On 24-28 February 2016, BIOTEC organized the International Workshop on Microbial Utilization and Management: Sustainable utilization of bioresources for a growing bioeconomy at Sirindhorn Science Home, Thailand Science Park.
The Workshop addresses the management systems of bioresource research centers which is the major foundation of bioeconomy.
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In addition to speakers from BIOTEC, there were 8 international experts contributing to the lecture session of this workshop from National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE), Japan; Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS); World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM); World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Wageningen University & Research Centre. Lab session on fungal identification was held on 27-28 February with expert team from NITE. The Workshop was attended by 78 participants from 12 countries.
To strengthen national and international BRC networks, BIOTEC, as the co-founder of ASEAN Network on Microbial Utilization (AnMicro), provided 10 grants to researchers from ASEAN member states to participate in the workshop.