News from the 4th MiCropBiomes Training School “SynComs Development” in Girona, Spain
Dear COST MiCropBiomes members,
From July 20 to 23, 2026, we had the pleasure to co-organize the 4th Training School on ‘SynComs development’ between the COST Action CA22158 Micropbiomes WG4 Activity and the Plant Pathology Group-Center for Innovation and Development in Plant Health (CIDSAV) of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology at the University of Girona.
The would like to thank trainers:
- Claire Prigent-Combaret, Ecologie Microbienne, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Université de Lyon
- Ioannis A. Stringlis, Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Agricultural University of Athens
- Victor J. Carrion, Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad de Málaga; Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” Universidad de Málaga-CSIC
- Emilio Montesinos, Dr. Núria Daranas and Dr. Anna Bonaterra, Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Technology-CIDSAV, Universitat de Girona
and the entire group of PhD students and young researchers who showed a high level of interest, active participation, and thoughtful contributions.

More information can be found at the website: https://micropbiomes.eu/events/training-schools/training-school-4.
