Satuday, August 6
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Organizers: Shuxian Li, USDA ARS, Crop Genetics Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, U.S.A.; Rick Bennett, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, U.S.A.
Section: Professional/Outreach/Industry/Genetic Engineering
Sponsoring Committees: APS Collections and Germplasm; APS Mycology
Fee: $35

This hands-on workshop will cover the general practical aspects of managing microbial collections. Presentations and demonstrations will be given by experienced curators from fungal, bacterial, and viral collections and a database expert. Topics include protocols for preservation, maintenance, and distribution of fungi; identification, preservation, and shipping bacterial germplasm in the International Collection of Phytopathogenic Bacteria (ICPB), and maintenance and preservation of plant viruses on a budget, as well as an introduction on how to use informatics tools to improve the management of culture collections and associated data. Preregistration is required.