Training Course: Preservation of laboratory held biological material and related quality management

Time Table for Training Course on Preservation

10:00 - 12:30: Principles of Preservation and Widely Applicable, Recommended Methods

10:00 - 10:20: Lecture: Background to Preservation, Principles, Choice of Method (Dagmar Fritze)

10:20 - 10:40: Lecture: Freeze-Drying as performed at the DSMZ: the Double Vial Vacuum-Drying Method (Dagmar Fritze)

10:40 - 11:25: Hands on / Demonstration: Double Vial Method ('dry')

11:25 - 11:45: Lecture: Liquid Nitrogen Cryopreservation for Bacteria as performed at the DSMZ: The Glass Capillary Method (Dagmar Fritze)

11:45 - 12:30: Hands on / Demonstration: Capillary Method ('dry')

12:30 - 13:30: Lunch Break

13:30 - 15:30: Individually Designed Cryo-Preservation Methodologies

13:30 - 13:50: Lecture: Preservation of filamentous and/or more fastidious/non-sporulating Fungi and Bacteria: the Straw-Methods as performed at the DSMZ (Dagmar Fritze)

13:50 - 14:30: Hands-on / Demonstration: Straw Method ('dry')

14:30 - 15:30: Lecture and Demonstration: Preservation of Plant derived Material (Martin Schumacher)

15:30 - 16:00: Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:03: Documentation and Quality Management in Connection with Preservation

16:00 - 17:30: Lecture: Documentation of Flow of Biological Material: From Accessioning via Preservation and Maintenance to Supplying (Dunja Martin)

17:30 - 18:00: Demonstration: Electronic Management and Stock Control (Caroline P�rez Ghirardelli, Fiocruz)

18:00 - 18:30: Discussion