SUS-MIRRI.IT will develop Research, Services and Training within the Italian network of culture collections MIRRI-IT. Through the project we aim to increase the bioresources stored at the MIRRI-IT RI, improving their characterization and optimising their management, thus unlocking their genomic and metabolic potential. The optimised management of the resources coupled with the digital platform and data handling/sharing strategy will lead to further discoveries and the establishment of innovative solutions and products of biotechnological interest, stimulating the bio- and circular economy.
SUS-MIRRI.IT is coordinated by University of Turin, involves 15 institutions with 24 UOs, funded by National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) is granted by the European Commission’s NextGenerationEU programme, with a total budget of about €17.000.000
Calendar of the new training course set up during SUS-MIRRI.IT
● UO: 14 – Università degli Studi della Basilicata Date: 13-15 June 2023 Title: Analysis of meta-taxonomic data: a workflow in R Online
● UO: 19 – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Date: 19-21 June 2023 Title: Introductory course on recognition of cyanobacteria and algae In presence
● UO: 21 – Università degli Studi di Perugia Date: 10-13 July 2023 Title: Molecular identification of yeasts and morphological, physiological and industrial characterization In presence
● UO: 16 – Università degli Studi di Genova Date: 28 September 2023 Title: Introduction to forensic mycology In presence
● UO: 01 – Università degli Studi di Torino Date: 27 ottobre 2023 Title: Recent advancements in the study of microbial strains of human origin (molecular and non-molecular based methods, MALDI-TOF, IR-spectroscopy). Applications for identification, typing and evaluation of pathogenicity features Online
● UO: 10 + 09 – ENEA – Centro Ricerche Casaccia + ENEA – Centro Ricerche Brindisi Date: 27-28 November 2023 Title: Isolation, cultivation, preservation and characterization of bacteria, fungi and virus: microbial-based biotechnological solutions (MBBS) in agri-food, environmental, cultural heritage, energy and pharmaceutical fields Module 1: Microorganisms’ isolation, cultivation, and preservation approaches Module 2: Genotypic and phenotypic characterization Module 3: Applications of microorganisms in agri-food, environmental, cultural heritage and pharmaceutical fields Module 4: Cases study related to EU and national projects Hybrid
● UO: 11 – ENEA – Centro Ricerche Portici Date: 15-16 January 2024 Title: Growth of microalgal species: Influence of growth parameters, analytics and case studies Online
● UO: 01 – Università degli Studi di Torino – Date: 22-24 January 2024
Title: Application of metagenomic approaches to assess food quality and safety
Date: 23 January 2024
Title: Isolation and identification of Plant Pathogens based on biological and molecular techniques – Date: 26 January 2024
Title: Recent advancements in the study of microbial strains of animal origin (molecular and non-molecular based methods). Applications for identification, typing and evaluation of resistance phenomena and pathogenicity features. Online
● UO: 11 – ENEA – Centro Ricerche Portici Date: 5-7 February 2024 Title: Extraction and characterization of microalgal species: u-HPLC/GC analytics and case studies Online
● UO: 14 – Università degli Studi della Basilicata Date: 12-16 February 2024 Title: Module 1: Protocol for selecting starter culture for fermented beverages: scale-up from laboratory to pilot scale. Module 2: Metabolism of lactic acid bacteria: bioreactor cultivation strategies, metabolites production and improvement of performances In presence
● UO: 01 – Università degli Studi di Torino Date: 19 February 2024 Title: Spectroscopic techniques (HRMS, NMR, NIR) combined with Machine Learning methods of interpretation of metabolomic big data to obtain information on microbial strains. industrial applications Online
● UO: 12 – ENEA – Centro Ricerche Trisaia Date: 4-8 March 2024 Title: Applicative aspects in the management of bioreactors in fermentation processes: scaling-up of the production of microbial biomass from the laboratory to the pilot plants In presence
● UO: 24 – Università degli Studi di Verona – Date: 18-22 March 2024 Title: Taxonomic approaches and identification procedures of prokaryotes. – Date: 8-12 April 2024 Title: The biofilm: structure, characteristics and methodological approaches for investigation Online
● UO: 08 – CNR, Istituto di Ricerca Sulle Acque (CNRIRSA), Sede di Verbania Date: End of April 2024 Title: Module1: aquatic microbial communities isolation and assessment methods. Module 2: protein identification through nLC-HRMS proteomics and real data-based bioinformatic analysis of large protein datasets. Module 3: high throughput sequence analysis of amplicon sequencing data (metabarcoding) and analyses of the communities in terms of diversity and composition. This can apply to bacteria, fungi, and meiofauna. R-based course with packages DADA2, vegan, ggplot2, phyloseq. Possibility of an introductive module on the use of R. Hands-on and Q&A final session with UO data Online
● UO: 23 – Università degli Studi di Sassari Date: 18 May -18 June 2024 Title: Module1: Management and conservation of microbial communities of food interest Module 2: Procedures and processes for the certification of collections. In presence
● UO: 05 – CNR, Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, IBBA, Pisa Date: 15-30 June 2024 Title: Characterization of microorganisms useful for agro-food and environmental applications Hybrid
● UO: 02 – CNR, Istituto di Scienza dell’Alimentazione, ISA, Avellino ● Date: 1-15 July 2024 Title: Microbial biobanks: building, preservation and application In presence
● UO: 03 – CNR, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante, IPSP, Bari Date: First half of July 2024 Title: Characterization by electron microscopy of yeast cells expressing viral proteins In presence
● UO: 15 – Università degli Studi di Cagliari Date: 8-12 July 2024 Title: Identification and probiotic characterization of lactic acid bacteria In presence
● UO: 04 – CNR, Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari, ISPA, BARI Date: September-October 2024 Title: Module1: Identification and characterization of toxigenic fungi of agro-food interest. Module 2: Isolation and characterization of probiotic and pro-technological microorganisms. Module 3: Microbial culture collections: How to improve the quality management systems? In presence
● UO: 17 – Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Date: September-October 2024 Title: Module 1: From isolation and molecular microbial characterization to storage and data collection for bacterial and viral isolates from human and environmental sources. Module 2: Bioinformatics tools for functional and taxonomic characterisation of microbiomes In presence
● UO: 18 – Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Date: September-October 2024 Title: High-throughput characterization of food-related microorganisms Online
● UO: 20 – Università degli Studi di Palermo Date: First half of February 2025 (3 days) Title: Basic training course on conservation, propagation and application of customised starter cultures for local traditional agrifood SME In presence
● UO: 07 – CNR, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante – IPSP, TORINO Date: First half of February 2025 Title: Detection and diagnosis of plant viruses: biological assays, electron microscopy, PCR, LAMP In presence
● UO: 22 – Università degli Studi di Parma – Date: Second half of January 2025 (2 days)
Title: Culture independent quantitative techniques for the detection and quantification of lactic acid bacteria in foods. Topics: DNA extraction from complex matrices, primer and probe design for quantitative assays, primer validation, Real Time PCR or Digital PCR setup.
In presence – Date: First half of February 2025 (3 days)
Title: The phenotypic and genotypic characterization of food-borne lactic acid bacteria. Topics: genotypic characterization by REP-PCR, comparative analysis of electrophoretic profiles using Bionumerics software, phenotypic characterization with GENIII plates, analysis of phenotypic data with statistical software, entry of information into the microbial collection database. Hybrid
In presence
– Date: First half of February 2025 (3 days)
Title: The phenotypic and genotypic characterization of food-borne lactic acid bacteria. Topics: genotypic characterization by REP-PCR, comparative analysis of electrophoretic profiles using Bionumerics software, phenotypic characterization with GENIII plates, analysis of phenotypic data with statistical software, entry of information into the microbial collection database.
Hybrid