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The use of cryopreservation to develop a European scientific and biotechnological resource: The COBRA project
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SYSNO ASEP 0105411 Document Type C - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.) R&D Document Type Conference Paper Title The use of cryopreservation to develop a European scientific and biotechnological resource: The COBRA project Title Využití kryoprezervace k vytvoření evropského vědeckého a biotechnologického zdroje: COBRA projekt Author(s) Day, J. G. (GB)
Benson, E. E. (GB)
Harding, K. (GB)
Knowles, B. (GB)
Idowu, M. (GB)
Bremner, D. (GB)
Watt, S. (GB)
Santos, L. M. A. (PT)
Santos, M. F. (PT)
Friedl, T. (DE)
Lorenz, M. (DE)
Lukešová, Alena (UPB-H)
Elster, Josef (BU-J) RID, ORCID
Lukavský, Jaromír (MBU-M)
Herdman, M. (FR)
Rippka, R. (FR)
Hedoin, H. (FR)
Hall, T. (IT)Source Title Biological Resource Centres and the Use of Microbes. 22nd ECCO Meeting, Proceedings book. - Braga : Micoteca da Universidade do Minho, 2003 - ISBN 972-97916-3-5 Pages s. 307-320 Number of pages 14 s. Action Biological Resource Centres and the Use of Microbes. ECCO Meeting /22./ Event date 17.09.2003-19.09.2003 VEvent location Braga Country PT - Portugal Event type EUR Language eng - English Country PT - Portugal Keywords cryopreservation ; COBRA project Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour CEZ AV0Z6066911 - UPB-H, BC-A Annotation COBRA (The COnservation of a vital european scientific and Biotechnological Resource: microAlgae and cyanobacteria) is the acronym for a European Union, RTD Infrastructures project (Contract No. QLRI-CT-2001-01645). This project has the objective to develop a physical, and virtual European Biological Resource Centre based on existing algal culture collections. COBRA's central aim is to apply cryopreservation methodologies to currently "preservation recalcitrant" strains of microalgae and cyanobacteria, organisms that, to date, have proved difficult to conserve using cryogenic methods. In addition, molecular and biochemical stability tests are being developed to ensure that the equivalent strains of microorganisms supplied by the culture collections will give high quality and consistent performance. Fundamental and applied knowledge of stress physiology form an essential component of the project and this is being employed to assist the optimisation of methods for preserving a wide range of algal diversity. COBRA's "Resource Centre" utilises Information Technologies (IT) and Knowledge Management practices to assist project coordination, management and information dissemination and to facilitate the generation of new knowledge pertaining to algal conservation. Workplace Institute of Soil Biology (until 2005) Contact Ivana Chytková, chytkova@upb.cas.cz, Tel.: 387 775 753 Year of Publishing 2005
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