Meeting at CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental), Matosinhos with Vitor Vasconcelos (LEGE), Nelson Lima (MUM) Célia Pais (UM) Eugénio Diogo (INIAV) and José Paulo Sampaio (PYCC). The implementation of the Portuguese Network of culture collections was discussed and the first steps towards this goal were agreed. Nelson Lima undertook the task of preparing a draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting the foundations of a National Network of Microbial Culture Collections and a more formal presentation of the network was adjourned for the joint congress of the Portuguese Societies of Microbiology and Biotechnology (MICROBIOTEC), to be held in Porto in December 2017.
6 January 2017