UNESCO MICROBIAL RESOURCES NETWORK (MIRCENS) ACTIVITIES

UNESCO MICROBIAL RESOURCES NETWORK (MIRCENS) ACTIVITIES

(Review of Activities)

(1 January 1990 - 31 August 2001)

NETWORK OBJECTIVES
SUMMARY
UNESCO MIRCEN FELLOWSHIPS

UNESCO SHORT-TERM MIRCEN FELLOWSHIPS

SPECIAL PROJECT UNESCO/AFRICA FELLOWSHIPS

BIOTECHNOLOGY - WOMEN, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY...

UNESCO/IPALAC FELLOWSHIPS

NITROGEN FIXATION FELLOWSHIPS

MIRCEN MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS

UNESCO/ASM FELLOWSHIPS

UNESCO/IUMS /SGM FELLOWSHIPS
UNESCO/MIRCEN PROFESSORSHIP SCHEME
UNESCO-ASM VISITING RESOURCE PERSON PROGRAM
NAS/ASM/MIRCEN PROGRAM
UNESCO SUPPORT FOR LAUNCH OF THE ASM GLOBAL...
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
EQUIPMENT
EXTRABUDEGETARY PROJECTS (1974 - 2000)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
LIST OF MIRCENS

The global network of Microbial Resources Centres, actually existing academic and/or research institutes in the developed and developing countries (see Figure below and item XII - List of MIRCENS) participate in a global collaborative networking effort for the harnessing of the beneficial applications of the microbial world for human progress through the vehicle of international scientific co-operation. Research and training programmes, within the framework of UNESCO's regular, participation and extrabudgetary programmes, are carried out in co-operation with the concerned National Commissions of Member States and governmental authorities.

NETWORK OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the world-wide MIRCEN network are to:

a) provide a global infrastructure which would incorporate national, regional, and inter-regional co-operating laboratories geared to the management, distribution, and utilization of the microbial gene pools;

b) reinforce the conservation of microorganisms, with emphasis on Rhizobium gene pools, in developing countries, with an agrarian base;

c) foster the development of new inexpensive technologies native specific regions;

d) promote the economic and environmental applications of microbiology; and

e) serve as focal centres in the network for the training of manpower.

SUMMARY

SHORT-TERM MIRCEN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME

The Short-Term MIRCEN Regular Programme Fellowship in the Biotechnologies is designed to stimulate and facilitate research and training in especially microbial biotechnology and other related biotechnologies through cost-sharing between UNESCO and partner host institutions in Member States.

Each fellowship is of the value of approximately four thousand US dollars.

During the period 1 January 1992 - 30 June 2001, a total of 351 fellowships have been awarded. Details are as:

1. UNESCO/MIRCEN fellowships awarded in 1992/1993 = 13

from a total of 25 applicants

Host institutes were in France, Germany, Finland, Japan, Senegal, Sweden, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.

2. UNESCO/MIRCEN fellowships awarded in 1994/1995 = 50

from a total of 65 applicants

Host institutes were in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, Senegal, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.

3. UNESCO/MIRCEN fellowships awarded in 1996/1997 = 37

from a total of 42 applicants

Host institutes were in Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Senegal, Slovenia, Hong Kong, Sweden, U.K. and U.S.A.

4. UNESCO/MIRCEN fellowships awarded in 1998/1999 = 17

from a total of 18 candidates

Host institutes were in Brazil, Egypt, Hong Kong, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Slovenia and U.S.A.

5. UNESCO/MIRCEN fellowships awarded in 2000/2001 = 68

from a total of 90 candidates

Host institutes were in Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, U.K. and U.S.A.

6. SPECIAL PROJECT UNESCO/AFRICA fellowships awarded in 1996/2001 = 30

7. BIOTECHNOLOGY - WOMEN, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY fellowships = 13

8. UNESCO/IPALAC fellowships = 18

9. NITROGEN FIXATION fellowships = 17

10. MIRCEN MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY fellowships = 15

11. UNESCO/ASMfellowships = 47

12. UNESCO/IUMS fellowships = 26

13. UNESCO/IUMS/SGM fellowships = 12

(These awards are part of those in item 12)

14. UNESCO/MIRCEN Fellows from Africa = 44 (Female = 5)

(Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinee, Guinee-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe), from a total of 88 applicants

Host institutes were in Australia, Brazil, China, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Mexico, India, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, U.K., and U.S.A.

15. UNESCO/MIRCEN Fellows from Arab States = 36 (Female = 8)

(Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen), from a total of 30 applicants

Host institutes were in Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Kenya, Morocco, Netherlands, Senegal, Thailand, and U.S.A.

16. UNESCO/MIRCEN Fellows from Asia and Pacific = 44 (Female = 21)

(Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam), from a total of 36 applicants

Host institutes were in Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Thailand, and U.S.A.

17. UNESCO/MIRCEN Fellows from Europe = 32 (Female = 20)

(Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Kyrgystan, Lithuania, Moldavia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain), from a total of 35 applicants

Host institutes were in Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Slovenia, U.K. and U.S.A.

18. UNESCO/MIRCEN Fellows from Latin America and the Caribbean = 29 (Female = 15)

(Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago), from a total of 22 applicants

Host institutes were in Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Slovenia, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, and U.S.A.

19. Fellowships awarded to women scientists = 65

(Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgystan, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Senegal, Sudan, South Africa, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Uganda)

Host institutes were in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Madagascar, Netherlands, Slovenia, Senegal, Spain, Sweeden, U.K., and U.S.A.

20. Fellowships awarded to scientists from least developed countries = 24

(Bangladesh, Comoros, Cape Verde, Guinee, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda)

Host institutes were in China, Egypt, France, Kenya, Senegal, Thailand and U.S.A.

21. Fellowships awarded to scientists from the following countries = 86

Argentina, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, India, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgystan, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Tanzania, Zambia, for training provided by MIRCENs in Brazil, Canada, Iran, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Senegal, Slovenia, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.

I. UNESCO MIRCEN FELLOWSHIPS = 185

The global MIRCEN network programme embodies research and training programmes that are carried out in the framework of UNESCO's regular/participation and extrabudgetary programme activities as a follow-up to earlier cornerstone activities (1975 - 1989 as reported in MIRCEN News, Nos 1 - 12).

A. UNESCO SHORT-TERM MIRCEN FELLOWSHIPS

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1992

Kaplan, D.	Argentina	Cloning-Trypanosoma cruzei	France	Weiss
Atanassov, A.	Bulgaria	Cellular Immunology	France	Van Regenmortel
Njayou, M.	Cameroon	Diagnostic Kits Culture Collections	France	Quash
Xu, B.	China	Marine	USA	Colwell
Fetiarison, M.	Madagascar¹	Biological Nitrogen-Fixation	Senegal	Dreyfus
Das, S.	Nepal	Culture Collections	Thailand	Atthasampunna
Guide-Cimmerman (F)	Slovenia	Fungal Taxonomy	UK	Pryse

1993

Markossian, S.	Armenia	Microbial Physiology	Germany	Amtranikian
Tsytko, I.	Belarus	Biodegradation	Finland	Sallinoja-Salometakanon
Tao, T.	China	Halotolerant Bacteria	Japan	Yoshida
Ba, A.M.	Senegal	Mycorrhizae	USA	Sylvia
Gueye, M.	Senegal	Biological Nitrogen-Fixation	UK	Sprent
Al-moudallal, M.	Syria	Monoclonal Antibodies	France	Van Regenmortel

1994

Camiña, J.M.	Argentina	BNF Technology	Brazil	Freire S/S
Guiamet, P.S. (F)	Argentina	BNF Technology	Brazil	Gaylarde S/S
Hassan, M.	Bangladesh	Fermentation	France	Goma
Damborsky, I.	Czech Republic	Industrial Microbiology	UK	Hardman
Hernandez-Valdez (F)	Dominican Republic	Plant Virology	USA	Cypess
Fayed, E.O.	Egypt	Fermentation	Thailand	Atthasampunna S/S
Girgis, M.G.Z.	Egypt	BNF Technology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Mani, K. (F)	India	Yeast Collections	Hungary	Deak
Hindiyeh, M.Y. (F)	Jordan	Food Microbiology	Egypt	Magdoub S/S
Mwaura, F.B.	Kenya	Culture Collection	Japan	Sugawara
Akasha, A.	Libya	Food Microbiology	Egypt	Magdoub S/S
Sanogo, D. (F)	Mali	Nitrogen-Fixation	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Yattara, I.I.	Mali	Nitrogen-Fixation	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Khbaya, B.	Morocco	Soil Biotechnology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Mbarek, A.N.	Morocco	Biotechnology	France	Kol
Mounir, D.	Morocco	Biotechnology	Canada	Weber
Irobi, N.O.	Nigeria	Industrial Microbiology	Canada	Moo-Young
Matos, J.L.	Portugal	Fermentation	France	Goma
Blatnik, J. (F)	Slovenia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Deak
Mahgoub, S.A.	Sudan	Food Microbiology	Egypt	Magdoub S/S
Pasitkul, P.	Thailand	Fermentation	Japan	Yoshida

1995

Kurochina, S. (F)	Belarus	Plant-Microbe	Netherlands	Nap
Parfenov, P.	Belarus	Wastewater	Austria	Haberl
Sanon, B.	Burkina Faso	Mycorrhizae	France	Martin
Nwakka, D.	Cameroon	BNF Technology	Brazil²	Dobereiner/Franco
Kone, B.	Cote d'Ivoire	BNF Technology	Brazil²	Dobereiner/Franco
Rojas, E.P.	Cuba	Mycorrhizae	Brazil	Freire S/S
Kalyani, I. (F)	India	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Moazami, N. (F)	Iran	Pearl Bearing Molluscs	Iran	Moazami (National)
Nourouzian, S.	Iran	General Microbiology	USA	Antoine
Fetiarison	Madagascar	BNF Technology	Senegal	Dreyeus S/S
Traore, I.	Mali	Biomethanation	China	Hang S/S
Tsetseg, B.	Mongolia	Microbial Taxonomy	Japan	Suguwara
Abaibou, M.	Morocco	Nitrate Metabolism	France	Robert-Baudouy
Hajjaj, H.	Morocco	Mycotoxins	France	Goma
Zeghari, N. (F)	Morocco	Biotechnology	France	Doumer
Uwimana, i.	Rwanda	BNF Technology	USA	Carr
Mukuralinda, M.	Rwanda	BNF Technology	USA	Carr
Nzasabayezu, O.	Rwanda	BNF Technology	USA	Carr
Donzescu, A. (F)	Romania	Biotechnology	France	Goma
Spencer-Barretto, (F)	Senegal	Rhizobium	Senegal	Gueye (National)
Sylla, S.	Senegal	BNFTechnology	Brazil²	Dobereiner/Franco
Dorington, A. (F)	South Africa	Microbial Chemistry	USA	Cooper
Amurio, O. (F)	Spain	BNF Technology	USA	Van Berkum
Babiker, S.	Sudan	Rhizobiology	Germany	BÖHnel
Siddig, H.	Sudan	Fermented Foods	Egypt	Magdoub S/S
Tassah, K.B.	Togo	Rhizobiology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Chen, J.	Vietnam	Bioprocess Technology	Japan	Suga
Le Thanh, B.	Vietnam	Fermentation Technology	Japan	Yoshida
Hansingo, L.	Zambia	Rhizobiology	Germany	BÖHnel

1996/1997

Troja, R. (F)	Albania	Microbial Germplasm	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Dreher, S. (F)	Brazil	BNF Technology	USA	Keyser
Vieiria, R. (F)	Brazil	Culture Collections	Germany	Stackebrandt
Sanon, K.	Burkina Faso	Microbial Biotechnology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Tean, S. (F)	Cambodia	Bioconversions	Hong Kong	Buswell S/S
Coutinho, E. (F)	Cape Verde	Plant Biotechnology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Lu, X.	China	Biodegradation Biotechnology	Iran	Moazami S/S
Zhang J.X. (F)	China	Fermentation Technology	Hong Kong	Buswell S/S
Abdou-Salame, A.	Comores	Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub S/S
Valera, A.L. (F)	Cuba	Culture Collections	UK	Holmes
Girgiz, M.	Egypt	BNF Technology	Morocco	Hilali S/S
Gonotey, R.	Guinee	Microbial Biotechnology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Malekzadeh, S. (F)	Iran	Marine Biotechnology	USA	Colwell
Taghavi (F)	Iran	Fermentations	Hong Kong	Buswell
Saadoun, I.	Jordan	Agricultural Biotechnology	USA	Colwell
Sultanakova, A. (F)	Kyrgyzstan	Waste Management	Slovenia	Kornhauser
Levinskaite, L. (F)	Lithuania	Microbial Germplasm	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Paskevicius, A.	Lithuania	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Repeckiene, J. (F)	Lithuania	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Maheswari, R. (F)	Malaysia	Environment Biotechnology	India	Vatsala S/S
Houeibib, M.O.	Mauritania	Microbial Biotechnology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Hernadez, G. (F)	Mexico	Fermentation Technology	France	Goma
Olmos, D.	Mexico	Fermentation Technology	France	Goma
Smouni, A.	Morocco	Molecular Microbiology	France	Duhoux
Barrion, I.	Namibia	Bioremediation	Slovenia	Kornhauser
Edge, T.	Nigeria	Biopesticide	Slovenia	Kornhauser
Ilori, M.	Nigeria	Environment Biotechnology	UK	Bull
Mislewicz (F)	Poland	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Piotrowska, M.	Poland	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Rosu, A. (F)	Romania	Mycorrhizae (Soil)	Egypt	Magdoub
Al-Thukair, A.A.	Saudi Arabia	Marine Biotechnology	USA	Colwell
Malinavic (F)	Serbia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Diouf, A.	Senegal	BNF Technology	Mexico	Martinez
Abdalla, M.A. (F)	Sudan	BNF Technology	Kenya	Karanja S/S
Somaya, S. (F)	Sudan	BNF Technology	Egypt	Magdoub
Hamza, S. (F)	Tunisia	Plant Biotechnology	Netherlands	Kema
Hansingo, P.	Zambia	BNF Technology	Kenya	Karanja S/S

1998/1999

De Melo. G.C.	Brazil	Natural Products Biotech	Slovenia	Boh/Kornhauser³
Okino, L. (F)	Brazil	Mushroomology	Hong Kong	Buswell
Dulguerova, G. (F)	Bulgaria	Microbial Technology	Israel	Okon
Cao, J. X.	China	Micro-Algae Culture	Israel	Vonshak
Sikova, S. (F)	Croatia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Shanmugam	India	Culture Collections	Germany	Stackebrandt
Al-Jammas, F. (F)	Iraq	Food Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub
Midiwo, J.O.	Kenya	Natural Products Biotech	Slovenia	Boh/Kornhauser³
Caus, M.V. (F)	Moldova	Biofertilizer Technology	Brazil	Freire
Withers, T.	New Zealand	Entomology	USA	Keena
Talledo, M.	Peru	Marine Biotechnology	USA	Huq
Naumoff, V.	Russia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Lisichkine, G.	Russia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Arzumawian, V.	Russia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Edje, O.T.	Swaziland	Natural Products Biotech	Slovenia	Boh/Kornhauser³
Al-Samra, A.	Syria	Food Microbiology	Egypt	Magdoub
Nsubuya, R. (F)	Uganda	Biostatistics	USA	Wood

2000/2001

Delarayan, L. (F)	Argentina	Bioprocess Technology	Mexico	Rodriguez
Murialdo, S. (F)	Argentina	Bioremediation	Spain	Lalucat
Rollet, M. (F)	Argentina	Medical Biotech	UK	Holmes
Gevorkyan, S. (F)	Armenia	Taxonomy	France	Mouchacca
Khan, N. (F)	Bangladesh	Marine Biotech	USA	Huq
Do Vale Simon, M. (F)	Brazil	Plant Biotechnology	Germany	Kahl
Paganelli	Brazil	Bioconversion	Hong Kong	Buswell
Atanasova, M. (F)	Bulgaria	BNF Technology	France	Haertle
Dolapchiev, L. (F)	Bulgaria	Yeast Genetics	Bulgaria	Dolapchiev
Vassileva, A. (F)	Bulgaria	Fermentation Technology	Japan	Suga
Fankem, H.	Cameroon	Environment	Egypt	Magdoub
Pantoja, D.P.	Chile	Bioremediation	Spain	Lorenzo
Chen, F.	China	Bioconversion	Hong Kong	Buswell
Li, Y (F)	China	Marine Biotechnology	India	Karunasagar
Wang, M. (F)	China	Marine Biotechnology	India	Karunasagar
Xu, S.	China	Biotechnology	France	Goma
Riveros, A.	Colombia	Microbial Genetics	Brazil	Padilla
Sanchez, O.P. (F)	Colombia	Microbial Genetics	Brazil	Padilla
Somarribas, A.	Costa Rica	Medicinal Plants	Netherlands	Verpoorte
Gonzales-Perez, L. (F)	Cuba	Plant Biotechnology	Spain	Pedauye
Hernandez, N.B. (F)	Cuba	Mycology	Bulgaria	Decock
Abdallah, B.	Egypt	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	Thailand	Leelananit
Chakraborty, S. (F)	India	Enteric Diseasea	USA	Donnenberg
Hirekudel, S.	India	Medical Technology	Japan	Yamasaki
Kornepati, A. (F)	India	Plant Biotechnology	Germany	Kahl
Ponnusamy	India	Environmental	USA	Goldstein
Sharma, P.C.	India	Plant Biotechnology	Germany	Kahl
Singh, R.S.	India	Plant Biotechnology	Germany	Kahl
Solomon, R.	India	Environmental Biotechnology	Canada	Legge
Vincent,S. P.	India	Molecular Microbiology	Italy	Papa
Assadi, M.M. (F)	Iran	Marine Biotechnology	USA	Shahamat
Azia, M.	Iran	Marine	USA	Robb
Mohammed, M.	Iran	Plant-Microbe Interaction	Canada	Altosaar
Kita-Tsukamoto, K. (F)	Japan	Marine Biotechnolog	USA	Colwell/Huq
Ali, A. (F)	Libya	Food Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub
Al-Dabhagh, W.	Libya	Food Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub
El-Mostapha, M.	Mauritania	BNF Technology	Senegal	Gueye
Vall	Mauritania	Dryland Biotechnology	Senegal	Samb
Campa, A.	Mexico	Medical	USA	Lotz
Robles, C.W.	Mexico	Plant Biotechnology	Peru	Vega
Adedayo, O.	Nigeria	Microbial Technology	Canada	Moo-Young
Aibinu, I.	Nigeria	Medical	Australia	Mee
Omokhafe, K.	Nigeria	Plant Biotechnology	India	Matthew
Otunola, A.	Nigeria	Microbial Bioprospecting	Canada	Moo-Young
Oyedeji, K.	Nigeria	Medical Technology	France	Megraud
Thomas, D.	Nigeria	Medical Technology	USA	Barnwell
Asgher, M.	Pakistan	Bioconversion	Canada	Moo-Young
Inam-Ul-Hag	Pakistan	Environment	Egypt	Magdoub
Mangrio, G. (F)	Pakistan	Yeast Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub
Qureshi, N	Pakistan	Environment	China	Dong
Gutierrez, R (F)	Philippines	Microbial Biodiversity	Australia	Sly
Mayo, S. (F)	Philippines	Marine	Sweden	SÖDerhall
Sylla, E.	Senegal	BNF Technology	France	Dreyfus
Heidebrecht, O.	Russia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Lehozcki
Koneva, N (F)	Russia	Microbial Ecology	France	Saint Girons
Toussaint, M. (F)	Seychelles	Water Microbiology	Madagascar	Mauclere
Kunca	Slovakia	BNF Technology	USA	Kossman
Makwarela, M	South Africa	Plant Biotech	USA	Fauquet
Wolfaardt, J.	South Africa	Microbial	USA	Ragauskas
Basha, A.N. (F)	Syria	Plant Genetics	Egypt	Madkour
Karroum	Syria	Environment	France	Disnar
Jirodia,. N.	Syria	Arid Land Biotech	Egypt	Abdelsalaam
Ramsubhag, A	Trinidad And Tobago	Microbial Genetics	Trinidad And Tobago	Ramsunhag, A
Makundi, C.N.	Tanzania	BNF Technology	Egypt	Magdoub
Al-Makklafi,H.	Yemen	Food Science	Egypt	Magdoub
Homaid, N.N.	Yemen	Food Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub
Makklaj, A.	Yemen	Food Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub
Bagash	Yemen	Food Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub

B. SPECIAL PROJECT UNESCO/AFRICA FELLOWSHIPS = 30

Based on a survey of Member States needs a UNESCO project Biotechnologies for Development in Africa was designed to upgrade research and development in national laboratories and/or centres and to promote advanced training in microbial and plant biotechnologies, with particular emphasis on young scientists and women scientists.

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1996/1997

Dibloni, O.	Burkina Faso	Plant Biotechnology	France	Bedel
Yameogo, T.	Burkina Faso	Bioprocessing	France	Goma
Betti, J.	Cameroon	BNF Technology	Belgium	Le Joly
Zapata, L. (F)	Colombia	Fermentation Technology	South Africa	Du Preez S/S
Sawyerr. C.	Ghana	Bioconversion Biotechnology	Hong Kong	Buswell S/S
Haba, M.M.	Guinee	Plant Biotechnology	China	Lou Shen Nian S/S
Miranda, I. (F)	Guinee-Bissau	Microbial Biotechnology	Senegal	Gueye S/S
Siboe, G.	Kenya	Plant Biotechnology	UK	Watts
Guindo, A.	Mali	Arid Land Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Sacko, O.	Mali	BNF Technology	Senegal	Ba S/S
Rahouti	Morocco	Industrial Biotechnology	South Africa	Prior S/S
Aboaba, O. (F)	Nigeria	Food Microbiology	UK	Mackey
Adedayo, O.	Nigeria	Bioprocess Technology	Canada	Moo-Young
Asemoto, O.	Nigeria	Plant Biotechnology	Canada	Chibber
Umubyeyi, M. (F)	Rwanda	Microbial Biomass Protein	Egypt	Magdoub S/S
Ba, A.M.	Senegal	BNF Technology	France	Plenchette
Nchimbi-Msolla, B. (F)	Tanzania	Biotechnology	USA	Myers
Enyaru, J.	Uganda	Trypanosome Genetics	UK	Gibson
Onen, G.	Uganda	Food Fermentations	Egypt	Magdoub S/S
Mazariri, C.	Zimbabwe	Industrial Biotechnology	South Africa	Prior S/S

1998/1999

Ndayiragjie, A.	Burundi	Plant Biotechnology	Belgium	Kinet
Ashun, M.D. (F)	Ghana	Plant Biotechnology	Spain	Navarro
Juvvadi, P.R.	India	Yeast Biotechnology	South Africa	Koch S/S
Tozo, S.	Togo	BNF Technology	France	Boudet
Banda, F.	Zambia	Biofertilizers	Kenya	Karanja S/S

2000/2001

Adesida, S. (F)	Benin	Microbial Process	China	Quenium
Houngnandan, P.	Benin	Plant-Microbe	France	Beunard
Ndip, I (F)	Cameroon	Environment	Ireland	Singh
Bvochora, J. (F)	Zimbabwe	Yeast Fermentation	South Africa	Kock
Mpofu, A.	Zimbabwe	Yeast Biotechnology	South Africa	Kock

C. BIOTECHNOLOGY - WOMEN, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS⁴ = 13

As part of the preparatory inputs for the U.N. World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, 1995, and with a view to emphasizing the access of women to the scientific and biotechnological education, training and research concerns, special fellowship grants were provided to promising young female researchers.

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1995

Gomes De Savaria (F)	Argentina	Biocorrosion	Brazil	Freire
Pentcheva, E. (F)	Bulgaria	Industrial	Germany	Scriven
Nikolova-Ganeva, S. (F)	Bulgaria	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Christova, K. (F)	Bulgaria	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Tzerouska, L. (F)	Bulgaria	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki
Amer, W. (F)	Egypt	Biotechnology	Italy	Rollo
Valdez, N.M. (F)	El Salvador	Biopesticide	UK	Christou
Karunasagar, I. (F)	India	Marine	USA	Colwell
Lestari, D	Indonesia	Animal	Japan	Suzuki
Amarsana, D. (F)	Mongolia	Industrial	Germany	Scriven
Zeghari, N. (F)	Morocco	Biotechnology	France	Donner
Manandhar, R. (F)	Nepal	Industrial	Germany	Scriven
Vadkertiova, R. (F)	Slovakia	Culture Collections	Hungary	Tornai-Lehoczki

D. UNESCO/IPALAC FELLOWSHIPS⁵ = 18

To assist in the launching of the International Programme for Arid Land Crops (IPALAC) in 1994-1995 under the aegis of UNESCO, carried out under the co-ordination of the Institute for Agriculture and Applied Biology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ber Sheva, Israel, UNESCO biotechnology fellowship grants were made available to young researchers to contribute to the combating of desertification and the improvement of agricultural productivity in arid and semi-arid lands through the application of appropriate techniques and the transfer of germplasm of multi purpose plant species within the framework of arid and semi-arid land management in Africa.

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1996/1997

Ky-Dembele, C.(F)	Burkina-Faso	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Pizongo, J.	Burkina-Faso	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Ngongo-Mbede, V. (F)	Cameroon	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Yeboah, G.	Ghana	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Mwania	Kenya	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Goita, M.	Mali	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Kone, B.	Mali	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Guindo, A.B.	Mali	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Sidibe, D.	Mali	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Hassan, M.	Niger	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Gworgwor, N.A.	Nigeria	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Diatta, M.	Senegal	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Sene, M.	Senegal	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Nalitolela, A.	Tanzania	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Joshi, V.	Venezuela	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Bean, C.	Zambia	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Murata, M.	Zimbabwe	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak
Mukahlera, T.	Zimbabwe	Desert Biotechnology	Israel	Pasternak

E. NITROGEN FIXATION FELLOWSHIPS⁶ = 17

Special fellowship grants were made available to implement training and research activities within the framework of the project on Biotechnologies for Development in Africa and to emphasize the utility of the nitrogen-fixation process in the environmental and food production technologies.

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1996/1997

Kober, M. (F)	Brazil	Nitrogen-Fixation	USA	Van Berkum
Feng, R.	China	Nitrogen-Fixation	USA	Van Berkum
Wan, J.	China	Nitrogen-Fixation	USA	Van Berkum
Xu, Z.	China	Nitrogen-Fixation	Spain	Pineda
Martinez, S. (F)	Colombia	Nitrogen-Fixation	Brazil	Freire
Granados, J.	Cuba	Nitrogen-Fixation	Canada	Prevost
Chincholkar, S.	India	Nitrogen-Fixation	France	Meyer
Founouke, S.	Morocco	Nitrogen-Fixation	Senegal	Ba
Mafara, D. (F)	Niger	Nitrogen-Fixation	Senegal	Gueye
Uzma, H. (F)	Pakistan	Nitrogen-Fixation	France	Elmerich
Abdalla, M. (F)	Sudan	Nitrogen-Fixation	Kenya	Karanja
Neirotti, F.	Uruguay	Nitrogen-Fixation	Brazil	Freire
Mumbela, K.	Zambia	Nitrogen-Fixation	Brazil	Freire

2000/2001

Nemaia, E.	Niue	Nitrogen-Fixation	Australia	Kennedy
Wainiqolo, J.	Fiji	Nitrogen-Fixation	Australia	Kennedy
Hunter, D.	Samoa, W.	Nitrogen-Fixation	Australia	Kennedy
Halavatau, S.	Tonga	Nitrogen-Fixation	Australia	Kennedy

F. MIRCEN MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS⁷ = 15

A limited number of short-term fellowships focusing more on the molecular aspects of microbiology are made available each biennium.

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1996/1997

Yancheva, G. (F)	Bulgaria	Plant Biotechnology	UK	Elliot
Ramcharan, E.	Guyana	Molecular Biology	USA	Herman Boh/Kornhauser³
Aman, R.A.	Kenya	Environmental Biotechnology	Germany	Moore⁸
Amrani, L. (F)	Morocco	Molecular Biology	France	Scazzocchio
Smouni, A.	Morocco	BNF Technology	France	Duhoux
Ozer, T.	Turkey	Molecular Biology	USA	Packer

1998/1999

Diallo, B. (F)	Niger	Biotechnology	Spain	Mayor

2000/2001

Xhemalce, B. (F)	Albania	Molecular Biology	France	Couraud
Bahloul, A.	Algeria	Molecular Biology	France	Rouviere-Yaniv
Pantoja, D.P.	Chile	Molecular Biology	Spain	Lorenzo
Gonzalez, G.R.	Cuba	Plant Biotechnology	France	Tepfer
Solomon, R.	India	Molecular Microbiology	Canada	Legge
Wazne, D.	Lebanon	Medical	France	Beydoun
Asuquo, A.	Nigeria	Medical Microbiology	USA	Shinnick
Thomas, B.	Nigeria	Medical	USA	Barnwell

G. UNESCO/ASM⁹FELLOWSHIPS = 47

Purpose of the award: The UNESCO-ASM Travel Awards are given to provide the opportunity for promising young investigators throughout the world to travel to another country or a distant site to obtain expertise in a method, procedure, or specific topic. Such knowledge should not be available in their own laboratories and should be needed for application to work in their own laboratories and countries. The award is not intended to provide travel to obtain a degree at the host institution.

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1996/1997

Silberstein, E. (F)	Argentina	Immunology	USA	Kaplan
Alam, M	Bangladesh	Marine Biotechnology	USA	Colwell
Rivera, I. (F)	Brazil	Marine Biotechnology	USA	Colwell
Durrant, L. (F)	Brazil	Bioremediation	USA	Mcbride
Sun, M.	China	Bioprocess Technology	Canada	Moo-Young
El-Sawy, M.	Egypt	Microbial Genetics	USA	Hadidi
Ramaiah, N.	India	Microbial Technology	USA	Colwell
Mukhtar, M.	Pakistan	Gene Therapy	Portugal	Pahla
Gil Merino, A. (F)	Peru	Marine Biotechnology	USA	Colwell
Babaran, V. (F)	Philippines	Culture Collections	Japan	Nakase
Florese , R. (F)	Philippines	Fermentation	Australia	Sly
Cieklinska, M. (F)	Poland	Taxonomy	UK	Turnbull
Zalar, P. (F)	Slovenia	Mycology	UK	Allsopp
Vijaranakul, U.	Thailand	Microbial Physiology	Germany	Gotz
Medina, M.(F)	Venezuela	Culture Collections	Hungary	Deak

1998/1999

Shen, D.	China	Antimicrobial	USA	Jones
Gomez, B (F)	Colombia	Detection Of P.Brasiliensis	USA	Casdevall
Wang,H	China	Beta-Lactamase	USA	Levy
Valdez-Ramirev, O.	Cuba	Immunology	Spain	Mecero
Mitra, R.	India	Genetics Of V. Cholerae	USA	Berg
Mohamdi, M.	Iran	Immunology	USA	Lehman
Martinez-Flores, I.	Mexico	Enzymology	Poland	Hamilton
Ibenegbu, C.	Nigeria	Lactic Acid Bacteria	Egypt	Magdoub
Calaor, A.	Philippines	Immunology	USA	Miranda
Mangalonzo-De Jesus, S. (F)	Philippines	Microbial Diversity	Australia	Mackenzie
Breles-Marino, G. (F)	Puerto Rico	Microbial Genetics	Spain	Bedmar
Bogdanovitch, T. (F)	Russia	Antimicrobials	Finland	Stratchounski
Makeeva, A.P. (F)	Russia	Fungal Taxonomy	Hungary	Lehoczki
Srinorakutara, T.	Thailand	Bioreactor Kinetics	Japan	Toshiomi
Thorvatiana-Montri P.K.	Thailand	Lactic Acid Bacteria	Belgium	Janssens
Durmaz, R	Turkey	Virology	USA	Cave

2000/2001

Adje, C. (F)	Cote d'Ivoire	Diagnostic Virology	USA	Heneine
Rodriguez, S.	Cuba	Parasitology	UK	Croft
Chowdhury, N. (F)	India	Microbial Genetics	USA	Morris
Garg, P. (F)	India	Epidemiology	USA	Morris
Joshi, S. (F)	India	Diagnostic Microbiology	USA	Bollinger
Katoch, A (F)	India	Microbial Genetics	USA	Herschlag
Khetawat, D (F)	India	Virology	USA	Broder
Singh , N (F)	India	Algology	Israel	Vonshak
Torres, L.	Mexico	Biotechnology	USA	Gilroy
Alakpa, E.	Nigeria	Immunology	Denmark	Andersen
Bagsic-Opulencia, R. (F)	Philippines	Plant Biotechnology	Australia	Fegan
Tuason, M.M. (F)	Philippines	Plant Pathology	USA	Leach
Tchoulanov, V.	Russia	PCR Technology	Germany	Wolfram
Melnicakova, J. (F)	Slovakia	Virology	USA	Heinzen
Hallwirth, C.V.	South Africa	Virology	USA	Palmarini
Vizzi, E (F)	Venezuela	Immunology	USA	Estes

H. UNESCO/IUMS¹⁰/SGM¹¹FELLOWSHIPS = 26

The UNESCO-IUMS-MIRCEN short-term fellowship is a co-operative scheme between three nodal organizations to provide an opportunity to young microbiologist from a developing country to pursue, or to complete, a part of an on-going research programme in a laboratory in a developed country. Microbiologists in developing countries aggressively pursuing research, often reach a facility cul de sac where research plans cannot be

accomplished for want of materials, equipments or facilities. The UNESCO-IUMS-MIRCENS short-term fellowship is designated to ease these problems for deserving microbiologists from developing countries to enable them to overcome their research bottlenecks in an establishment which could provide the basic infrastructural facilities and intellectual inputs.

Since 1998, the Society of General Microbiology of the United Kingdom became the third nodal organization in the UNESCO/IUMS/MIRCEN fellowship scheme thereby enriching and expanding the available training opportunities for researchers from especially the developing countries.

Candidate	Country of Origin	Fields of study	Host Institutions	Professor

1996/1997

Ndumbe, P.	Cameroon	Diagnostic Virology	France	Kirn
Ndumbe, P.	Cameroon	Virology	France	Van Regenmortel
Lisano, S.	Costa Rica	Structural Biology	Mexico	Possani
N'guessan, K.	Cote d'Ivoire	Rice Virus	France	Fargette
Gonzalez, M.	Cuba	Enteric Infections	India	Nair
Gonzalez, M.I (F)	Cuba	Marine Biotechnology	Peru	Gil S/S
Jimenez, V.R.C.	Mexico	Epidemiology	USA	Blaser
Jardine, A.	South Africa	Vaccines	France	Van Regenmortel

1998/1999

Bouriako, I.A.	Belarus	Lactic Acid Bacteria	USA	Ray
Mine, O.O.	Botswana	Veterinary Biotechnology	Australia	Carneige
Li, Wen (F)	China	Protozoology	USA	Kasper
Arango, P.V.	Colombia	Mushroomlogy	Hungary (China)	Buswell
Traore, B.	Guinee	Bioconversion Technology	China	Xiao
Chattopadhyay, D.	India	Microbial Physiology	USA	Mitra
Kassim, M.B.	Iraq	Microbial Biotechnology	Egypt	Magdoub
Ezeronye, O.U.	Nigeria	Fermentations	South Africa	Prior
Moutouo-Okafor	Nigeria	Pathogenic Fungi	USA	Roberts
Salif, B.	Senegal	BNF Technology	Senegal	Dreyfus
Toure, O.	Senegal	Soil Inoculants	Kenya	Karanja
Popa, E. (F)	Romania	Conservation Of Microorganisms	Hungary	Lehoczki

2000/2001

Jun-Xhe, M. (F)	China	Ecology Of Marine Algae	USA	Yarish
Lin Yun (F)	China	Marine Biotechnology	Belgium	Swings
Delgado G.T.	Cuba	Conservation Of Fungal Diversity	Belgium	Decock
Abdel-Aziz, N. (F)	Egypt	Fungal Physiology	UK	Butt
Ukponrefe, E.O.	Liberia	Enteric Diseases	Netherlands	Loeber
Ngoc, P.T. (F)	Vietnam	Culture Collection And Taxonomy Of Lactobacilli	Japan	Benno

II. UNESCO/MIRCEN PROFESSORSHIP SCHEME

The UNESCO/MIRCEN Professorship are designated to allow the biotechnological community in the least developed countries to invite eminent biotechnologists, from either the developed or developing countries, to function as "mobile lecturers" to lecture and/or conduct laboratory experiments in the chosen field of biotechnology at the host institution.

Name	Country of Origin		Host Country		Field of Specialization
1992 Awards

Thomas, T.	UK		South Africa		Biotechnology

1993 Awards

Moritz, V.	Brazil		Chile		Bioengineering
Borzani, W.	Brazil		Chile		Bioengineering
Liomonta, M.	Cuba		Chile		Bioengineering

1994 Awards

Cohen, E.	Israel		Morocco		Marine Biotechnology

1995 Awards

Doelle, H.W.	Australia		Vietnam		Fermentation Technology⁴
Hinostroza-Orihuela	Belgium		Peru		Plant Biotechnology
Dakang, S.	China		Vietnam		Industrial Biotechnology
Chang, S.T.	Hong Kong		Slovenia		Mushroom Production
Zaritsky, A.	Israel		China		Biocontrol of Malaria
Keya, S.	Kenya		South Africa		Biofertilizer Technology
Vrtancik, M.	Slovenia		Tunisia, Kenya		Agrogel/fertiliser⁴
Kornhauser, A.	Slovenia		Swaziland		Biopesticide⁴
Linacre, A.	UK		Kenya		Forensic Biotechnology
Linacre, A.	UK		Kenya		Forensic Biotechnology

1996/1997 Awards

Chang, S.T.		China	Bioconversion Technology	University of Namibia, Namibia
Chet, I.		Israel	Environmental Biotechnology	Rabat University, institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Morocco
Tindall, B.J.		UK.	Microbial Systematics	University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya⁸
Moore, E.R.		USA	Microbial Biodiversity	University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya⁸
Bialy, H.		USA	Bioinformatics	National University of Mexico, Mexico

1998/1999 Awards

Dakang, S.		China	Vietnam	Industrial Biotechnology

2000/2001 Awards

Xu, H.		China	Marine Biotechnology	Department of Microbiology, University of Agriculture Sciences, Mangalore, India.
Baydoun, E.		Lebanon	Molecular Biology	Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

III. UNESCO-ASM VISITING RESOURCE PERSON PROGRAM --THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY-UNESCO JOINT PROGRAM: VISITING UNESCO-ASM RESOURCE PERSON PROGRAM

Members of the ASM who will be visiting developing nations on academic or other business can arrange to spend a day with colleagues at a University or Research Institute in a major city. UNESCO has provided ASM with funds to cover the cost of the extra day's stay in that nation. The ASM member is expected to present a seminar to faculty and students in the institution and to spend the rest of the visit as a resource person discussing novel ideas for scientific research, curriculum development and international co-operation with local faculty and students.

Resource Person¹²	Host Institute and Country Visited	Speciality	Nationality/Country of Residence
1999

S. Jalal	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Control, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Medical Microbiology	Sweden resident
N. Kumar	SPIC Science Foundation, Madras, India Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India Tuberculosis Research Center All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India B.J. Medical College, Pune, India	Plasmodium species	U.S.A. resident
M. Jain	Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India	Environmental Microbiology	U.S.A. resident
Y. Kimura	Zheijiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China	Medical Microbiology	Japan
O. Ogunseitan	Esa-Oke College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Nigeria	Molecular Microbial Ecology	U.S.A. resident
M. Johnson-Thompson	Naguchi Memorial Institute, Legon, Nigeria	Environmental Microbiology	U.S.A.
S. Lerner	Medical School of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Vietnam Center for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Medical Microbiology	U.S.A.

2000

E. Reiss	University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto Nacional de Enfermidades Infecciosas, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Medical Microbiology	U.S.A.
A-C, Labbe (F)	Université du Mali,Mal	Clinical Microbiology	Canada
S. Lerner	University of Malaysia School of Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malyasia Queen Elizabeth Hospital,Hong Kon	Medical Microbiology	U.S.A.
X. Li	HuaZhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China	Agriculture	Canada resident
V. Singh	Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Barailly, India	Veterinary	U.S.A resident
M. Cushion (F)	Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile	Environmental Microbiology	U.S.A.
C. Wendakoon (F)	University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka	Medical Microbiology	Canada resident
J. Douthwright (F)	University of Havana, Havana, Cuba Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba	Microbiology Education	U.S.A.

2001

T.P. Gillis	Department of Life Sciences, Madurai University, Madurai, India	Vaccines	U.S.A.
D. Bachoon	Department of Biotechnology, University of the West Indies, Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobag	Bioremediation	U.S.A.
S. Lal	Institute of Health and Community Medicine, Kuching, University of Malaysia, Malaysia	Molecular Biology	India
	School of Science and Technology, Kota Kinabalu, University of Malaysia, Malaysia	Molecular biology
	Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology National University of Singapore, Singapore	Molecular and Cell Biology Molecular Biology
P. Wang	Schools of Life Sciences,and of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China	Bioclean Technologies	U.S.A.
	Department of Microbiology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
O. Bagsara	National Institute of Hygiene, Rabat, Morocco	Biotechnology	U.S.A resident
	Institut Pasteur, Casablanca, Morocco
S. Boppana	All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India	Medical sciences	U.S.A. resident
J.A. Heiemann	Fundacion Lusara para la Investigaciôn Cientifica, Mexico City, Mexico	Genetics and Antibiotic Resistance	New Zealand
A.S. Mustafa	Central Drug Research Insitute, Lucknow, India Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow, India	Medical Microbiology	Kuwait
	All-India Instiyute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi, India School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi India International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,New Delhi, India
A.A. Omri	Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Université de Tunis,Tunisia	Pharmacology	U.S.A. resident

IV. NAS/ASM/MIRCEN PROGRAM

Through the framework of co-operation with UNESCO and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in the MIRCEN program, this program is funded entirely by a NAS/ASM grant in direct interaction with the individual MIRCEN laboratories. It is administered by the International Committee of the American Society for Microbiology. Special grants have been made available since 1987 by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences through the ASM.

YEAR	PROGRAMME ACTIVITY	MIRCEN(S) LOCATION
1987	Support to Inter-MIRCEN project activities
	Organization of an Inter-MIRCEN training course on Microbial Physiology and Ecological Implications" in conjunction with First Latin American Conference on Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology	Tucuman, Argentina
	Support to Inter-MIRCEN co-operation in biological nitrogen-fixation	Nairobi, Kenya, Bambey, Senegal, and Niftal MIRCEN, Hawaii, USA
	Support to Inter-MIRCEN activities in the field of biological nitrogen-fixation, with special emphasis on rhizobiology	Niftal MIRCEN, USA, Rabat, Morocco, and Montevideo, Uruguay
	Support to MIRCEN activities in the field of Marine Biotechnology for joint research and training activities between the University of Maryland (USA), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), and the Shandong College of Oceanography, Qingdao (China)	Hong Kong, China, Maryland, USA
	Support to participation of MIRCEN Directors for Program Evaluation and Formulation at the XIV International Congress of Microbiology at Manchester, UK
	Dr. F. Sineriz	Tucuman, Argentina
	Dr. M. Gueye	Bambey, Senegal
	MIRCEN Research Grants
	For research to nine MIRCEN co-operating laboratories in Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gambia, Hong Kong, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone, for work in fields pertaining to speciality of the Bangkok (2), Dakar (2), Nairobi (3) and Porto Alegre (2) MIRCEN
1988	Support Inter-MIRCEN research projects
	Support for a co-operative research project between the MIRCENs	Bangkok, Thailand, and Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Support for a co-operative research project between the MIRCEN laboratories in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, and Hong Kong
	Support for a co-operative research project between the Cairo MIRCEN and the co-operating MIRCEN laboratory in Sudan
	MIRCEN Research Grants
	Support for the promotion of research at co-operating MIRCEN laboratories in the field of biological nitrogen-fixation, food fermentations, biomass conversion, marine microbiology, and culture collections
	MIRCEN Research Grants to ten MIRCEN co-operating laboratories for work in fields pertaining to speciality of the MIRCEN concerned.
1991	Support Inter-MIRCEN research projects
	Support for research/training activities in food microbiology and biotechnology	Cairo, Egypt
	Support for research/training activities at the	Porto Alegre, Brazil
	MIRCEN Research/Training Grants
	for research/training to five MIRCEN co-operating laboratories for studies on : Cell Culture System for the study of Viral Insecticides (Malaysia)
	Isolation and Identification of the thermophilic Dematiaceous Mould from Indonesian soils (Indonesia)
	Preliminary studies of the Antimicrobial activity of selected Philippians plants ( Philippines, Thailand)
	Culture Collections and Breeding of Edible Mushrooms (Hong Kong)
1992	Support for MIRCEN research/training activities in specialized culture collections in SE Asia	Bangkok, Thailand
	Support for research/training activities bioconversions of organic waste materials into edible protein in north and central Asia	Hong Kong
	of Ms.C. Ruradama (Burundi) in NifTal projectand towards training course on Inoculant production and quality control	Hawaii, USA
1993	Support for MIRCEN research activities
	in culture collections	Beijing, China
	in waste utilization of spent grain of brewing malt for cultivation of edible mushrooms	Hong Kong
	in screening and characterization of petroleum hydrocarbon degrading bacteria for degradation of oil wastes, and media optimization for antifungal production of selected actinomycetes	Bangkok, Thailand
	on recovery and utilization of food plants fluid wastes to produce ethyl alcohol	Cairo, Egypt
	Support for research on alcohol production	Tucuman, Argentina
1994	Support to training Course on Environmental Microbiology at Cairo MIRCEN in collaboration with Maryland MIRCEN	Cairo, Egypt
	NifTAL MIRCEN collaborative support to Nairobi MIRCEN in inoculant production	Hawaii, USA
	Provision of five short-term fellowships to extend training period on the MIRCEN Fellowship Program in the region of SE Asia	Bangkok, Thailand, & Hong Kong
1995	Provision of fellowships for research studies at MIRCENS on :
	Identification of Rhizobia strains using serological techniques (Nairobi MIRCEN)	Nairobi,Kenya
	Improved methods for inoculant quality control (Porto Alegre MIRCEN)	Porto Alegre,Brazil
	Cryopreservation of microalgal strains and familiarization with the management of a culture collection (Bangladesh WDC MIRCENS)	Thailand, Japan
	DNA sequences in Rhizobia strains obtained from nodules with acacia (Dakar MIRCEN)	Dakar, Senegal
	Joint UNESCO/ASM/AAM* /MIRCEN Symposium in Washington D.C., USA, December 1995	ASM Headquarters, Washington, USA
1996	Support to MIRCEN research projects
	Control of Plant Pathogenic Fungus, Macrophomina phaseolina by microalgal extract	Bangkok, Thailand
	Biodiversity and Ecology of Yeast in Agroecosystems	Budapest, Hungary
	General aspects of available biotechnological systems for sustainable development of the Pacific Island nations	Brisbane, Australia
	Identification of strains of Pseudomonas solancearum in Trinidad & Tobago	Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
	Toxic waste management and development of cleaner processes and products	Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Antimicrobial compounds from heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria	Tucuman, Argentina
1997	Support to MIRCEN research projects
	The evaluation of nitrogen fixing potential of the indigenous rhizobia and the determination of the taxonomic position of these strains within the group Rhizobiaceae	Dakar, Senegal
	Population Diversity of Bradyrhizobia in some Kenyan Soils	Nairobi, Kenya
	Assessment of the effect of storage and transportation on multistrain soybean inoculants in some parts of Zambia through the co-operating MIRCEN laboratory in Zambia and within the framework of the Nairobi MIRCEN network	Lusaka, Zambia
	The Influence of Tapioc Starch on the Growth, the Activity of Glucoamylase and Pigments Production of Monascus purpureus UKSW40 on Soybean Soaking Water through the co-operating MIRCEN laboratory in Indonesia and within the framework of the Bangkok MIRCEN network	Jakarta, Indonesia
1999	Support to MIRCEN research and training activities
	Training Course: Aquatic Microbiology & Fish Microbial Diseases	Bhubaneshwar, India
	Research project: Comparison of the Microbial Biodiversity in Pristine & Contaminated Soil Systems	Tucuman, Argentina
	Research project: Resource Evaluation & Modern Taxonomic Methodology of Cryptogams - Microbial Technology	Beijing, China
	Research project: Improvement of Nitrogen-Fixation in Common Bean	Dakar, Senegal
	Workshop: University-Industry Co-operation at Postgraduate Level	Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Training Course: Molecular Techniques for Rapid Detection of Pathogens Associated with Aquatic Animals	Mangalore, India
2000	Support to MIRCEN research projects
	Research project: Population diversity of Bradyrhizobia in some Kenyan soils - Rhizobium MIRCEN, Kenya	Nairobi, Kenya
	Research project: The effect of microalgal extract on cotton ballworm plants in Thailand - Fermentation, Food and Waste Recycling MIRCEN, Thailand	Bangkok, Thailand
	Research project: Application of PCR-RFLP technique in a competition study of rhizobial strains nodulating Stylosanthes sp in a Senegal soil - Rhizobium MIRCEN - Senegal	Dakar, Senegal
	Research project: Bioprospecting for antimicrobial compounds in Senna alata: an indigenous herb used for the treatment of various diseases in West Africa - Biotechnology MIRCEN, Canada	Waterloo, Canada
	Research project: Survey of native populations of Entomopathogenic Nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria from Costa Rica - Microbial Gene Prospecting MIRCEN, Costa Rica	San Jose, Costa Rica
2001	Support to MIRCEN research projects
	Research Project : Construction, screening and sequencing of genomic libraries of quitinolytic bacteria from caterpillar guts	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Research Project : Antimicrobial activities of cationic peptides derived from tropical snake venom phopholipases A2	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Research Project :Characterization of the intracellular antigenic repertoire of Brucella abortus	San Jose, Costa Rica
	Research Project : Styloxanthes hamata and its Associated rhizobial strains for soilenrichment in Senegal	Dakar, Senegal

V. UNESCO support for launch of the ASM Global Outreach programme

The American Society for Microbiology, in recognition of the significant challenges faced by scientists in developing countries, is pleased to announce the launch of a new programme designed to facilitate broader participation of scientists from the non-industrialised countries in the global microbiological community. This Global Outreach Programme , which is being supported by UNESCO, will offer full on-line journal access to qualified candidates in designated least developed countries without regard to financial need through free non-transferable ASM membership which becomes effective on 1^st January 2002. The list will be reviewed annually by the donor of the journals.

For purposes of narrowing the biotechnological divide between the industrialised and least developed countries identified in the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) researchers in the following 33 countries will be beneficiaries of the programme: Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia.

The program is specifically directed at individuals. Institutions do not qualify for either membership or online journals which are as follows:

· Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
· Applied and Environmental Microbiology
· Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
· Clinical Microbiology Reviews
· Eukaryotic Cell
· Infection and Immunity
· Journal of Bacteriology
· Journal of Clinical Microbiology
· Journal of Virology
· Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
· Molecular and Cell Biology
· Mini Review Collection of all Journals

VI. WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The of Microbiology and Biotechnology, the Official Journal of the UNESCO MIRCEN Network. which publishes original research papers relating to all aspects of applied microbiology and biotechnology. Public health, food supplies, waste management, pollution and agriculture are amongst the areas addressed. Environmental issues as well as microbiological and biotechnological solutions to global problems are also important topics falling within the scope of the Journal which is published bimonthly by Kluwer Academic Publishers.

75 beneficiary institutes of gift subscriptions are in Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Swaziland, Tanzania Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tonga, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe

VII. DIGITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Since the start of the MIRCEN network in 1975, and its expansion through the decades to date, UNESCO has pioneered the development of libraries as a source of standard teaching texts, technical reprints, reference journals, experimental guidelines and protocols, CD-ROM discs, video tapes, etc. These efforts by UNESCO, in addition to those described in Section IV (above), and those that follow in Section IX (below), have helped break the barrier of isolation in conduction of research, have helped increase scientific communication and exchange of research ideas and results, and promote access to reference databases and technical knowledge across geographical frontiers. Table I (a, b) below provides a brief report of the range of scientific texts and journals that have been mobilised over two decades, at an average estimate cost of US$25,000 , to MIRCEN libraries in the developing world.

Complementary actions involve the following:

Sponsoring and supporting the EJB Electronic Journal of Biotechnology to make available online (biotec@ucv.cl) and by invitation commentaries on specific themes e.g. GMOs and Development that are of particular interest to the developing countries. In addition the EJB Electronic Journal of Biotechnology provides its contents through CD ROM discs as a means of breaking the barrier of isolation encountered by the least developed countries (LDCs) in their quest for contemporary microbiological and biotechnological knowledge; furthering research interest, and updating technical knowledge for education and teaching purposes. Beneficiaries in this scheme are listed below:

The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Dr. Qudrat-Kuda Road Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Renewable Natural Resources Research Centre Forest Research Unit Ministry of Agriculture, Thimphu Bhutan
Monsieur le Directeur Département de Biochimie-Microbiologie Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FAST) Centre de Recherche en Sciences Biologiques, Alimentaires et Nutritionnelles Université de Ouagadougou, 03 B.P. 7021 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso	Monsieur le Directeur Département de Microbiologie/Biotechnologie Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi Bujumbura Burundi
Monsieur le Directeur Département de Biochimie-Microbiologie Royal University of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh Cambodia	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology University Marien Ngouabi Brazzaville Congo
The Director Department of Clinical Microbiology Addis Ababa University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Debre Zeit Ethiopia	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Soil Laboratory Yundum Experimental Station Yundum Gambia
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Centre for Agricultural Research and Documentation Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine State University of Haiti P.O. Box 1441, National Road No. 1 Port-au-Prince Haiti	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology The National Research Institute for Educational Sciences Mahosot Street Vientiane Lao People's Democratic Republic
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Faculty of Sciences University of Antananarivo P.O. Box 906 Antananarivo Madagascar	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Chitedze Agricultural Research Station P.O. Box 158 Lilongwe Malawi
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Faculty of Sciences, University of Nouackchott Nouackchott Mauritania	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Eduardo Mondlane University P.O. Box 257, Maputo Mozambique
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Tribhuvan University Kathmandu Nepal	Monsieur le Directeur Département des Productions Végétales Faculté d'Agronomie Université de Niamey, Niamey Niger
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Faculty of Sciences, UNR, P.O. Box 117, Butare Rwanda	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Njala University College University of Sierra Leone Freetown Sierra Leone
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P.O. Box G13 Honiara Solomon Islands	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology College of Biological Sciences and Animal Production Sudan University of Science and Technology P.O. Box 204 North-Kuku Sudan
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Faculty of Sciences University of Benin Lomé Togo	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062 Kampala Uganda
The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Tissue Culture Unit University of South Pacific Apia Western Samoa	The Director Department of Microbiology/Biotechnology Sana'a University Faculty of Agriculture P.O. Box 13020 Sana'a Yemen
The Director Department of Soil Science Sokoine University of Agriculture Morogoro Tanzania	Ministry of Science and Culture C.P. 350 Praia Cape Verde
Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources Plant Genetic Resources Development Section Grand Anse P.O. Box 166, Victoria Mahe Republic of Seychelles Seychelles	Ministère de l'Education, de la Culture et de la Jeunesse C.P. 41 Sao Tome and Principe
Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Environment Department of Environment P.O. Box 2131 Government Buildings Suva Fiji	Ministry of Environment and Social Development Environment Unit P.O. Box 234 Bikeibeu Tarawa Kiribati
Ministry of Planning, Human Resources and Environment Environmental Research Unit Ghazee Buildings Malé 20-05 Maldives	Ministry of Education P.O. Box 3 Majuro Marshall Islands
Regional Tissue Culture Adviser Pacific Regional Agricultural Programme University of the South Pacific Apia Western Samoa	Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P.O. Box G13 Honiara Solomon Islands
Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture Department of Education Private Mail Bag Vaiaku, Funafuti Tuvalu	Ministry of Education P.O. Box 61 Nuku'alofa Tonga
Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment Forestry and Wildlife Division Botanical Gardens Roseau Dominica	Ministry of Education Young Street St. Georges Grenada
The University Centre c/o Ministry of Education, Labour and Social Security Cayon Street P.O. Box 333 Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment 5th Floor, Block A, NIS Building Castries Saint Lucia
Bishops College c/o Ministry of Education, Culture Youth and Women's Affairs Kingstown St. Vincent and the Grenadines	National Institute for Environment and Development Flustraat 35 Paramaribo Suriname
Directeur Général Direction Générale de L'Environnement Ministère du Développement Rural, de la Pêche et de l'Environnement B.P. 876 Moroni Comores

Through co-operation with the Research and Information System (RIS) for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries, gift copies of the RIS Biotechnology and Development Review are made available to 75 beneficiary institutes in Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Swaziland, Tanzania Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tonga, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Other complementary teaching materials and aids distributed within the MIRCEN network and co-operating laboratories are:

An international Internet Course (http://www.icaiti.org) on : Biochemical Engineering Applications in Environmental Biotechnology and Cleaner Production held at Antigua & Panajachel, Guatemala, 18-29 September 1995, and sponsored by the Guatemala MIRCEN, UNEP, UNU, UNIDO/UNDP, IUM and COBIOTECH (Scientific Committee for Biotechnology of the International Council for Science (ICSU), and the International Organization for Biotechnology & Bioengineering (IOBB), includes laboratory protocols, and 60 lectures on environmental microbiology covering waste treatment engineering, environmental risk assessment, biochemical engineering applied to cleaner production concepts and case studies and environmental economics.

- Slide set on Les Mycorrhizes (prepared through UNESCO/INRA co-operation)

- Video tapes (prepared by Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland, on Microbial Control of Flies, Microcomputers in Biotechnology, Leaching of Microbial Ores), etc

- Brochure on Biotechnology for All

- Book: Biotechnological Intellectual Property at Universities -scientific, technological, economic, legal and ethical aspects

- CD ROM discs (prepared by Ljubljana MIRCEN, Slovenia) on:

-Bioinformatics
-Development and Application of Non-Toxic Pesticide
-Information Methods in Biotechnology
-The Integrating Triangle
-Microencapsulation -Promising technology for developing new products by university-
industry co-operation
-Mushroom Biotechnology - Ganoderma Database
-Toxic Waste Management
-Water pollution by wastes with high toxicity for bio-systems
-Biotechnology and Globalization (prepared by Dr. E. DaSilva)

VIII. EQUIPMENT

With a view to upgrading the research infrastructure and training facilities in academic and research institutions in developing countries, light laboratory equipment and reagents have been provided within the framework of available funds:

1995 - 1999

Item	Beneficiary

1995 - 1997

Portable Electronic Note Book Electronic Conductivity Meter Portable Electronic pH meter	Centre for Strategic, Environmental and Biological Resources, MARDI, Petit Surat 12301, Pejebat Besar Pas, 50774, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NifTAL-Type Fermented for Mass Culture of Rhizobia	Laboratory of Soil Microbiology Institut Supérieur de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée, B.P. 241, Bamako, Mali
Provision of laboratory reagents and glassware	MIRCEN, Department of Biotechnology Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Teheran, Iran
Culture collection equipment and accessories	Department of Biology University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko, Papua New Guinea
Technical and Financial Support to Production of Books on Toxic Waste Management and The Integrating Triangle	Biotechnological Information Exchange System (BITES) MIRCEN, UNESCO International Centre for Chemical Studies, P.O. Box 18/1, 61001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Freeze-Dryer - Lyophilizer	Department of Microbiology University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa
Plant Tissue-culture accessories	Plant Tissue Culture Unit University of the South Pacific Apia, Western Samoa
1998 - 1999

Small-scale equipment and laboratory agents for food microbiology	Multidisciplinary Research Unit for Food in Nutrition,Faculté des Sciences Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo

Table 1(a) Examples of Reference Texts made available to the MIRCEN libraries located in the developing countries*

YEAR	TITLE	PUBLISHER/PRESS	VALUE	REMARKS
1986	Molecular Cloning of Hormone Genes	Humana Press	$65
1986	Introduction to Aroma Research	Kluwer Academic	$89
1986	Chromatographic Methods	Chapman and Hall	£12.95
1986	ORE Geology	Chapman and Hall	£19.50
1986	Thermochemical Data Organic Compounds	Associated Book Publishers	£55
1988	Biotechnology in Agriculture	Alan R. Liss. Inc.	$96
1988	Characterization of Proteins	Humana Press	$79.50
1988	Upstream Processes: Equipment and Techniques	Alan R. Liss, Inc.	$64
1988	Downstream Processes: Equipment and Techniques	Alan R. Liss, Inc.	$96
1989	Monoclonal Antibodies : Production and Application	Alan R. Liss. Inc.	$96
1989	Biosensors : Application in Medicine, Environmental Protection and Process Control	VCH Weinheim	£45.95
1989	DNA Repair Mechanisms and Their Biological Implications in Mammalian Cells	Plenum Press	£129.50
1990	Monoclonal Antibodies	Cambridge University Press	$105
1991	Methods in Molecular Biology - Vol 7: Gene Transfer and Expression Protocols	Humana Press	$69.50
1991	Handbook of Laboratory Health	Kluwer Academic	$135
1991	Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Worldwide	Stockton Press
1992	10 Years Plant Molecular Biology	Kluwer Academic	$65
1992	The Photosynthetic Bacterial Reaction Center II (Structure, Spectroscopy, and Dynamics)	Plenum Press	$110
1992	Analytical Techniques in Immunochemistry	Marcel Dekker, Inc.	$144
1992	Pseudomonas (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)	ASM Press	$90
1992	Biotechnology: Economic and Social Aspects	Cambridge University Press	£45
1992	Lipid Analysis: A Practical Approach	Oxford University Press	£25
1992	Genetic Engineering	Plenum Press	$69.50
1992	Biodegradation and Bioremediation	HBJ Publisher
1992	Immunoassay Automation	HBJ Publisher
1992	Microbial Control of Pollution	Cambridge University Press
1993	Enzymatic Analysis	Humana Press	$70
1993	The Eukaryotic Genome	Cambridge University Press	$120
1993	Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems	CAB International	$38
1993	Cytometry	John Wiley	£39.95
1993	Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis	Plenum Press	$105
1993	The Molecular Biology of Flowering	CAB International	£45
1993	Pollution, Ecology & Biotreatment	Longman	£19.99
1993	Insect Cell Culture Engineering	Marcel Dekker Inc.	$115
1993	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	Plenum Press	$102
1993	Methods: Protein Analysis	Plenum Press	$95.40
1993	Bacterial Growth	Plenum Press	$115
1993	Biotechnology	Plenum Press
1993	Methods: Protein Chemistry	Plenum Press	$79.50
1993	Life Sciences	Plenum Press	£129.50
1993	Techniques in Protein Chemistry	HBJ Publisher
1993	Viruses and Virus-Like Agents in Disease	Karger
1993	Essays in Biotechnology
1993	Footprinting of Nucleic Acid-Protein Complexes	Academic Press Inc.
1993	Dimorphic Fungi in Biology and Medicine	Plenum Press
1994	Beyond the Biomass	John Wiley	£75
1994	Bioreactor System Design	Marcel Dekker, Inc.	$195
1994	Metal Ions in Fungi	Marcel Dekker, Inc.	$195
1994	Integrins	Academic Press	$89.95
1994	Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology	Intercept Ltd	£57.50
1994	Biotechnical Applications of Plant Cultures	CRC Press
1994	Recent Developments in Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Africa	IAVH Hassan II	$50
1994	Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology - Biotechnics/Wastewater	Springer-Verlag
1994	Genetics and Evolution of Aquatic Organisms	Chapmann & Hall	£69
1994	Microalgae	Cambridge University Press
1995	Advances in Gene Technology	Jai Press Ltd	$81.95
1995	Human Genetics	Plenum Press	£75
1997	Policy Controversy in Biotechnology	Academic Press
2000	Biological Resource Management	Springer
	Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology Bioprocess Design and Control	Springer-Verlag	$90
	The Use of Resealed Erythrocytes as Carriers and Bioreactors	Plenum Press	$90
	Biotechnology : Principles and Applications	Blackwell Scientific Publications	$32.50
	Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants	Plenum Press	$95
	Protein Biotechnology (Isolation, Characterization and Stabilisation)	Humana Press	$90
	Drug Biotechnology Regulation (Scientific Basis and Practises)	Marcel Dekker, Inc.	$156
	Protein Biotechnology (Isolation, Characterization & Stabilization)	Humana Press	$90
	Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants		$96
	Methods in Enzymology (Volume 220)	HBJ Publisher
	Methods in Enzymology (Volume 221)	HBJ Publisher
	Methods in Enzymology (Volume 226)	HBJ Publisher
	Methods in Enzymology (Volume 227)	HBJ Publisher

Table 1(b) Examples of Periodicals and Journals made available to the MIRCEN libraries located in the developing countries*

MIRCEN Library location(s)

Journal/Periodical/ Books

Period

Bangkok	Bacteriological Reviews (Vols. 40 - 50)	1976/1986
	Chinese Journal of Medicine	1988 -
	Journal of Biological Education	1990/1992
	Trends in Biotechnology	1990/1992
Budapest	Trends in Genetics	1990/1992

Beijing	Bioessays	1990/1992
	FASEB Journal	1990/1992
	Trends in Biotechnology	1990/1992

Cairo	Trends in Biotechnology	1990/1992
	Journal of Biometerology	1990/1992

Calcutta	Biotechnology Advances	1998-
	Emerging and Infectious Disease	1998-

Dakar	Journal of General Microbiology (Vols. 38 - 134)	1965/1988
	La Recherche	1988 -

Guatemala City	Trends in Biotechnology	1990/1992

Ljubljana	Nature	1990/1999
	Science	1998 -
	Trends in Biotechnology	1990/1992

Nairobi	Antonie van Leeuwoenhoek (Vols.19 - 48)	1963/1982

Port of Spain	Nature	1997/1999
	Trends in Biotechnology	1990/1992

Teheran	Trends in Parasitology	1990/1992

*Gifts of scientific journals have also been made available to microbiological institutes in Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Congo, India, Kuwait, Malta, Romania, Turkey, Seychelles, and Solomon Islands.

IX. EXTRABUDEGETARY PROJECTS (1974 - 2000)

Extrabudgetary resources from UNDP, UNEP, Member States and others were mobilized during the period under review to complement UNESCO funding for the MIRCEN network and allied projects such as:

- The Strengthening of the Biological Sciences at the Biological Research Centre, Szeged - Hungary" (1974 - 1976)*

- Regional Network for the Microbiology of Natural Products in Southeast Asia (1974 - )**

- Development of Integrated Programme in the Use and Presentation of Microbial Strain for Development in Environmental Management (1975 - 1985)***

- Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Biotechnological Applications) - European Network (1978 - 1993)*

- Pilot Scale Production of Biological Insecticides - Iran (1989 - 1998)*

- Regional Programme of Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean - Participating Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela (1983 - 1995)*

The Establishment of a Molecular Biology Laboratory - Turkey (1986 - 1993)*

- African Network of Microbiological Resources Centres (MIRCENS) in Biofertilizer Production and Use - 38 African Countries - (1988 - 1994)

- MIRCEN Voluntary Fund (1981 - 2000)****

X. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The design, growth and expansion of the UNESCO MIRCEN is the result of international co-operation that has been sustained by the involvement of governments; UNESCO National Commissions; UN agencies and programmes ---- FAO, WHO, UNIDO, UNU, UNDP and UNEP; governmental bodies ---- OAS, CSC, the international scientific community through the ICRO Panel on Applied Microbiology, IUMS, IOBB, WFCC, SCOPE, AABNF, the MIRCEN network of institutions, and numerous individual MIRCEN researchers in the developed and developing countries.

(From: Left to right:--J. Buswell (Hong Kong MIRCEN); T. Yoshida (Osaka MIRCEN), H. Suguwara (WDC MIRCEN). N. Magdoub (Cairo MIRCEN); Nasrine Moazami (Teheran MIRCEN); F. Sineriz (Tucuman MIRCEN); E. Duncan (Port-of-Spain MIRCEN); Bojana Boh (Ljubljana MIRCEN); G. Goma (Toulouse MIRCEN); C. Rolz (Guatemala MIRCEN), T. Deak (Budapest MIRCEN); B. Prior (Bloemfontein MIRCEN); J. Freire (Porto Alegre MIRCEN); H. Doelle (Brisbane MIRCEN); Rita Colwell (Maryland MIRCEN); H. Keyser (Hawaii MIRCEN), D. Pramer (Chair, NAS/MIRCEN Review Committee); D. Hardman (Canterbury MIRCEN); D. Allsopp (CABI MIRCEN), M. Moo-Young (Waterloo MIRCEN): Dagmar Fritze (Braunschweig MIRCEN); M. Gueye (Dakar MIRCEN); Susan McKee (ASM staff) and website (http://ekvitec.com/seminar00/presentations_dasilva1.htm)

The gift of books and donations of technical literature mobilized by UNESCO are due to the constant support and generosity of the following:

- American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
- Biodeterioration Centre, UK.
- Professor A.T. Bull, Department of Microbiology, University of Kent, Kent, UK
- Professor S.T. Chang, Professor Emeritus, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Professor Rita Colwell, Former President, Maryland Biotechnology Institute, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA
- Dr. Edgar J. DaSilva, Director, Section of Life Sciences, UNESCO
- Mr. C. Gottschalk, former staff member, former Division of Engineering Sciences and Technology (SC/EST), UNESCO
- French National Commission for UNESCO
- Institute of Technical Chemistry (of former German Democratic Republic)
- Institut Pasteur
- Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
- Kluwer Press
- Professor J.W.M. LaRiviere, Professor Emeritus Institute of Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering, Delft, Netherlands; and former Secretary-General, International Council for Science (ICSU)
- Professor M. Moo-Young, Department of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo MIRCEN, Director, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- Mr. Jacques Richardson, former Editor of UNESCO journal Impact of Science on Society
-Mr. Berol. Robinson, former staff member, former Division for Operational Programmes in Science (SC/OPS)
- Ms. Claire Robinson, Former Editor, Trends in Biotehnology
- Professor K, Steinkraus, Cornell University, New York, USA
- Mr. A. Watkinson, former Head of Life Sciences Publications, Oxford University Press

* in collaboration with UNDP and implementation of activities with corresponding

UNESCO Field Offices Offices and National Commissions for UNESCO

** in collaboration with Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, and implementation

since 1981, by UNESCO Field Office in Jakarta, Indonesia

*** in collaboration with UNEP and implementation of activities with corresponding

UNESCO Field Offices and National Commissions for UNESCO

****resources mobilized from French and international bioindustries

XI. ABBREVIATIONS

AABNF = African Association for Biological Nitrogen-Fixation
CSC = Commonwealth Science Council
ICRO = International Cell Research Organization
IOBB = International Organization for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
IUMS =International Union of Microbiological Societies
OAS = Organisation of American States
SCOPE = Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
WFCC = World Federation of Culture Collections

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¹ Least Developed Countries in italics
² Specialized training in Brazil at Professor Dobereiner's laboratory
³ In framework of MIRCEN-ICCS Workshops on "University-Industry Co-operation: Good Practices in
Biotechnology and Natural Products Research and Development, September/October 1999.
⁴ Special grants
⁵ IPALAC = International Programme for Arid Land Crops
⁶Special grants
⁷ Special Molecular Microbiology grants
⁸German/Kenya/UNESCO project on "Microorganisms in Extreme Environments - part of special project
⁹ ASM = American Society for Microbiology
¹⁰ IUMS = International Union of Microbiological Societies
¹¹ SGM = Society for General Microbiology (UK)
¹²All resource persons were ASM members

N.B. It is possible that inadvertent errors may have crept in during the assemblage of this report. Efforts have been made to consult with the different participating partners and institutions. In those cases where such errors have slipped through sincere apologies are extended in advance, and steps will be taken to make the necessary corrections.

XII. LIST OF MIRCENS

The BNF MIRCENS

RHIZOBIUM MIRCEN, FEPAGRO/UFRGS, Faculdade de Agronomia, UFRGS, Caixa Postal 776, CEP: 90001-970, Porto Alegre, BRAZIL

Contact: (JARDIM FREIRE) E-mail: mircen@fepagro.rs.gov.br

Quality control of inoculants produced nationally. Research and Training Regional Centre for Latin America. Biodegradation Technology

RHIZOBIUM MIRCEN, University of Nairobi, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Soil Science, Kabete Campus, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, KENYA

Contact: (NANCY KARANJA) E-mail: biofix@arcc.or.ke

Tel/Fax: 00254 2 631643

Produces 1500 - 800 Kg of rhizobial inoculant per annum. Research and Training Regional Centre for East Africa

RHIZOBIUM MIRCEN, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre ISRA-IRD, B.P. 1386, Dakar, SENEGAL

Contact: (MAMADOU GUEYE) E-mail: Mamadou.Gueye@ird.sn

Tel: 00221 849 3321 Fax: 00221 832 1675

Research and Training Regional Centre for West Africa. Field trials with rhizobial and mycorrhizal inocula

RHIZOBIUM MIRCEN, Soyabean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS National Rhizobium Resource Collection, Plant Sciences Institute, HH-4, Bldg. 010, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA

Contact: (PETER VAN BERKUM) E-mail: pberkum@ba.ars.usda.gov

International Research and Training Centre for MIRCEN and UNESCO/BAC fellows

NIFTAL MIRCEN, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii, P.O. Box "0", Paia, Hawaii 96779, USA

Contact: (HAROLD KEYSER) E-mail: niftal@hawaii.edu or hkeyser@hawaii.edu

Tel: 001-808 579 9568 Fax: 001-808 579 8516

International Research and Training Centre. BNF industry-supplies - NIFTAL fermentors. Specialized Training Activities and Computerized MIRCEN Bibliographical Service

The culture collection MIRCENS

CULTURE COLLECTION AND PATENTS MIRCEN, Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Microorganisms, OSTC Rue de Science, 8, 1000 Brussels, BELGIUM

Contact: (PHILIPPE DESMETH) E-mail: desmeth@mbla.ucl.ac.be

Tel: 0032 010 478936 Fax: 0032 010 451501

International Research and Training Activities. European Union . French Speaking countries

CULTURE COLLECTIONS AND PATENTS MIRCEN, German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Mascheroder Weg. 1b, D-38124 Braucschweig, GERMANY

Contact: (ERKO STACKEBRANDT) E-mail: erko@dsmz.de

Tel: 0049 531 2616 352 Fax: 0049 531 2616 418

International Research and Training Activities. Central and East Europe

CULTURE COLLECTION AND PATENTS MIRCEN, Department of Microbiology, University of Horticulture and Food Industry, Villany UT 29, Budapest, HUNGARY

Contact: (JUDIT TORNAI-LEHOCZKI/TIBOR DEAK) E-mail: jtornai@omega.kee.hu

Tel/Fax: 00361 372 6322

Research and Training Activities. East and Central Europe

ENTERIC DISEASES MIRCEN, Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Calcutta - 700010, INDIA

Contact: (BALAKRISH NAIR) E-mail: gbnair@vsnl.com

Tel: 0091-33 353 9479 or 350 4598/ 350 1176/ 350 4478 Fax: 0091-33 350 5066

Research and Training Centre for MIRCEN fellows

CULTURE COLLECTION MIRCEN, National Collection of Type Cultures, PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK

Contact: (BARRY HOLMES) E-mail: bholmes@phls.co.uk

Tel: 0044 020 8200 4400 Fax: 0044 020 8205 7483

International Research and Training Activities

MYCOLOGY MIRCEN, C.A.B.I. Bioscience UK Centre (Egham), Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9TY, UK

Contact: (DAVID SMITH) E-mail: d.smith@cabi.org

Tel: 0044-1491 829046 Fax: 0044-1491 829100

International Research and Training Activities

CULTURE COLLECTION AND PATENTS MIRCENS, American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, VA 20110-2209, USA

Contact: (RAYMOND CYPESS) E-mail: www@atcc.org

International Research and Training Activities

The biotech MIRCENS

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiologicos, (PROIMI), Avenida Belgrano y Pasaje Caseros, 4000 S.M. de Tucuman, ARGENTINA

Contact: (FAUSTINO SINERIZ) E-mail: fsineriz@proimi.edu.ar or f_sineriz@hotmail.com

Tel: 0054-381 434 4888 Fax: 0054-381 434 4887

Research and Training Activities for South America

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Brisbane and the Pacific Regional Network, Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, AUSTRALIA

Contact: (LINDSAY SLY/ HORST DOELLE) E-mail: sly@biosci.uq.edu.au or doelle@ozemail.com.au

Tel: 00617 3365 2396 or 00617 3378 3180 Fax: 00617 3365 4620 or 00617 3878 3230

Development of Pacific Islands MIRCEN Regional Network. Research and Training Activities

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, NSERC Industrial Biotechnology Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, 200 University Ave. West, University of Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3GI, CANADA

Contact: (MURRAY MOO-YOUNG) E-mail: mooyoung@cape.uwaterloo.ca or myoung@uwaterloo.ca

Tel: 001-519 888 4567 Fax: 001-519 746 4979

International Research and Training Activities· Bioreactor engineering

MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Institute of Microbiology, Academia Sinica, Zhong Guan Cun, Hai Dian, Beijing 100080, CHINA

Contact: (DA-KANG SONG) E-mail: songdk@sun.im.ac.cn

Tel: 0086-10 6257 6835 Fax: 0086-10 6254 4073

International Research and Training Activities· Culture collection research· Fermentation Technology

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, P.O.Box 68, Hadayck-Shoubra 11241, Cairo, EGYPT

Contact: (NABIL MAGDOUB) E-mail: elmagdoub@hotmail.com

Tel: 00202 445 4862 or 444 1603 Fax: 00202 444 4460 or 445 4860

Research and Training Activities for Arab States· Culture Collection research

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Centre de Bioingénierie, Département de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, 135 Av. de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse Cedex, FRANCE

Contact: (GERARD GOMA) E-mail: goma@insa-tlse.fr

Tel: 0033-5 61 55 94 05 or 61 55 94 08/94 06 Fax: 0033-5 61 55 94 00

Fermentation Technology· Research and Training Activities for Francophone countries

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Bioengineering, and Contamination Control, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, 18 Avenue, 11-96, Zona 15, Vista Hermosa III, GUATEMALA

Contact: (ROBERTO DE LEON) E-mail: roberdeleon@yahoo.com or eflores@uvg.edu.gt

Research and Training Activities for Central America. Environment-friendly bioprocessing technologies.

BIOCONVERSION TECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Department of Applied Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, HONG KONG SAR, (China)

Contact: (JOHN BUSWELL) E-mail: jabuswell@cuhk.edu.hk

Tel: 00852 2609 6298 or 6348 Fax: 00852 2603 5646

Mushroom Technology· University - industry collaboration

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Division of Biotechnology, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Nº 71 Forsat St., Enghelab Avenue, P.O. Box 15815-3538, Tehran 15819, IRAN

Contact: (NASRINE MOAZAMI) E-mail: uninet@irost.com or moazami@irost.co m

Tel: 0098-21 882 8051-7 Fax: 0098-21 883 8350 or 602 8561

Research and Training Activities for West and Central Asia. Environment-friendly technologies

FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, ICBiotech, University of Osaka, Yamada-Kami, Suita-Shi, Osaka 565, JAPAN

Contact: (TOSHIOMI YOSHIDA) E-mail: yoshida@icb.osaka-u.ac.jp

International Research and Training Activities Fermentation Technology. South-East Asian Microbiology Network

INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, University of Free State, Faculty of Science, Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, P.O.Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, SOUTH AFRICA

Contact: (LODEWYK KOCK) E-mail: Kockjlf@micro.nw.uovs.ac.za

Tel: 0027-51 4012249 Fax: 0027-51 444 3219

Research and Training Activities for Southern and Sub-Saharan Africa. Culture collection research

FERMENTATION, FOOD, AND WASTE RECYCLING MIRCEN, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR), 196 Phahonyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, THAILAND

Contact: (VULLAPA ARUNPAIROJANA) E-mail: mircen@tistr.or.th or TISTR@mozart.inet.co.th

Tel: 0662 579 5515 or 579 0160, Ext. 2301/2302 Fax: 00662 579 9542

Research and Training Activities for South-East Asia. Culture collection research

MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Dept. of Plant Science, The University of the West Indies, St.Augustine, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Contact: (ADASH RAMSUBAHG) E-mail: adeshr@hotmail.com

Tel: 00868 662 2002 or 645 3232 Ext: 3111/2045 Fax: 00868 663 9686 or 645 7132 Telex: 24520 UWI WG

Research and Training Activities for English-speaking Caribbean· Plant-microbe interaction

BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, The International Institute of Biotechnology, University of Kent Campus, P.O. Box 228, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7YW, UK

Contact: (JOHN DODD) E-mail: J.C.Dodd@ukc.ac.uk

Tel: 044-1227 472099 Fax: 044-1227 463482

Long-term training and research activities International course programmes· Environmental Biotechnology: Biodiversity for Biotechnological Development

The aquaculture and marine biotech MIRCENS

MICROBIAL GENE PROSPECTING MIRCEN, Centre for Research in Cell and Molecular Biology (CIBCM), University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose, COSTA RICA

Contact: (ANA SITTENFELD) E-mail: sitten@racsa.co.cr

Tel: 00506 207 3194 or 3185 Fax: 00506 207 3190 or 280 2013

Research and training for scientists engaged in biotechnology and biodiversity

AQUACULTURE MIRCEN, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, [Deemed University] (ICAR), 7 Bungalows, Versova, Mumbai-400 061, INDIA

Contact: (SUBBANNA AYYAPAN) E-mail: ayyapans@yahoo.com

Tel: 0091-22 636 3404 Fax: 0091-22 636 1573

Development national and regional network aquaculture laboratories

MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, Department of Fishery Microbiology, College of Fisheries, University of Agricultural Sciences, Mangalore 575002, INDIA

Contact: (INDRANI KARUNASAGAR) E-mail: mircen@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in or karuna8sagar@yahoo.com

Tel: 0091 824 436384 or 824 433180 Fax: 0091 824 436384 or 824 438366

Research and Training Centre for MIRCEN fellows

AQUACULTURE MIRCEN, The Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory, J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-guriun University of the Negev, Sede Boker Campus, Sede Boqer 84990, ISRAEL

Contact: (AVIGAD VONSHAK) E-mail: avigad@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Tel: 00972-8-6596799 Fax: 00972-8-6596802

Foundation of commercial products using microalgal biotechnology

MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY MIRCEN, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Columbus Centre, Centre of Marine Biotechnology, 701 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202, USA

Contact: (ANWAR HUQ/RITA COLWELL) E-mail: huq@umbi.umd.edu

Tel: 001-410 234 8833 or 8886 Fax: 001-410 234 8896

Research and Training Centre for MIRCEN and UNESCO/BAC fellows

The bioinformatics MIRCENS

WFCC-MIRCEN, World Data Centre for Microorganisms, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540, JAPAN

Contact: (HIDEAKI SUGAWARA) E-mail: hsugawar@genes.nig.ac.jp

Tel: 0081 0559 816895 Fax: 0081 0559 816896

World Catalogue of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms· Analysis of over 350 collections in some 60 countries

BITES MIRCEN, UNESCO International Centre for Chemical Studies (University of Ljubljana), Vegova 4, P.O.Box 18/1, 61001 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

Contact: (BOJANA BOH /ALEKSANDRA KORNHAUSER) E-mail: ntf-iccs@Uni-Lj.si

Tel: 00386 12 514326 Fax: 00386 61 125 8684

Biotechnological Information Exchange System (BITES). Development of research support databases

BIOINFORMATICS MIRCEN, Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, SWEDEN

Contact: (GUNNEL DALHAMMER/ENG-LEONG FOO): E-mail: gunnel.dalhammer@biochem.kth.se or foo@swipnet.se

Electronic Seminars and Computer Conferences: Integrated Biosystems, Ecotechnology for Sustainable Development, and Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture Systems.

Supported by UNESCO / MIRCEN network

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