. ...more |
Interview with Professor Pedro Crous
17/09/2008
THE BARCODE OF LIFE ...more |
CBS Biodiversity Series 7
30/05/2008
Microfungi occurring on Proteaceae in the fynbos ...more |
Studies in Mycology
9/04/2008
We're pleased to announce that Studies in Mycology is now available on the public PubMed Central (PMC) site ...more |
A Code of Conduct for Biosecurity
10/12/2007
The Code, which will prove useful to most bio-laboratories ...more |
ISO 9001:2000 certificate
1/11/2007
CBS proudly announces that it has now obtained an ISO 9001:2000 certificate for the quality management system of the Collection. ...more |
Special CBS Symposium
10/06/2008
Fungi and Health 13-14 November 2008 ...more |