COMMITTEES

Conference Chairs

Nelson Lima, President of ICCC15

MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho,
University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Cledir Santos, Vice-President of ICCC15

mRB-UFRO Microbiological Resource Bank,
Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

Scientific Committee

  • Nelson Lima, MUM Micoteca Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Cledir Santos, mRB-UFRO Microbiological Resource Bank, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
  • Jorge Pedrosa, Portuguese Society of Microbiology
  • Raquel Aires Barros, Portuguese Society of Biotechnology
  • Vitor Vasconcelos, CIIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • José Paulo Sampaio, Portuguese Yeast Culture Collection, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
  • Carla Santos, MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Célia Soares, MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Armando Venâncio, Biological Engineering Centre, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Local Organizing Committee Members

  • Nelson Lima, MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Carla Santos, MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Célia Soares, MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Manuel G. Silva, MUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
  • Ana João Ferreira, MIRRI-ERIC Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure, Braga, Portugal
  • Ricardo M. Cruz, Biological Engineering Centre, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

International Committee Members (WFCC Executive Board Members)

  • Ipek KurtbökeUniversity of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
  • Manuela da SilvaFundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Brazil
  • Marizeth GroenewaldWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, The Netherlands
  • Andrey Yurkov, DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Germany
  • Juncai MaChinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Lily Eurwilaichitr, Thailand Bioresource Research Center, Thailand
  • Maria Kuyukina, Perm State University, Russia
  • Anabela MartinsMUM Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, University of Minho, Portugal
  • G.S. PrasadUniversity of Hyderabad, India
  • Marco Riojas, ATCC American Type Culture Collection, USA
  • Cledir SantosmRB-UFRO Microbiological Resource Bank, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
  • Yogesh Shouche, National Center for Cell Science, India
  • Ken-ichiro SuzukiTokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
  • Benedetta Turchetti, Industrial Yeasts Collection, University of Perugia, Italy
  • Vania Vicente, Microbiological Collections of Paraná Network and Federal University of Parana, Brazil
  • Philippe DesmethBelgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms, Belgium