COST Action 850: Short-Term Scientific Missions, STSM

What are STSM?

The aim of a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) shall be to contribute to the scientific objectives of a COST Action.
These Missions (Exchange Visits) are aimed at strengthening the existing networks by allowing scientists to go to an institution or laboratory in another COST country to foster collaboration, to learn a new technique or to make measurements using instruments and/or methods not available in their own institution/laboratory. It is particularly focused on young scientists and scholars to be to take advantage from this scheme.

Guideline for the implementation of Short-Term Scientific Missions (Exchange visits) in the COST framework: http://cost.cordis.lu/src/cost_office_documents.cfm

Who is managing STSM in COST850?

Solveig Haukeland
Research Nematologist (PhD)
Bioforsk, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research
Department of Entomology and Nematology
Hogskoleveien 7
1432 Ås
NORWAY
Phone: +47 64949299
Fax: +47 63939226
Mobile: +47 93607009
E-Mail: solveig.haukeland@bioforsk.no

How to apply?

On-line registration from: http://mail.cost.esf.org/stsm/

After encoding the information and pressing the “submit” button the on-line registration tool will issue a formal STSM application which has to be downloaded and sent by the applicant by e-mail as attachment together with any other document to the future Host of the STSM, the Chair of the Management Committee of the Action or the Action’s STSM coordinator and the COST Office.
If any questions or problems with the access, please contact: dcastillo@cost.esf.org

Reports

Title	Name, Institute of origin	Host Institute	Download
Identification and characterization of the heat and desiccation tolerance of four nematode strains from Spain	Mª del Mar Martinez de Altube Idebio S.L. Salamanca, Spain	Ralf-Udo Ehlers, Institute for Phytopathology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany	Report (PDF, 58 KB)
Screening for intron polymorphisms in nematode Steinernema kraussei	Vladimir Puza Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic	Ann Burnell, Nematode Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, National University of Ireland	Report (PDF, 336 KB)
Research on entomopathogenic nematode formulation and application technology against foliar pests	Sibylle Schroer CAU Kiel	Denis Wright, Imperial College, London, UK	Report (PDF, 29 KB)
Curative and preventive use of entomophatogenic nematodes against the maize pest Diabrotica v. virgifera (Western Corn Rootworm)	Benedikt Kurtz Ch.-Albrechts University, Institute of Zoology, Kiel (DE)	Ibolya Zseller, Plant Protection Service in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary	Report (PDF, 97 KB)
Wolbachia ankyrins and their role in host (Drosophila) - bacterial interactions	Siozios Stefanos University of Ioannina, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, Agrinio (GR)	Henk Braig, University of Wales	Report (PDF, 1'184 KB)
Proteases secreted by the entomopathogenic bacteria Photorhabdus luminescens	Judit Marokházi Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest	Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath	Report (PDF, 21 KB)
“In vitro” production and preservation techniques for EPN (Entomopathogenic Nematodes) and methods of EPN characterisation	Ana Morton Juaneda Unidad de Zoología, Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona	Christian-Albrechts-University, Dept. Biotechnology & Biol. Control, Raisdorf/GERMANY	Report (PDF, 16 KB)
The Use of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Alginate Gel Formulations for the Control of Plutella xylostella in Cruciferous Vegetables	Amos Navon Department of Entomology, ARO, Bet Dagan, Israel	Ralf Ehlers, Institute of Phytopathology, University of Kiel, Germany	Report (PDF, 39 KB)
In situ hybridisation technique	Damien O'Halloran National University Ireland Maynooth	Scottish Crops Research Institute	Report (PDF, 52 KB)
Study a new species of a “long entomogenous Nematode” collected in Southern Italy	Prof. Oreste Triggiani Department of Biology and Chemistry, Section of Entomology and Zoology, Agriculture College, University of Bari, Italy	Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic	Report (PDF, 26 KB)
Learn how to assay the cellular immune response of Drosophila	Revital Bronstein Tel-Aviv University	University of Giessen	Report (PDF, 133 KB)
Proteomic Analysis of Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema feltiae IS-6 Infective juveniles (IJs) under Evaporative and Osmotic Stresses	Songbi Chen Israel	University of Aberdeen, UK	Report (PDF, 1226 KB)
Tissue tropism of Wolbachia infections in Rhagoletis cerasi and Drosophila simulans and experimental transfer of Wolbachia into Ceratitis capitata	Dr. Markus Riegler Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology & Forest Protection (IFFF), University of Agricultural Sciences, Wien, Austria	Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece	Report (PDF, 82 KB)
Learn about nematode mass-production in fermentors and to extrapolate the results of the shake flasks cultures done in Poland to a process in a liquid bioreactor.	Dorota Tumialis Warsaw Agricultural University, Faculty of Animal Sciences, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Division of Zoology, Warsaw	Koppert Biological Systems, R&D Microbials, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands	Report (PDF, 17 KB)
Evaluation of the pathogenetic and immune defence interactions of entomopathogenic nematodes (S. scarabaei, S. glaseri and H. bacteriophora) and scarabaeids (Amphimallon sp. and Hoplia sp.).	Pavel Hyršl Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic	Ralf Ehlers, Institute of Phytopathology, University of Kiel, Germany	Report (PDF, 92 KB)
Identification of EPN and cross-breeding tests	Melita Zec-Vojinovic Finnland	Ralf Ehlers, Institute of Phytopathology, University of Kiel, Germany	Report (PDF, 21 KB)
Control of Sciarid flies by Entomopathogenic nematodes at temperatures above 30°c	Mohammed Muzeyen University of Gent	Ralf Ehlers, Institute of Phytopathology, University of Kiel, Germany	Report (PDF, 121 KB)
Chemical information exchange in soil; interaction between conifer roots, vine weevil larvae and entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN)	Ir. M.W. Prins Plant Research International (PRI) / University of Amsterdam (UVA)	University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland	Report (PDF, 132 KB)
COST-STSM-850-00870	Lemma Ebssa University of Hannover	University of Aberdeen, UK	Report (PDF, 139 KB)