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The organizers gratefully acknowledge the generous support of:

Horizon 2020 EURO-CARES WP2 Meeting & Workshop

Planetary Protection Aspects for a Curation Facility

14th – 16th June, 2016

University of Florence

Natural History Museum - La Specola

Via Romana, 17 Firenze

The WP2 Workshop and Meeting will focus on the main Planetary Protection aspects related to European Sample Curation Facility, specifically:

• Techniques and methods of risk assessment of biohazard;
• Test methods for the detection of pathogenic organism;
• Containment systems;
• Sterilization processes;
• Safety equipment, enclosed containers, engineering control to remove or minimize to hazardous biological materials;
• Procedures to monitor the health of personal and select precautions for safe practice.

This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 640190.