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The 15th International Meeting of ANRRC will be held in September. 2024 ANRRC Seoul Conference Date: September 4 (Wed), 2024 Venue: Science and Technology Convention Center [Go to Google Map] *Located in Seoul (Gangnam), one of the central business districts in Seoul. **Complimentary registration Details will be announced later.

Please visit the website of ANRRC 2023 hosted by Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. The conference will have in-depth discussions on how to promote academic exchanges among participating scientists from Asian countries, enhance understanding, and actively explore cooperation in the field of microbial resources on the basis of the multilateral exchange platform of ANRRC.

The First Announcement for ANRRC 2023The 14th International Meeting ofThe Asian Network of Research Resource Centers Dear All ANRRC Members, Greetings! The ANRRC 2023 International Meeting will be hosted on October 10-11, 2023 in Beijing by Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. For this announcement, we welcome all ANRRC members to attend the meeting and would like to inform you about the important dates and matters of ANRRC 2023 as follows. The meeting will be held both on site and online. As this is the first on site meeting of ANRRC post pandemic, we welcome all experts to attend on site in Beijing, China. If you are unable to attend, online attendance is also welcome. If you have any questions or suggestion about the online meeting, please contact us (maxc@im.ac.cn). DateOctober 10-11, 2023 VenueInstitute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (On Site and Online) Workshop LanguageEnglish Applications website for this meeting will be open soon. We look forward to seeing all of you at ANRRC 2023 in Beijing! Best regards Prof. Wei QIAN. Chairman of ANRRC14 Congress Organizing Committee Director-GeneralInstitute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of SciencesNO.1-3 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China

Closing Remarks of Toshihiko Shiroishi, the president of ANRRC Dear Friends and Colleagues, I would like to thank you all for your cooperation in bringing the 13th ANRRC International Conference (ANRRC 2022), held on November 8-9, 2022, to a successful conclusion. Although the meeting was held in an online format, far more than expected attendees listened attentively for a long time. The program of this meeting was organized by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) chaired by Dr. Moriya Okuma, Head of Microbe Division (Japan Collection of Microorganisms), in RIKEN BRC. In cooperation with the ANRRC Executive Board members, the LOC prepared very rich programs for both in the oral session and the poster session. In the oral session, there were 6 themes including a special session, and very interesting and substantial presentations were given by experts from a variety of fields related to research resources. I appreciate the LOC members who worked day and night to make this meeting a success. The Poster Session, held in a Zoom "Breakout Room" system, reminded me that one of the ANRRC's major missions to nurture young people who will carry on the enterprise of research resource centers. I could visit almost all posters and had a great time discussing with the authors. The time made me realize that the great mission of ANRRC is making remarkable progress. Despite the long hours, the number of accesses did not decrease until the close of the meeting. As I looked at the faces of those who waved goodbye to us after the conference, I felt confident that we are approaching the goal of the ANRRC: to promote sciences, technologies, and innovations, by facilitating the access to the research resources and their usability in the countries and regions of Asia and Oceania, and thereby to improve the human welfare. Again, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all the speakers who willingly agreed to speak at the meeting, to the ANRRC Executive Board members for their supports and cooperation, and to all the attendees. Thank you very much. Toshihiko Shiroishi President of ANRRC,Director of RIKEN BioResource Research Center, Japan