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Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures

Utrecht, The Netherlands

News Archive 2009

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.
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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.
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