Final Issue of MaCuMBA Project News Now Available
Following a final farewell from MaCuMBA project coordinator Prof Lucas Stal, this issue provides an insight into the MaCuMBA final conference, which was very much the culmination of all MaCuMBA efforts. “The Marine Microbiome – Discovery & Innovation” took place in Berlin-Adlershof, Germany, from 27-30 June 2016. This Marine Microbiome event report special presents highlights from both the one-day industry conference as well as the two-day open science conference which were organised face-to-face to bring together the worlds of science and industry. The industry conference included several interesting guest speakers presenting on the latest trends and issues, two intense and thought-provoking panel discussions, the official presentation of the MaCuMBA book “The Marine Microbiome” and the first official viewing of the MaCuMBA movie “Revealing the Secrets of Marine Microbes”. Another industry conference element was the four different round table discussions on important questions relating to the field of marine biotechnology. Each chair reports on these timely discussions in this newsletter. A snapshot from each of the four sessions of the busy two-day Open Science conference is also provided, as well as a sample of some of the fascinating MaCuMBA project outputs which were on display in the industry exhibition hall throughout the event. An overview of MaCuMBA deliverables and where to find them is given, including the many newsletters, the book, the movie, and the soon to be released legacy brochure. For more information about MaCuMBA or its final conference, please visit: www.macumbaproject.eu or contact Marieke Reuver, email: marieke@aquatt.ie. For all the latest updates from the project please follow MaCuMBA on Twitter (@MaCuMBAProject) and like it on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MaCuMBAProject). Note for Editors MaCuMBA was coordinated by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and was a joint venture of 22 partner institutions from 11 EU countries. MaCuMBA aimed to improve the isolation rate and growth efficiency of marine microorganisms from conventional and extreme habitats by applying innovative methods and using automated high-throughput procedures. AquaTT was the communication and dissemination partner for the project. For more information and press queries, contact Marieke Reuver, AquaTT Programme Manager, email: marieke@aquatt.ie Detailed partner profiles are available on request.
Keywords
microbes, biotechnology, microorganisms, microbiome
Countries
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, United Kingdom