Workshop 2018 (Paris-Orsay)
The EuroXanth COST Action held its 1st Workshop at Beamedex® in Paris-Orsay, France, on April 3, 2018. The SME Beamedex® has the primary objective to invent, develop and market products for public health research services. These products use the Luminex® platform, a high-throughput suspension chip bead-based molecular typing technology that improves multiplexing and lowers costs. Beamedex® also provides training, customized services and bioinformatical support to improve knowledge based on previous high-throughput data production.
The workshop welcomed participants from six countries (see below) and served as a platform to discuss theoretical and practical aspects of CRISPR typing and its application to plant-pathogenic xanthomonads, which is of specific interest to Working Group WG1 (Diagnostics & Diversity – Population Structure). Representatives of all four Working Groups met to evaluate the potential of this approach to achieve the EuroXanth Objectives and its tangible Deliverables.
List of Participants
| Name | Role | Country | Working group |
| CATARA, Vittoria | Vice Chair | IT | WG3 |
| COSTA, Joana | WG1 Leader | PT | WG1 |
| DREO, Tanja | MC Member | SI | WG1 |
| KOEBNIK, Ralf | Chair | FR | WG2 |
| POTHIER, Joël F. | WG2 Leader | CH | WG2 |
| STOYANOVA, Mariya | MC Member | BG | WG4 |
| KLOTOE, Bernice | Instructor | FR | |
| REFRÉGIER, Guislaine | Instructor | FR | |
| RIPOLL, Clément | Instructor | FR | WG1 |
| SOLA, Christophe | Instructor | FR | WG1 |
The Minutes of the Workshop are available for download: CRISPR-Workshop Paris 2018 Minutes.