Aug. 24-27, 2010
Room A102, IMCAS
Aug. 24 th
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Opening Ceremony of CAS Research Network for Applied Microbiology (RNAM)
(Language-Chinese)
Time: 09:00-10:30
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CAS RNAM & GBRCN-Asia Workshop joint seminar (Language-English)
Chaired by DONG Xiuzhu
10:30-10:40 Address from DONG Xiuzhu
10:40-11:05 David Smith (President of WFCC)
The Global Biological Resource Centre Network GBRCN providing a global Research Infrastructure and its socio-economic impact
11:05-11:30 DONG Xiuzhu (Director of IMCAS-BRC)
IMCAS-BRC: an infrastructure to accelerate the sustainable application of microbial potentials
11:30-11:55 Yuichi Obata (Director of RIKEN BioResource Center)
The RIKEN BioResource Center and International Collaboration on
Biological Resources
Chaired by LIU Shuangjiang (Deputy Director of IMCAS)
14:00-14:25 ZHAO Guoping (Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai
Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS)
Microbial "omics": From systematic analysis to innovative synthesis
14:25-14:50 CHEN Wenxin (China Agricultural University Rhizobial Research
Center)
Diversity and biogeography of rhizobia associated with legumes in
China

14:50-15:15 QU Yinbo (Shandong University)
Enzyme system of Penicillium decumbens for biorefinery of lignocellulosics
15:15-15:40 CHE Yongsheng (Director of Division of Function Evaluation,
IMCAS-BRC)
Bioactive Fungal Metabolites from Unique Ecological Niches
15:40-15:55 Tea break
Chaired by GUO Liangdong
15:55-16:20 ZHANG Changsheng (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Discovery and Biosynthesis of Bioactive Marine Microbial Natural
Products
16:20-16:45 BAI Fengyan (Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology &
Lichenology, IMCAS)
Genetic Diversity and Differentiation of Wild and Domesticated
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Populations
16:45-17:10 HUANG Ying (State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, IMCAS)
Studies on Actinomycete Systematics and Resources
Aug. 25 th
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GBRCN-Asia workshop
Chaired by David Smith
09:00-09:20 Ken-Ichiro Suzuki (NITE Biological Resource Center)
Activities of Asian Consortium for Conservation and Sustainable
Utilization of Microbial Resources (ACM)
09:20-09:40 Hideaki Sugawara (Director of WDCM)
WFCC World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM) hosted by the
National Institute of Genetics: Lessons Learned.
09:40-10:00 MA Juncai (Director of Division of Information, IMCAS-BRC
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Information System of Research Network of Applied Microorganisms in CAS
10:00-10:20 Nelson Lima (UMinho-MUM, Portugal)

The contribution of Biological Resources Centres for bioeconomy:
Success stories
10:20-10:40 Tea break
Chaired by MA Juncai
10:40-11:00 Gwofang Yuan (Bioresource Collection and Research Center,
Taiwan)
Service Platform in BCRC and Add Value to the Collected
Bioresources
11:00-11:20 ZHOU Yuguang (Director of Division of Culture Collection,
IMCAS-BRC)
Quality Control Strategy and ISO Quality System in the CGMCC
11:20-11:40 Gerard J. M Verkley (KNAW-CBS, Netherlands)
Collaborative research to strengthen European and global networks of
Biological Resource Centres for example through EMbaCR
11:40-12:00 Vanderlei Perez Canhos (President Director of CRIA)
Networking Biological Resource Centers in Brazil
Chaired by BOSSCHAERTS Maria-Helena
14:00-14:20 Yeonhee Lee (President of KNRRC)
The Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC)
14:20-14:40 Peter Dawyndt (Straininfo.net, Belgium)
Adding value to microbial resources: mining data landscapes to drive innovation
14:40-15:00 Kevin McCluskey (Fungal Genetics Stock Center, USA)
Networking culture collections in the USA
15:00-15:20 DESMETH Philippe (Belgian Coordinated Collections of
Micro-organisms)
The necessary adaptation of Culture Collections to the new socio-economic environment at global level
15:20-15:40 Tea break
Chaired by Ken-Ichiro Suzuki
15:40-16:00 BOSSCHAERTS Maria-Helena (BCCM, Belgium)
Implementation of best practices: the transition from culture collection to BRC

16:00-16:20 Moriya OHKUMA (RIKEN BRC-JCM)
Improvement of the functions of JCM as a microbial BRC
16:20-16:40 DONG Zhiyang (State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources,
IMCAS)
New enzyme genes discovered with metagenomic technology
16:40-17:40 Panel discussion
Panel:
DONG Xiuzhu, IMCAS-BRC ;
David Smith, GBRCN ;
Kevin McCluskey, USA ;
Marleen Bosschaerts, Belgium ;
Nelson Lima, Portugal
Aug. 26 th
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Fungal DNA Barcoding
Chaired by ZHUANG Wenying
09:00-09:25 Richard C. Hamelin (Natural Resources Canada; UBC)
DNA barcoding Forest Rust Fungi
09:25-09:50 GUO Liangdong (Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology &
Lichenology, IMCAS)
DNA barcoding for mycorrhizal community ecology
09:50-10:15 Urmas Kõljalg (University of Tartu, Estonia)
UNITE – common platform for fungal barcoding and ecology
10:15-10:35 Tea break
Chaired by Richard C. Hamelin
10:35-11:00 ZHUANG Wenying (Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology &
Lichenology, IMCAS)
From morphology to DNA barcoding: an exercise of Nectriaceae taxonomy
11:00-11:25 Kevin D. Hyde (Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand)
Barcoding - the need to link fungal type specimens with sequence data
11:25-11:50 YANG Zhuliang (Kunming Institute of Botany, China)

DNA barcoding for the identification of Amanita species: a case study from China
Chaired by GUO Liangdong
14:00-14:25 Wen Chen (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
Maintaining a healthy agro-ecosystem:Taxonomy, DNA barcoding and
Biodiversity Research in Mycology in AAFC Ottawa
14:25-14:50 CAI Lei (Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology & Lichenology,
IMCAS)
Colletotrichum systematics and barcoding
14:50-15:15 Cledir Santos (UMinho-MUM ,Portugal)
Calmodulin gene as good voucher as MALDI-TOF ICMS to identify
Portuguese isolates of Aspergillus section Flavi
15:15-15:35 Tea break
Chaired by Urmas Kõljalg
15:35-16:00 LIU Di (Network Information Center, IMCAS)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems in China
16:00-16:25 WEI Jiguang (Guangxi University, China)
The preliminary review on Pythium DNA barcording
16:25-16:50 ZHOU Qiming (Key Laboratory of Systematic Mycology &
Lichenology, IMCAS)
DNA barcoding of lichen
Aug. 27 th
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Visit to IMCAS-BRC & Olympic Park
08:30-10:00 Visit to IMCAS-BRC