World Federation for Culture Collections No. 25 (December 1996)

WORLD FEDERATION FOR CULTURE COLLECTIONS NEWSLETTER December 1996, Number 25 Code Number:NL97002 Sizes of Files: Text: 97K Graphics: Photograph (jpg) - 38.3K WFCC EXECUTIVE BOARD BOARD MEMBERS WFCC COMMITTEES WFCC Reports EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR CULTURE COLLECTIONS-ICCC8 Veldhoven, the Netherlands, 25-29 August 1996 R.A. Samson, J.A. Stalpers, D. van der Mei, A.H. Stouthamer (eds.) 'Culture Collections to Improve the Quality of Life' Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress for Culture Collections, Veldhoven, 25-29 August 1996 {I}published by {/I}Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn, The Netherlands and the World Federation for Culture Collections ----------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD FEDERATION FOR CULTURE COLLECTIONS' RESOLUTIONS WFCC REPORTS Report of WFCC Officers (Period 1992 - 1996) President's Report Secretary's Report Financial Report of the Treasurer Dues structure IMPORTANT NOTE: PAYMENT OF DUES WFCC Committees: Reports for the period 1992-1996 Committee on Postal, Quarantine, and Safety Regulations Committee on Endangered Culture Collections Committee on Patents Biodiversity Committee Committee on World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM) Committee on Education: Report on UNESCO/WFCC Technical Information Sheets. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board, 25 August 1996, Veldhoven, Netherlands Election of new WFCC Officers and Members of the Executive Board Announcement of the results of the ballot 1996 MEETING OF THE NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD NEW WFCC MEMBERS, NEW ADDRESSES AND OTHER CHANGES NEWS FROM AND FOR CULTURE COLLECTIONS Transfer of WDCM from RIKEN to the National Institute of Genetics UK Government response to an indepent review of UK microbial culture collections. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Request for collaboration Strains of photosynthetic prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms useful in photobiological hydrogen production and stored in culture collections ----------------------------------------------------------------- WFCC BIODIVERSITY COMMITTEE REPORT on Participation at the 3rd Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity FOCUS ON CULTURE COLLECTIONS State Centre for Deposition of Microorganisms (RCDM) NEW CATALOGUES AND DATABASES OF CULTURE COLLECTIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST TO CULTURE COLLECTIONS NEW BOOKS RELEVANT TO CULTURE COLLECTION WORK CONFERENCES AND MEETING