5. Personnel
| Director |
Assoc.Prof. Assistant Professor Aristea Velegraki |
| Curator |
Dr. Aristea Velegraki (Filamentous fungi, Yeasts, Dimorphic fungi) |
| Dr. MD, Michael Arabatzis (Associate Curator, Dermatophytes and non-dermatophytic pathogens) |
| Mrs. Afroditi Milioni (Technician) |
| Mrs. Stavroula Kritikou (Technician) |
| Mrs. Christina Rodaki (Technician) |
| Mrs. Nicoletta Milioni (Computer specialist) |
| Number of Staff |
Mycology (3)
Computer specialist (1)
Total (4) |
7. Preservation
| Method and category of cultures |
Freezer(Filamentous, yeasts) |
| Subculturing(Dimorphic, dematiaceous) |
| Glycerol in water (50 v/v) (2 Celcius)(Black yeasts, Zygomycetes) |
| In sterile sand (RT and 4-8 Celsius)(Zygomycetes, Dermatophytes) |
| Control of the culture |
Physiological tests |
| Biochemical tests |
| Morphology |
| Mating studies |
| DNA sequencing |
| PCR-fingerprinting, RAPD, RFLP, SSCP, PFGE |
| Other phenotypic characters (eg. in vitro susceptibility to antifungal agents) |
| Deposit |
Mainly to our collection |
| CBS(Netherlands) |
| NCPF(UK) |
| ATCC(USA) |
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from |
Isolation by ourselves |
| Personally from the scientists in our country |
| From the collections in our country |
| the collection abroad | ATCC(USA and Europe) |
| the collection abroad | CBS(Netherlands) |
| the collection abroad | IMI(UK) |
| the collection abroad | NCPF(UK) |
| Number of Strains until now |
Type |
Holding strains
(total number)/(number from your country) |
new species
(total number)/(number from your country) |
| Fungi |
965 |
820 |
|
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| Yeasts |
2084 |
1707 |
|
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10. Services
| Services |
Patent deposits(Filamentous fungi, Yeasts) |
| Storage service(Filamentous fungi, Yeasts) |
| Distribution(Filamentous fungi, Yeasts) |
| Identification(Filamentous fungi, Yeasts) |
| Training |
Culture and preservation methods |
| Use of computers in culture collections |
| Identification |
| International training course: Molecular Identification of Clinical Fungi & Bioinformatics April. 2003 & November, 2003 |
| Identification methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus. Food safety and public health challenges. May, 2005. |
| Invasive fungal infections in haematology and oncology patients. Advances in basic and applied science. October, 2007 |
| Malassezia identification methods. Advances in epidemiology and genomics. October, 2009. |
| Dermatophytes. From clinic to the laboratory. July, 2010. |
| Co-organization of workshop on: Phenotypic & genotypic fungal characterization and identification techniques. Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. August, 2004. |
| European Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM) [http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/Pages/home.aspx] site in Mycology |
| Consulation about |
Preservation |
| Propagation |
| Shipment regulations |
| Conventional and molecular identification |
| Risk assesment of food, water, buildings and other materials fungal contamination |
| Air quality assesment (sampling, spore counting, cultures) |
| Public health issues |
| Other Service |
Advanced Diagnostics |
| Molecular typing |
| Research |
