SUBJECT | TRAINER | |
08:30 – 09:15 | Welcome and practical briefing | Kasper Moreaux |
09:15 – 09:50 | Mycelia’s introduction video, floor plan and visit to the premises | |
09:50 – 12:30 | Parallel sessions: preparation of growing media, coffee break between sessions | |
50 min | Group 1: Preparation of a spawn carrier: grain- cooking, mixing with additives and bag- filling; positioning of the bags on the autoclave trolleys, autoclave loading. Water management, pH and dry matter measurement. | Kasper Moreaux & Jean Meirlaen |
10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
50 min | Group 2: Preparation of agar-media: recipes, sterilisation. Agar media as testing tools for microbiological quality of air and materials | Pascale Vergeyle & Hélène Ntimba |
11:50 – 12:30 | First stages of spawn production: components, mixing, humidification, bag-types, bag-filling, sterilisation | Kasper Moreaux |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break | |
13:30 – 14:30 | Biology part I: taxonomy, Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes, food chain, role of enzymes | Magda Verfaillie |
14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee break | |
15:00 – 16:00 | Parallel sessions: overall quality control | |
30 min | Group 1: Role and use of a Laminar Airflow, distribution of agar media in petri dishes under LAF, cleaning and disinfection of surfaces | Pascale Vergeyle |
30 min | Group 2: First visit to the cleanroom area, including introduction to dressing procedure and rules of conduct | Magda Verfaillie |
16:00 – 17:00 | Biology part II: Bacteria and fungi: bacterial cell structure and multiplication. Structure, life cycle and classification of Higher and Imperfect Fungi | Magda Verfaillie |
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