The United Kingdom National Culture Collections offer a wide range of training opportunities including tailor-made training programmes, short courses , extended visiting scientist programmes and postgraduate studies arranged via local Universities.

Range of topics

Collection Management
Isolation
Preservation and maintenance
Identification of organisms
Training in specialist techniques
Biological control

Training and Courses

Tailor-made training

Please contact the UKNCC Collection direct if you require specialist training in topics not covered by the short courses listed in this list. The collections offer training in collection management, isolation, identification, characterisation, growth and preservation particularly relevant to the microorganisms or the cells they maintain. If you have a requirement for training in relation to a particular organism or cell contact the collection that deals with them see below:

• fungi, nematodes, arthropods, biological control:CABI
• algae and protozoa:CCAP (Freshwater)
• customised training courses in culturing marine algae: CCAP (Marine)
• cell cultures: ECACC
• industrial, food and marine bacteria: NCIMB
• medically important fungi: NCPF
• plant pathogenic bacteria: NCPPB
• medically important bacteria: NCTC
• yeasts: NCYC

Short coures offered by individual UKNCC Collections

A range of courses are provided by a number of UKNCC members. Please refer to each member.