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STOA Workshop on microbiomes

Health and economic benefits of microbiomes

11 May 2021, 14:00 – 16:30 CEST
(online event)

In the last years, quite a lot of scientific knowledge made its way to the greater public raising interest in the human microbiomes, which is mostly understood as the universe of gut bacteria that determine our health status and wellbeing, our immune and hormonal systems. The microbiomes, indeed, are co-working key players in many natural processes within agriculture, food and drinking systems, waste degradation, recycling, and material creation.

Besides the production of more healthy, natural, and sustainable foods, innovations in agriculture and crop productions can already be seen with examples in plant control through bio-pesticides or climate-friendly waste degradation systems reusing and recycling materials and energy. Scientists are striving for discoveries in microbiological and microbial systems, and many exciting microbiome-related innovations can be expected in the next decades with relevant contributions to solve the challenges in human health, sustainable food production, biodiversity, and climate change.

This workshop, organised by STOA (Panel for the Future of Science and Technology of the European Parliament) is divided in two sessions: the first will discuss the clinical implications of microbiomes, while the second will analyses the economic and regulatory aspects of microbiomes.

The panel of speakers include Nassos Typas, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany, Emmanuelle Maguin, INRAE, France, Claudio Lunardi, University of Verona, Italy, Elisabetta Caselli, University of Ferrara, Italy, Lene Lange, LLa-BioEconomy, Denmark, Irene Verheijen, European Association for Food Law (EFLA), Angela Sessitsch, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Martha Hugas, European Food and Safety Agency (EFSA), and Kathleen d`Hondt, Flemish Government, Belgium.

Programme, booklet, presentations and recording are available here.

Free registration here.

Introductory workshop to the Nagoya Protocol

Have you ever heard of the Nagoya Protocol?
Or maybe you are still not sure if it is relevant to you?

If you are doing research with biological material in the European Union (excluding human DNA), you need to understand the basics of the Nagoya Protocol!

Together with the German Nagoya Protocol HuB (GNP-HuB), EVA GLOBAL will be co-hosting an interactive online workshop for “newbies” (beginners) to the Nagoya Protocol. You’ll learn about the Nagoya Protocol and its real-world implications for you as a researcher.

During the workshop, you will go step by step through what researchers need to do. You will hear about the user checks that have already started in the EU, Nagoya requirements from journals, and tools and tips already available, with plenty of time for you to get involved and ask questions.

This event will take place on Tuesday, April 27th from 09:00 to 11:30 CET!
You can register HERE using our online registration form.

Please note that you must click on the link in the confirmation email in order to complete the registration.

BMC2021 Beneficial Microbes Conference

BMC2021
The 8th Beneficial Microbes Conference
22-24 March 2021.

For the first time, the Beneficial Microbes Conference will be held as an entirely virtual meeting. BMC2021 is about defining gaps, needs, and opportunities for practical applications of pre- and probiotics in human and animal health throughout the lifespan. Internationally renowned speakers will present their latest research results on pre- and probiotics and the gut microbiome, the microbiota-gut-brain axis, the microbiome beyond the gut, such as the placenta microbiome, the milk microbiome, and the skin microbiome, beneficial microbes to combat SARS-CoV-2, and more.

For information see: https://www.beneficialmicrobes2021.org/

World Microbe Forum 2021

The American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) have come together to launch a new initiative — the World Microbe Forum, taking place online from 20-24 June 2021.
ASM and FEMS will bring together two of the biggest meetings in the microbial sciences, ASM Microbe 2021 and FEMS2021, under one digital platform to further science and help answer some of the most important questions impacting humankind today.
Italian scientific societies Italian Society for Virology (SIV-ISV), Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnologies (SIMGBM), Italian Society of Agro-Food and Microbial Biotechnologies (SIMTREA), Italian Association for Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI) and Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM), as well as the European Culture Collections’ Organisation (ECCO), which are members of FEMS, are also involved in this event.

For information: https://www.worldmicrobeforum.org/

Path Forward for Naming the Uncultivated

Two workshops to create awareness of progress being made towards developing a solution for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria.
A new, alternative code for naming uncultivated organisms, the “Un-Code”, is currently in development.
These virtual workshops will provide background, a roundtable panel discussion, and a forum for community input.

Workshop 1
Practical barriers to naming uncultivated microorganisms
February 4, 2021, 15:00 GMT

Workshop 2
Path forward to the implementation and adoption of the Un-Code
February 11, 2021, 15:00 GMT

Download the flyer from https://apply.hub.ki/uncode2021/documents/uncultivated.pdf.

More information available at: https://apply.hub.ki/uncode2021/.

Contact the Organizing Committee at uncode2021@gmail.com.

Presentazione FoodMicrobionet / ShinyFoodMicrobionet

Presentazione FoodMicrobionet/ShinyFoodMicrobionet
Giovedì 12 Novembre 2020
Si comunica che giovedì 12 Novembre 2020, alle 15.45, il Prof. Parente presenterà le funzionalità di FoodMicrobionet (un database relazionale sulla composizione delle comunità batteriche degli alimenti) e l’uso di ShinyFoodMicrobionet per la ricerca e l’estrazione di dati destinati all’inferenza di network e altro.

Collegarsi all’indirizzo all’indirizzo https://www.gotomeet.me/233/enovfood.

Tale presentazione si colloca nell’ambito di un meeting virtuale del progetto Enov-Food. Maggiori informazioni alla URL seguente: https://simtrea.org/it/in-evidenza/presentazione-delle-funzionalita-di-foodmicrobionet.

Organizzato da SIMTREA
Via Montepaldi 12
50026 San Casciano Val di Pesa (FI)
Email: segreteria@simtrea.org

Data Driven Innovation in the Agritech Sector

ELIXIR-FR and Bayer are hosting ELIXIR SME meeting on Data Driven Innovation in the Agritech Sector at Lyon, France.

How to transform data into information and knowledge and be able to align them to improving plant health, protect the environment, end hunger in a reasonable agriculture development will be the guiding theme of the conference.
This event is the perfect opportunity to reduce barriers between small and big companies, public and private sectors with a major objective of promoting and supporting open innovation.

A time for flash talks to SME is available.

The event information is at https://elixir-europe.org/events/sme-2020-lyon.

The registration is open-free but compulsory.

Contact for information: Victoria Dominguez Del Angel (Elixir-Fr)
Email: victoria.dominguez@france-bioinformatique.fr

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