Symposium in biotechnologies for the preservation of art and built heritage

24 Mars 2017, 08:55 - 17:00 h

Edith Joseph

Prof. Edith Joseph

Katja Sterflinger, University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna, Austria

Anna Rosa Sprocati, ENEA, Italy

Microorganisms are often considered as harmful for cultural heritage. Indeed, microorganisms are a major cause of degradation on cultural artefacts, both in the case of outdoor monuments and archaeological finds. Biodeterioration, microbial corrosion or bioweathering thus greatly contribute to irreversible changes and loss of valuable heritage.

Therefore, conservation strategies are mainly devoted to controlling microbial biofilms and reducing their impact.

Recent advances in our understanding of microbial metabolic activities had led to revolutionary biologically-derived technologies to restore and protect artworks and monuments.

In this symposium we will study those advances and discuss clear examples that are applied currently in the field.

University of Neuchâtel, Faculté des Sciences, Emile-Argand 11, UniMail, Room B217

For information, please contact Prof. Edith Joseph or the doctoral program coordinator Dr Christiane Bobillier

This course is free and open to all PhD students, however until 30 January 2017 priority is given to Doctoral Program participants of CUSO "Microbial Sciences", "Interuniversity doctoral program in organismal biology", and "Molecular Sciences in the Context of Life and Material Sciences".Post-docs are welcome as long as places are available.

Maximum number of participants: 10

Make sure you sign the attendance list and take your attestation of attendance at the end of the course (no attestation will be sent by mail).

Reimbursements

CUSO Microbiology students: Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity; meal expenses (1meal/day) up to 25CHF/meal.

Reimbursement form attached with original tickets has to be sent to: CUSO Microbiologie, Aline Kopf, Institut de Biologie, Rue Emile-Argand 11, CH-2000 Neuchâtel

For any question concerning reimbursement please contact Aline kopf at microbiologie[@]cuso.ch

Registration is free. Please note that the places are limited and that there may be people who would like to participate.

Therefore, registered participants who cancel their participation and can't be replaced less than 15 days before the start of a course, or who do not show up, will have to pay part of the costs: CHF 20.-

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