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African Centre for DNA Barcoding, University of Johannesburg

Name:	African Centre for DNA Barcoding, University of Johannesburg
City:	Auckland Park
CITES code:	ZA 035
Member since:	2017-07-11
Member status:	Core
Online since:	2018-07-06
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Michelle van der Bank, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: DNA Bank and Tissue

AlternativeTitle: ACDB DNA Bank

Description: As the first African partner making its collection available The African Center for DNA Barcoding (ACDB) at the University of Johannesburg's collection is primarily comprises of African species. The collection is 13,169 botanical DNA samples of flowering plants and ferns, representing 42 new families and 20 new genera to GGBN. .

Cite as: African Centre for DNA Barcoding DNA and Tissue Bank

Rights: The African Centre for DNA Barcoding and the University of Johannesburg reserves all intellectual and property rights of accessioned objects

Usage restrictions: Policies have been developed in line with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Samples will not be made available for bio-prospecting endeavours or any other commercial application.

Conservation status: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2018-08-23

Institution metadata:

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Bioresources
Street: Donau-City-Strasse 1
Postal code: 1220
Locality: Vienna
Country code: AUT
Phone: +43 (0) 50 550 0
Fax: +43 (0) 50 550 3677
EMail: office@ait.ac.at
Website: http://www.ait.ac.at

Access rights: Access rights are granted under the regulation of the Material Usage Agreement (MUA). It can be downloaded from http://www.evoltree.eu/index.php/documents/doc_download/474-material-usage-agreement.

Rights: The collection is under the regulation of a Material Usage Agreement (MUA). It can be downloaded from http://www.evoltree.eu/index.php/documents/doc_download/474-material-usage-agreement.

Usage restrictions: Usage restrictions are regulated within the Material Usage Agreement (MUA). It can be downloaded from http://www.evoltree.eu/index.php/documents/doc_download/474-material-usage-agreement.

Description: The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria's largest non-university research institute, is among the European research institutes a specialist in the key infrastructure issues of the future. In Austria, there are over 1.100 employees - largely based at the main facilities Vienna Tech Gate, Vienna TECHbase, Seibersdorf, Wr. Neustadt, Tulln, Ranshofen and Leoben

Name:	AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
City:	Tulln
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2011-08-29
Member status:	Associate
Online since:	2011-08-29
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Eva-Maria Sehr, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: The DNA & Sample Repository @ AIT

Description: The Repository Centre is providing access to biological material ranging from whole organisms (bacteria, fungi, plant material) to DNA samples of whole genomes (gDNA), organellar and sub-genomic clones and BACs or genes (ESTs). The core of our facility is a large automated sample storage and retrieval system. We integrate material and data from various sources all over Europe, being part of the EVOLTREE and Trees4Future networks.

Access points: http://picme.ait.ac.at/pywrapper.cgi?dsa=AIT_Rep_Centre_DNA

Rights: The collection is under the regulation of a Material Usage Agreement (MUA). It can be downloaded from http://www.evoltree.eu/index.php/documents/doc_download/474-material-usage-agreement.

Usage restrictions: Usage restrictions are regulated within the Material Usage Agreement (MUA). It can be downloaded from http://www.evoltree.eu/index.php/documents/doc_download/474-material-usage-agreement.

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2012-09-27

Institution metadata:

Name:	Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources
City:	Bogota
CITES code:	CO 001
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Mailyn Adriana Gonzalez, email

Institution metadata:

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources
Street: Calle 28A # 15-0
Postal code: 111311
Locality: Bogota
Country code: COL
Phone: +57 1 3202767
Website: http://www.humboldt.org.co

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Description: The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources is the biodiversity research branch of the National Environmental System (Sina). The institute is a civil nonprofit corporation linked to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. The Institute is responsible for carrying out scientific research on biodiversity in Colombia. This includes research on hydrobiological and genetic resources. In addition, the Institute coordinates the National System of Information on Biodiversity and the formation of the national biodiversity inventory.

Name:	American Museum of Natural History
City:	New York
CITES code:	US 055 (A)
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Julie Feinstein, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Ambrose Monell Collection for Molecular and Microbial Research

Description: Frozen tissue collection.

Known to contain types

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Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2013-08-16

Institution metadata:

American Museum of Natural History
Street: 79th Street at Central Park West
Postal code: 10024
Locality: New York
Country code: USA
Phone: 212-769-5663
Fax: 212-496-3380
EMail: jfstein@amnh.org
Website: http://research.amnh.org/genomics/Facilities/AMCC

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Description: Collection of frozen animal tissues.

Name:	Arctos
City:	Denver
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-11-21
Member status:	Core
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s):

Institution metadata:

Name:	Arctos/Denver Museum of Nature & Science
City:	Denver
CITES code:	US 074 (A)
Member since:	2015-03-15
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): John Demboski, email

Institution metadata:

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Zoology
Street: 2001 Colorado Blvd.
Postal code: 80205
Locality: Denver
Country code: USA
EMail: john.demboski@dmns.org
Website: http://www.dmns.org

Access rights: All records are the property of Denver Museum of Nature & Science, but may be used as per creative commons (CC BY-NC).

Rights: All records are the property of Denver Museum of Nature & Science, but may be used as per creative commons (CC BY-NC).

Usage restrictions: All records are the property of Denver Museum of Nature & Science, but may be used as per creative commons (CC BY-NC).

Description: The zoology collections at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science house approximately 77,000 specimens or lots (Mammals ~21,000, Birds ~55,000, Parasites ~7500 lots, and Herps ~1,000). Tissues are available from these collections representing over 31,100 individual samples. Specimens records are published from Arctos to data portals such as iDigBio, SCAN, ORNIS, MANiS, VertNet, GBIF, GenBank, and BISON, among others. Founded in 1900, the Museum continues to evolve, expanding in both size and breadth of activities, as exhibits, programs, research, and collections continue to offer opportunities for discovery.

Name:	Arctos/Museum of Southwestern Biology
City:	Albuquerque
CITES code:	US 119 (A/P)
Member since:	2015-09-21
Member status:	Core
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Mariel Campbell, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: MSB Division of Genomic Resources

AlternativeTitle: MSB DGR

Description: The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB), Division of Genomic Resources (DGR) is a centralized repository at the University of New Mexico (UNM) for cryogenic biological materials submitted from MSB divisions at the University of New Mexico and from other individuals and institutions worldwide. The MSB DGR collection archives cryogenically preserved samples of animal tissues, whole organisms such as embryos and parasites, and purified DNA and RNA for the MSB divisions of Mammals, Birds, Fishes, Herpetology, and Parasitology. The MSB DGR collection contains over 500,000 cryogenic samples of more than 250,000 specimens and 3,000 species, representing Mammals (92%), Birds (4%), Reptiles (1%), Fishes (1%), and a growing collection of associated endo- and ectoparasites (2%). The collection spans more than 30 countries, with particularly strong holdings from the Southwestern United States, Beringia, and Latin America. Tissues and museum specimens can be located online bysearching the Arctos collections database at https://arctosdb.org for each of the MSB divisions.

Cite as: MSB Division of Genomic Resources

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Related collections: MSB Division of Mammals, MSB Division of Birds, MSB Division of Fishes, MSB Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, MSB Division of Arthropods, MSB Division of Parasites

Rights: All records are the property of Museum of Southwestern Biology, but may be used as per creative commons (CC BY-NC). See https://msb.unm.edu/divisions/genomics/the-collection/tissue-loan-policy.html

Usage restrictions: All records are the property of Museum of Southwestern Biology, but may be used as per creative commons (CC BY-NC). See https://msb.unm.edu/divisions/genomics/the-collection/tissue-loan-policy.html

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2017-04-07

Institution metadata:

Museum of Southwestern Biology
Street: Ceria 83 Room 204, MSC03 2020
Pobox: 87131
Extadd: MSC03 2020
Postal code: 87131
Locality: Albuquerque
Country code: USA
Phone: 505-277-1360
EMail: msbdgr@unm.edu
Website: https://msb.unm.edu/

Access rights: see https://msb.unm.edu/about-us/museum-policies/collections-care-and-use/index.html

Rights: see https://msb.unm.edu/about-us/museum-policies/collections-care-and-use/index.html

Usage restrictions: see https://msb.unm.edu/about-us/museum-policies/collections-care-and-use/index.html

Description: The Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is a research natural history collection at the University of New Mexico. The museum consists of seven divisions (Amphibians and Reptiles, Arthropods, Birds, Fishes, Genomic Resources, Herbarium, Mammals, and Parasites) and the Natural Heritage New Mexico program. Specimens span the last 120 years and represent biodiversity change across the globe (primarily western North America, Central and South America, but with significant holdings from Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe). Web-accessible archives and databases contribute to applied efforts in conservation as well as theoretical advances related to unraveling the complexity of planetary life and related ecosystem function on local, regional, and global scales. Active research and graduate programs build comprehensive and integrated collections and then explore the breadth and depth of these samples and data. MSB Curators, Collection Managers, and an army of students strive to make these valuable collections accessible to UNM, to the broader scientific community, and to the general public. The MSB is heavily involved with municipal, state and federal agencies. MSB has built a strong tradition in the public health arena in efforts related to identifying zoonotic pathogens and understanding the ecology of zoonotic diseases and wildlife diseases in the western US. International organizations also rely on MSB collection data and expertise to help them design and implement public health initiatives.

Arctos/University of Alaska Museum of the North

Name:	Arctos/University of Alaska Museum of the North
City:	Fairbanks
CITES code:	US 130 (A/P)
Member since:	2017-07-31
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Kyndall Hildebrandt, email

Institution metadata:

University of Alaska Museum of the North
Street: 1962 Yukon Drive
Postal code: 99775
Locality: Fairbanks
Country code: USA
Phone: 907-474-6914
Website: https://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/genomics/

Access rights: All tissue grants are approved by individual collections. Please see the appropriate collection’s webpage for information on requesting specimen loans and tissue grants. Qualified researchers may request limited grants of tissue from UAM. Use of these samples depletes them. Guidelines for requesting tissue grants have been developed to ensure both short- and long-term availability and integrity of these irreplaceable resources. Tissue grants are intended to supplement material previously obtained through collecting and/or loans from other museums, not to provide all the samples necessary for any project.

Rights: Please see the appropriate collection’s webpage for information on collection rights.

Description: The University of Alaska Museum of the North\'s Genomic Resources facility contains over 200,000 tissue samples from voucher specimens archived in the Mammalogy, Ornithology, Ichthyology and Entomology collections. Collection holdings can be searched on Arctos, a Collaborative Collection Management Solution. The geographic and taxonomic composition of the tissue collection is largely determined by the research interests of the museum curators and other local and regional biologists conducting research that involves specimen collection. It is the largest collection of such material from Alaskan species, with tissue samples dating back to 1936, though preserving fresh tissue did not become standard practice until the early 1990s. The storage facility consists of eight liquid nitrogen-cooled cryovats that maintain vapor-phase nitrogen at -170C (-274F).

Name:	Arctos/University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
City:	Berkeley
CITES code:	US 052
Member since:	2017-07-11
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Carla Cicero, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Association for Farmers Rights Defense
City:	Tbilisi
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2014-04-24
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Kakha Nadiradze, email

Institution metadata:

Association for Farmers Rights Defense
Street: 30 App 5 B 1 MD Vazisubani
Postal code: 0190
Locality: Tbilisi
Country code: GEO
Phone: +995322777757
Fax: +995322001531
EMail: nadiradzekakha@gmail.com
Website: http://media.tibco.com/video/tibco_061914/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRolvarBZKXonjHpfsX57OktXqag38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YAJS8J0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEMQ7XYV6R4t6cNUg%3D%3D

Access rights: We are collecting Agro Biodiversity in vitro, in vivo, in - situ, ex-situ, in-Farm and on - Farm BioBanks.

Rights: AFRD

Usage restrictions: No

Description: Association for Farmers Rights Defence, AFRD established in 1999, is a non-profit, democratic organization dedicated to stimulating agricultural economic growth and policy reform in the Georgia

Name:	Australian Museum
City:	Sydney
CITES code:	AU 010
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Paul Flemons, email David Alquezar, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Wildlife Tissue and DNA Collection

Description: The collection of all AM tissues and DNA for all of the AM's faunal collections

DescriptionForSpecialists: stuff about genetic things in animals

Cite as: Australian Museum Wildlife Tissue and DNA Collection

Provenance: Australian Museum

Related collections: Entomology, Mammals, Herpetology, Molluscs, Marine Invertebrates, Arachnology, Ornithology,

Rights: We own them

Usage restrictions: All records are the property of Australian Museum but may be used as per creative commons

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2012-07-08

Institution metadata:

Australian Museum
Street: 6 College St
Postal code: 2010
Locality: Sydney
Country code: AUS
Phone: 02 93206343
Website: http://www.australianmuseum.net.au

Access rights: Copyright Australian Museum

Rights: We own them

Usage restrictions: All records are the property of Australian Museum but may be used as per creative commons

Description: The Australian Museum is the Natural History Museum for NSW, Australia

Name:	BCCM Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms
City:	Brussels
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Marleen Bosschaerts, email

Institution metadata:

BCCM - Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms, Coordination cell
Street: Avenue Louise 231
Postal code: 1050
Locality: Brussels
Country code: BEL
Phone: +32 2 23 83 462
Fax: +32 2 230 59 12
EMail: bccm.coordination@belspo.be
Website: http://www.bccm.belspo.be

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Description: The BCCM consoritum wants to be a solution partner for providing services of quality in microbial and genetic resources for academia and industry. Its mission is to •acquire, preserve and distribute microbial and genetic resources, •identify and characterize these biological materials, •offer customer-oriented services, •increase the understanding of microorganisms and their function in ecosystems, •foster the application of biological resources. The BCCM consortium gathers 7 complementary microbial culture collections that are coordinated by a central at the Belgian Science Policy.

Name:	BCCM/DCG Diatoms Collection
City:	Ghent
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Wim Vyverman, email

DNA & Culture Collection:

Title: BCCM/DCG

AlternativeTitle: BCCM/DCG Diatom Collection

Description: The BCCM/DCG culture collection is part of the BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at Ghent University. Our collection is specialized in freshwater and marine diatoms but also hosts dedicated collections of commercially interesting other microalgae. Whereas public deposit is free of charge, we also offer safe deposits. The BCCM/DCG culture collection currently holds over 500 cryopreserved and well-documented diatom strains.

Related collections: BCCM/IHEM: Biomedical fungi and yeast collection BCCM/ITM: Mycobacteria collection BCCM/LMG: Bacteria collection BCCM/GeneCorner: Plasmid collection BCCM/MUCL: Environmental and applied Mycology BCCM/ULC: Cyanobacteria collection BCCM Coordination Cell

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Conservation status: Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete.

Conservation status date: 2016-03-24

Institution metadata:

Name:	BCCM/GeneCorner Plasmid Collection
City:	Zwijnaarde
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Rudi Beyaert, email

DNA & Culture Collection:

Title: BCCM/GeneCorner Plasmid Collection

AlternativeTitle: BCCM Plasmid Collection

Description: BCCM/GeneCorner is a partner of the Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms (BCCM). Funded by the Belgian Science Policy (Belspo), BCCM/GeneCorner, previously known as BCCM/LMBP, is a unique plasmid repository in Europe. BCCM/GeneCorner warrants the long-term storage and distribution of plasmids, microbial host strains and DNA libraries of fundamental, biotechnological, educational or general scientific importance. BCCM/GeneCorner also accepts natural and genetically modified animal or human cell lines, including hybridomas, as well as other genetic material, in the safe deposit and patent deposit collections. BCCM/GeneCorner provides a number of scientific services, such as characterisation tests (plasmid profile analysis, sequence analysis of non-characterised plasmids,...). BCCM/GeneCorner is ISO 9001:2008 certified for accession, control, preservation, storage and supply of biological material and related information in the frame of public deposits, safe deposits and patent deposits.

DescriptionForSpecialists: The focus is on the collection of recombinant plasmids that can replicate in a microbial host strain, with main interest for: - empty cloning plasmids useful for recombinant (over)expression of proteins of interest in bacteria, yeast, fungi, insect cells, plant and animal cells; - (expression) plasmids carrying specific protein-coding genes and derivatives from a wide range of organisms (human, mouse, various bacterial species, ...); - expression plasmids with specific non-coding genes such as shRNA and miRNA; - plasmids for mouse genetic engineering, allowing the generation of transgenic mice. By default, BCCM/GeneCorner plasmids are distributed as 1 ml plasmid-carrying cultures, grown to saturation in selective, liquid medium. Plasmid DNA (2,5 µg, 25 µg or a custom amount) is available on specific request.

Related collections: BCCM Co-ordination Cell BCCM/DCG Diatom Collection BCCM/IHEM Biomedical Fungi and Yeast Collection BCCM/ITM Mycobacteria Collection BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection BCCM/MUCL Agro-industrial Fungi and Yeast Collection BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria Collection

Usage restrictions: See catalogue record of each resource.

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2016-06-20

Institution metadata:

Name:	BCCM/IHEM Biomedical Fungi and Yeasts Collection
City:	Brussels
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Marijke Hendrickx, email

DNA & Culture Collection:

Title: BCCM/IHEM

AlternativeTitle: BCCM Biomedical fungi and yeast collection

Description: The BCCM/IHEM collection is part of the BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at the Scientific Institute of Public Health in Brussels. Our collection is specialized in biomedical fungi, i.e. infectious agents, allergy causing species and mycotoxin producers. The collection holds over 16000 isolates and accepts public, patent and safe deposits.

Known to contain types

Related collections: BCCM/DCG: Diatom collection BCCM/ITM: Mycobacteria collection BCCM/LMG: Bacteria collection BCCM/GeneCorner: Plasmid collection BCCM/MUCL: Environmental and applied Mycology BCCM/ULC: Cyanobacteria collection BCCM Coordination Cell

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Conservation status: Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete.

Conservation status date: 2016-03-07

Institution metadata:

Name:	BCCM/ITM Mycobacteria Collection
City:	Antwerpen
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Leen Rigouts, email

DNA & Culture Collection:

Title: BCCM/ITM

AlternativeTitle: BCCM Mycobacteria collection

Description: The BCCM/ITM collection is part of the ISO 9001-certifified BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. Our collection is specialized in mycbobacteria from human, animal and environmental origin. The collection holds over 700 freeze-dried strains and DNA extracts for a selection of them. We accept public and safe deposits, and distribute viable bacilli as well as DNA extracts.

DescriptionForSpecialists: BCCM/ITM focuses on Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains representing different drug-resistance profiles and genotypes. It also houses the former TDR-TB Strain bank (Vincent et al., 2012), with documented minimal inhibitory concentrations to first and/or second line anti-TB drugs and whole genome sequence data. In addition, we offer a broad variety of non-tuberculous mycobacteria, with an emphasis on the clinically most relevant species. DNA extracts are provided as thermolysates, but purified genomic DNA can be retrieved upon request.

Known to contain types

Related collections: BCCM Co-ordination Cell BCCM/DCG Diatom Collection BCCM/IHEM Biomedical Fungi and Yeast Collection BCCM/GeneCorner Plasmid Collection BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection BCCM/MUCL Agro-industrial Fungi and Yeast Collection BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria Collection

Usage restrictions: See catalogue record of each resource and conditions specified in the Material Transfer Agreement..

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2016-08-19

Institution metadata:

Name:	BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection
City:	Ghent
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Peter Vandamme, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	BCCM/MUCL Environmental and Applied Mycology
City:	Louvain-la-Neuve
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Stéphane Declerck, email

DNA & Culture Collection:

Title: BCCM/MUCL

AlternativeTitle: Agro-food & Environmental Fungal Collection

Description: The BCCM/MUCL collection is part of the BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). Our collection is specialized in lignocellulolytic fungi, fungi involved in food processing and spoilage, fermentative yeasts, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, fungal pathogens in tropical environments. The collection holds over 30000 strains of filamentous and yeast-like fungi and accepts public, patent and safe deposits.

Known to contain types

Related collections: BCCM coordination cell BCCM/DCG Diatoms Collection BCCM/IHEM Biomedical Fungi and Yeasts Collection BCCM/ITM Mycobacteria Collection BCCM/GeneCorner Plasmid Collection BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria Collection

Rights: _)_

Usage restrictions: _)_

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete.

Conservation status date: 2016-04-07

Institution metadata:

Name:	BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria Collection
City:	Liège
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-17
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Annick Wilmotte, email

DNA & Culture Collection:

Title: BCCM/ULC

AlternativeTitle: BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria Collection

Description: The BCCM/ULC collection is part of the BCCM consortium (Belgian Coordinated Collections of Micro-organisms) and is hosted by the InBios-Centre for Protein Engineering at the University of Liège. BCCM/ULC is a dedicated public collection, currently containing one of the largest collection of documented (sub)polar cyanobacteria worldwide. The collection holds 240 strains, of which the majority is characterized by phenotypic (morphological features based on microscopic observations) and genotypic (16S rRNA and ITS sequences) analyses. The three most important orders of cyanobacteria (Chroococcales, Oscillatoriales, Nostocales) are represented. The strains are unicyanobacterial, but not axenic. They are available as living cultures, and the majority is being cryopreserved (-80°C).

Cite as: BCCM

Known to contain types

Related collections: BCCM/DCG: Diatom Collection BCCM/IHEM: Biomedical fungi and yeast collection BCCM/GeneCorner: Plasmid collection BCCM/MUCL: Environmental and applied mycology BCCM/LMG: Bacteria collection BCCM/ITM: Mycobacteria collection BCCM Coordination cell

Rights: A MAA and MTA agreements are available on the website.

Usage restrictions: The restrictions are described in the MTA and in the catalogue on the website

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, species level inventory complete.

Conservation status date: 2016-03-25

Institution metadata:

Name:	Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
City:	Honolulu
CITES code:	US 024 (A/P)
Member since:	2017-03-23
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Holly Bolick, email

Institution metadata:

Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University

Name:	Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University
City:	College Station
CITES code:	US 032
Member since:	2017-04-03
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2018-10-08
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Heather Prestige, email

Institution metadata:

Texas A&M University, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections
Street: 3380 University Drive East
Pobox: 77845-5846
Extadd: Room 128
Postal code: 77845-5846
Locality: COLLEGE STATION
Country code: USA
Phone: 979-845-5783
EMail: brtc@tamu.edu
Website: brtc.tamu.edu

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Description: The Texas A&M Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (formerly the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection) is maintained by staff and faculty of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and is one of several natural history collections within the Texas A&M system. The facility houses important collections of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, parasites, and marine invertebrates that are available for use by the scientific community. Visit our collections pages to learn more about each division.

Name:	Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
City:	Berlin
CITES code:	DE 203-03
Member since:	2007-06-01
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2009-06-15
No. Records @ GGBN:	33308
Contact(s): Gabi Droege, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Berlin-Dahlem DNA Bank

Description: The DNA bank of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem holds currently a collection of 20.000 plant DNA and tissue samples growing constantly. Its core collection focuses on the flora of the Berlin and Brandenburg but it also preserves DNA from the Alps, the Mediterranean and the Altai Mountains as well as more than 2000 diatom DNA samples.

Cite as: Droege, G. (Ed.) 2008 - (continuously updated): DNA samples of the DNA bank at the BGBM (Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem).

Access points: http://ww3.bgbm.org/biocase/pywrapper.cgi?dsa=DNA_Bank

Known to contain types

Related collections: Herbarium Berolinense; Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem; Seedbank Dahlem

Rights: The copyright for any material created by the DNA bank of the BGBM is reserved. The duplication or use of information and data such as texts or images is only permitted with the indication of the source or with prior approval by the BGBM.

Usage restrictions: The use of the data is allowed only for non-profit scientific use and for non-profit nature conservation purpose. The data bases or part of it may only be used or copied by the written permission from the legal owner.

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2012-07-30

Institution metadata:

Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Street: Koenigin-Luise-Str. 6-8
Postal code: 14195
Locality: Berlin
Country code: DEU
Website: http://www.bgbm.org

Usage restrictions: The use of the data is allowed only for non-profit scientific use and for non-profit nature conservation purpose. The data base or part of it may only be used or copied by the written permission from the legal owner.

Description: The herbarium of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (herbarium acronym: B) is the largest in Germany and holds a collection of more than 3.5 million preserved specimens. All plant groups – flowering plants, ferns, mosses, liverworts, and algae, as well as fungi and lichens – are represented in the collections which are worldwide in scope. Associated with the general herbarium are special collections of dried fruits and seeds, wood samples, and specimens preserved in alcohol. The collections of the herbarium are growing constantly through field research conducted by staff, and through gifts, acquisitions, and exchanges of specimens from other herbaria. The BGBM is a founding member of GGBN as well as its precursor project DNA Bank Network and currently hosting the technical secretariat of GGBN.

Name:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
City:	Pittsburgh
CITES code:	US 123 (A/P)
Member since:	2016-03-24
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Jose Padial, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
City:	Guelph
CITES code:	CA 022
Member since:	2017-08-29
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2018-05-11
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Jeremy deWaard, email Evgeny Zakharov , email DNA Bank Team Guelph, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: CBG Collections

Description: CBG Collections maintains a globally unique natural history collection of 3.3 million specimens. Every specimen is digitized, and the exact storage location of each specimen is tracked in a collection management information system for quick reference and retrieval. The databased information for every voucher is also archived in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD; www.boldsystems.org), permitting the permanent storage, validation and analysis of barcode sequence data and associated specimen metadata. Most (88.6%) of the specimens have been DNA barcoded, and a few representatives of every species have been digitally imaged.

Rights: Please see individual records for information on collection rights.

Usage restrictions: Please see individual records for information on usage restrictions.

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2018-05-10

Institution metadata:

Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph
Street: 50 Stone Road East
Postal code: N1G2W1
Locality: Guelph
Country code: CAN
Phone: 5198244120
EMail: info@ccdb.ca
Website: http://biodiversitygenomics.net/contact/info-and-directions/

Access rights: Please see individual records for information on access rights.

Rights: Please see individual records for information on collection rights.

Usage restrictions: Please see individual records for information on usage restrictions.

Description: The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) at the University of Guelph is spearheading a novel approach to biodiversity research within Canada and internationally. Its three research units -- CBG Collections, CBG Genomics (or the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, CCDB) and CBG Informatics -- are advancing 21st century biodiversity science by enabling species identification and discovery that is based on the analysis of sequence diversity in short, standardized gene regions, DNA barcodes. CBG Collections maintains a globally unique natural history collection of 3.3 million specimens. Every specimen is digitized, and the exact storage location of each specimen is tracked in a collection management information system for quick reference and retrieval. The databased information for every voucher is also archived in the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD; www.boldsystems.org), permitting the permanent storage, validation and analysis of barcode sequence data and associated specimen metadata. Most (88.6%) of the specimens have been DNA barcoded, and a few representatives of every species have been digitally imaged. The CCDB holds high quality DNA extracts in a secure 2000 ft2 ultra-cold freezer bank. These DNA extracts reflect residual material following the barcode analysis of samples; it contains 5.3 million extracts from over 250,000 species derived from 231 countries, oceans and dependent territories, all connected to a voucher specimen on BOLD. Please direct inquiries to info@ccdb.ca

Name:	Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad
City:	Lima
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2017-06-22
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2018-08-17
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Pablo Venegas, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Herpetological Collection of CORBIDI

Description: This collection comprises specimen vouchers and tissue samples of most of the peruvian herpetofauna species: 436 species of amphibians and 337 species of reptiles, which comprises 74% of the amphibian and 69% of the reptile diversity, this according to the current diversity recorded for Peru. This is expresed in the more than 18,000 voucher specimens we store, and the more than 6,200 tissue samples, numbers that are growing constantly.

Known to contain types

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Conservation status: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2017-09-13

Institution metadata:

Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad, División de Herpetología
Street: Santa Rita 105
Extadd: Oficina 403
Postal code: 15023
Locality: Lima
Country code: PER
Phone: (+51)-1-353 7245
EMail: info@corbidi.org
Website: http://www.corbidi.org

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Description: CORBIDI is a NGO which was formed by a group of high experienced professionals. It is focused in the promotion of conservation and science, goals that are achieved through the execution of scientific research projects, and the diffusion of knowledge. It holds three main scientific collections: Birds, Amphibians and Reptiles, and Mammals which are assigned to their respective divisions.

Name:	Charles University in Prague
City:	Prague
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2014-09-18
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2015-09-01
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Michal Vinkler, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Tissue and DNA Collection of Vertebrates

AlternativeTitle: Genetic Bank of Vertebrates

Description: The collection contains tissue and extracted DNA samples of vertebrates, namely birds. The samples origin from wild animals (e.g. European free-living bird collection) as well as men-reared species, including parrots and chickens collected mainly in Europe from birds kept by hobby breeders. Tissue samples represent mainly blood, but part of the samples is derived from other tissues and feathers. Related collections: Tissue and DNA Collection of Free-Living Birds of the Czech Republic"

Related collections: Tissue and DNA Collection of Free-Living Birds of the Czech Republic

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Institution metadata:

Charles University in Prague, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science
Street: Vinicna 7
Postal code: 128 44
Locality: Praha
Country code: CZE
Phone: +420 221 95 1841
Fax: +420 221 95 1841
EMail: zoologie@natur.cuni.cz
Website: http://www.natur.cuni.cz/

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Description: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague is one of the leading academic research facilities devoted to zoological research in the Czech Republic. The biorepository of the department is preserving material collected by the researchers of the department during their research projects.

Name:	China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
City:	Beijing
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2017-08-08
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Huo Wang, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	China National GeneBank
City:	Shenzhen
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2013-04-15
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2017-12-11
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Renée Hu, email Xue Li, email Xun Xu, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: DNA & Tissue Collection

Description: DNA & tissue samples in freezers (-80/-20)

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Conservation status: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2016-08-22

Institution metadata:

China National Genebank
Street: Jinsha Road
Extadd: Dapeng District
Postal code: 518120
Locality: Shenzhen
Country code: CHN
Phone: +86 (0)755 3394 5579
Fax: +86 (0)755 3630 7280
EMail: jchen@cngb.org
Website: https://www.cngb.org/

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Description: China National GeneBank is one of the key scientific infrastructures in Shenzhen, approved and funded by the Chinese government. CNGB is committed to supporting public welfare, life science research, innovation and industry incubation through effective bioresource conservation, digitalization and utilization. Its “Three Banks and Two Platforms” structure integrates the ability to “store, read, and write” massive biological resources, including a biorepository, a bio-informatics data center, a biological resource center, a digitalization platform, and a synthesis and editing platform.

Name:	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
City:	Canberra
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Leo Joseph, email

Institution metadata:

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Street: Clunies Ross
Pobox: GPO Box 1700
Postal code: 2600
Locality: Canberra
Country code: AUS
Access rights: test456

Rights: test123

Usage restrictions: test789

Description: Federal Australian science organziation

Name:	Denver Botanic Gardens
City:	Denver
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2017-03-01
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2017-08-07
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Melissa Islam, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Tissue and DNA Bank

Description: The Denver Botanic Gardens' Tissue and DNA Bank is primarily comprised of silica-gel dried plant tissue samples representing over 270 populations of more than 80 species as well as approximately 8,000 DNA samples. Plants represented are typically from the Southern Rocky Mountain Region and are often rare or infrequent species. The number of tissue and DNA samples of fungal species is expected to grow.

Cite as: Denver Botanic Gardens Tissue and DNA Bank

Rights: Denver Botanic Gardens reserves all intellectual and property rights of accessioned objects.

Usage restrictions: All herbaria and biorepository data, as well as associated media are held within the Public Domain (CC0 1.0).

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2017-05-22

Institution metadata:

Denver Botanic Gardens
Street: 1005 York Street
Postal code: 80206
Locality: Denver
Country code: USA
Phone: 1-720-865-3657
EMail: research@botanicgardens.org
Website: https://www.botanicgardens.org/

Access rights: Denver Botanic Gardens' herbaria, biorepositories, and associated data are open to the public. In person visits are by appointment only. Specific locality information for threatened, endangered or otherwise sensitive plant species may be withheld, depending upon the discretion of Denver Botanic Gardens staff.

Rights: Denver Botanic Gardens reserves all intellectual and property rights of accessioned objects.

Usage restrictions: All herbaria and biorepository data, as well as associated media are held within the Public Domain (CC0 1.0).

Description: The Denver Botanic Gardens’ herbaria and biorepository document vascular plant and fungal biodiversity in Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountain Region.

Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center

Name:	Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center
City:	Gaoshu Township, Taiwan
CITES code:	Associate
Member since:	2019-01-22
Member status:	Associate
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s):

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Name:	Entomological Collections Network
City:	Keizer
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2016-08-05
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Floyd W. Shockley, email

Institution metadata:

Entomological Collections Network
Street: 5305B River Road North
Extadd: Northwest Registered Agent , LLC. #513290-93
Postal code: 97303
Locality: Keizer
Country code: USA
Phone: 202-633-0982
Fax: 202-786-2894
EMail: info@ecnweb.org
Website: http://www.ecnweb.org

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Description: Founded in 1990, the Entomological Collections Network (ECN) is now the largest organization in the world dedicated to promoting entomological science through the preservation, management, use and development of entomological collections and to disseminating information and fostering communications between collections managers and collections-based researchers around the world regarding best practices in entomological (and arthropod) natural history collections. The Network is organized and operated exclusively for scientific and educational purposes. Although most of ECN’s membership is based at U.S. institutions, the Network has expanded in recent years to include members from more than 20 other countries. ECN enjoys a strong cooperative relationship and overlapping membership with the Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution section of the Entomological Society of America, a 7,000+ member organization devoted to the promotion of entomological science overall and those that undertake it in all of its many subdisciplines.

Name:	European, Middle Eastern & African Society for Biopreservation and Biobanking
City:	Aix-en-Provence
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2016-09-29
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Robert Hewitt, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Finnish Museum of Natural History
City:	Helsinki
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-02-02
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Gunilla Ståhls, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
City:	Rio de Janeiro
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-07-10
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Name:	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
City:	Copenhagen
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2016-12-28
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Dmitry Schigel, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Hungarian Natural History Museum
City:	Budapest
CITES code:	HU 001
Member since:	2014-03-10
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Contact(s): Gabor Csorba, email

Institution metadata:

Hungarian Natural History Museum
Street: Baross u. 13.
Postal code: H-1088
Locality: Budapest
Country code: HUN
Phone: +36 30 2552923
EMail: csorba.gabor@nhmus.hu
Website: www.nhmus.hu/hu/munkatars/csorba_gabor

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Description: HNHM is one of the outstanding institutions of the Hungarian cultural and scientific life. It is one of the largest natural history collections among the Central and Eastern European institutions, comprising more than 10.1 million items, among them 200,000 type specimens including 44,110 primary types. They hold the most important reference and historical collections for the entire Carpathian Basin, major portions of the Balkans, C, E and SE Asia. HNHM holds important 200-300 years old historical collections. The best represented areas are the Palaearctic, Oriental and Ethiopian biogeographic regions, and in case of soil animals also the tropical part of S America. The collections are well organised so the desired specimens or taxa can easily be retrieved. The Bird, Mammal, Anthropological, Mineralogical, and parts of the Invertebrate collections were recently moved into state-of-the-art storage areas, which provide an excellent environment for preservation and improved the access to the collections. The staff are leading experts in their fields thus represent rare or unique expertise in Europe, which is demonstrated by our involvement in establishing NATURA 2000 and National Biodiversity-monitoring System (NBmR), LIFE+ and LIFE IP programs, European fauna monographs, Balkan flora monographs, EU-COST Actions, etc. Consultation with phytosanitary and quarantine specialists is part of the HNHM core work. The library with more than 300,000 volumes is the nationally recognized centre for natural history and it holds one of the most important archives for natural historians in Central and Eastern Europe.

Name:	Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences
City:	Sochumi
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2014-06-12
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Eduard Gubaz, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
City:	Hanoi
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-07-25
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

Institution metadata:

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources
Street: Hoang Quoc Viet Road 18
Extadd: Cau Giay
Postal code: 100000
Locality: Hanoi
Country code: VNM
Phone: +842437565943
Fax: +842438361196
EMail: info.iebr@gmail.com
Website: http://www.iebr.ac.vn/pages/1LDV.asp

Access rights: For researchers and students

Rights: Herbarium Zoological Museum

Usage restrictions: For researchers and students

Description: The Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR) was founded by the decision of the Council of Ministers (HĐBT 65/CT) on 5th March 1990. Its function consists of studying biological resources and typical ecosystems in order to supply the needs of the population in foodstuffs, food grains, consumer goods, to recommend planning activities for socio-economic development and environmental protection and to carry out the education and training of scientists on ecology and biological resources. Major Scientific Objectives: To study the flora and fauna of Vietnam. To inventory and evaluate biological resources in order to provide a basis for rational utilization of the species having scientific, economic, and conservation values. To undertake research on the structure and function of typical ecosystems in Vietnam for the monitoring and management of natural resources and their environment. To work on environmental restoration, and the designing and planning of sustainable development from an environmental perspective. To train scientists in the field of ecology and biological resources.

Name:	Institute of Vertebrate Biology, The Czech Academy of Sciences
City:	Brno
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-08-10
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2016-06-06
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Petra Hajkova, email barbora Zemanova, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Genetic Bank of the Institute of Vertebrate Biology

Description: Collection of mostly tissues and some DNA from wild vertebrates, with special focus on Central European fauna.

Cite as: IVB Genetic Bank

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Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2016-08-20

Institution metadata:

Institute of Vertebrate Biology, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Street: Kvetna 8
Postal code: 60365
Locality: Brno
Country code: CZE
Website: www.ivb.cz

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Description: The Institute of Vertebrate Biology performs basic research of vertebrates with the following research topics: - Biological diversity at molecular, organismal and community level. Evolutionary relationship among populations and species, natural hybrid zones and speciation. - Population dynamics, changes and trends of the community structure in natural and disturbed habitats, including modelling and prognoses. - Physiological, behavioural, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of the life histories of vertebrates with respect to their ontogenetic development. Reproductive strategies, survival rates, feeding behaviour, and inter- and intraspecific interactions. - Ectoparasites of higher vertebrates and their role as hosts, vectors and reservoirs of human and animal diseases in natural foci. The aim of the investigations is to achieve original data about free-living vertebrates concerning their genetic, population and species diversity, phylogeny, population dynamics, interactions with environment, and association with human and animal microbial pathogens.

Name:	International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories
City:	Vancouver
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2016-09-29
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Brent Schacter, email

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Name:	Leibniz Institute DSMZ
City:	Braunschweig
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2007-06-01
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2009-06-15
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Cathrin Sproeer, email Markus Göker, email

DNA & Culture Collection:

Title: DNA Collection

Description: The DSMZ offers quality controlled DNA for PCR applications from nearly all bacterial strains and yeasts of the collection. Quality is also sufficient for genome sequencing applying Illumina and related techniques but not intended for long read sequencing.

Rights: The deposited material in the public collection is owned by DSMZ.

Usage restrictions: Use of the products is restricted to the facility of the customer. Commercial distribution to third parties requires the previous written consent of DSMZ and potentially the written acceptance of any additional provisions and limitations imposed upon DSMZ by such third party. For in vitro and scientific use only.

Institution metadata:

Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Street: Inhoffenstrasse 7B
Postal code: 38124
Locality: Braunschweig
Country code: DEU
Phone: 49-531-261610
Fax: 49-531-2616 418
EMail: contact@dsmz.de
Website: http://www.dsmz.de

Access rights: The material of the public collection might be accessed by all legal entities except private persons. If applicable MTA agreements are requested. The supply of the material may fall under different national/international laws/restrictions.

Rights: The deposited material in the public collection is owned by DSMZ.

Usage restrictions: Use of the products is restricted to the facility of the customer. Commercial distribution to third parties requires the previous written consent of DSMZ and potentially the written acceptance of any additional provisions and limitations imposed upon DSMZ by such third party. For in vitro and scientific use only.

Description: DSMZ is the German Culture Collection for Microorganisms and Cell CulturesThe DSMZ is one of the largest biological resource centers worldwide. Its collections currently comprise more than 50,000 items, including about 27,000 different bacterial and 4,000 fungal strains, 800 human and animal cell lines, 700 plant cell lines, 1,400 plant viruses and antisera, and 13,000 different types of bacterial genomic DNA. All biological materials accepted in the DSMZ collection are subject to extensive quality control and physiological and molecular characterization by our central services. In addition, DSMZ provides an extensive documentation and detailed diagnostic information on the biological materials. The unprecedented diversity and quality management of its bioresources render the DSMZ an internationally reknown supplier for science, diagnostic laboratories, national reference centers, as well as industrial partners.

Name:	Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research
City:	Lincoln
CITES code:	NZ 001
Member since:	2018-07-19
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

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Name:	Missouri Botanical Garden
City:	St. Louis
CITES code:	US 053 (P)
Member since:	2017-08-11
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Jim Solomon, email Monica Carlsen, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
City:	Quito
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-06-03
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2016-06-16
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Santiago Ron, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Zoology Collection at Museo de Zoología Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Description: Museo de Zoología at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador hosts the largest specimen collection and Genome bank in Ecuador. The genome bank has over 40,000 tissues (updated to August 2015) stored in -80 ultra freezers.

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2015-08-09

Institution metadata:

Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Street: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Extadd: Apartado 17-01-2184
Postal code: EC170135
Locality: Quito
Country code: ECU
Phone: 5932991700
EMail: srron@puce.edu.ec
Website: http://zoologia.puce.edu.ec/Vertebrados/QuienesSomos.aspx

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Description: The Museum of Zoology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, identified by the acronym QCAZ (Quito-Catholic-Zoology), is the largest Ecuadorian institution working in biodiversity research. The QCAZ has about half a million specimens, which positions it as the largest holder of fauna collections in Ecuador. Our genome bank has over 50,000 tissues being one of the largest in Latin America. Our collections are open for scientific research in accordance to our institutional guidelines and Ecuadorian laws. Our main goal is to generate information and implement actions to foster the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of animal life. The QCAZ is administratively attached to the School of Biology at Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.

Name:	Museum für Naturkunde
City:	Berlin
CITES code:	DE 203-06
Member since:	2014-02-10
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2016-06-18
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Thomas von Rintelen, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: DNA & Tissue Collection

Description: DNA & tissue samples in freezers (-80/-20

Known to contain types

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Conservation status: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2014-06-29

Institution metadata:

Museum für Naturkunde
Street: Invalidenstrasse 43
Postal code: 10115
Locality: Berlin
Country code: DEU
Phone: +49-30-20938591
Fax: +49-30-20938561
EMail: info@mfn-berlin.de
Website: http://www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de

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Description: The "Museum fuer Naturkunde" is an independent foundation under public law governed by: . Stiftungsrat (Foundation Board) . the appointed General Director, the Head of the Museum . wissenschaftlicher Beirat (Scientific Advisory Board) The museum is divided into the following Departments: . The Department for Collections . The Department for Research Infrastructure . The Department for Exhibitions and Public Education . Directorate General, including Administration Research is organised in temporary research fields ("Forschungsbereiche"), which currently include the following: . Discovery of Biodiversity . Genome - Organism - Environment . Diversity Dynamics . Impact, Meteorites and Geological Processes . Collection Development . Science Communication and History of Science The number of research fields and topics are flexible and depend on the academic focus of the Museum at any given time. Each research field has its own spokesperson.

Name:	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
City:	Cambridge
CITES code:	US 051 (A)
Member since:	2017-01-09
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Breda Zimkus, email

Institution metadata:

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Street: 26 Oxford Street
Postal code: 02138
Locality: Cambridge
Country code: USA
Access rights: _)_

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Description: The Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) is a private center for research and education focused on the comparative relationships of animal life. The MCZ houses millions of animal specimens divided into nine departments and hosts thousands of visiting researchers each year.

Name:	Museum Victoria
City:	Melbourne
CITES code:	AU 030
Member since:	2013-07-25
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Joanna Sumner, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Tissue and DNA Collection

Description: The Tissue and DNA Collection forms a central cryogenic repository of samples from reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, fish, marine invertebrates, and terrestrial invertebrates..

Rights: _)_

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Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2012-10-01

Institution metadata:

Museum Victoria
Street: Nicholson St
Pobox: GPO Box 666
Postal code: 3001
Locality: Melbourne
Country code: AUS
Phone: 03 8341 7777
Website: http://www.museumvictoria.com.au

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Description: Museum Victoria is responsible for the state's scientific and cultural collections, providing public access through three museums. We oversee a wide range of research programs, the continued development of the state's collections, and run major education and research based websites. We are the largest public museums organisation in Australia.

Name:	National Museum
City:	Prague
CITES code:	CZ 002
Member since:	2017-11-14
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Contact(s): Martin Fikáček, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	National Museum of Natural History
City:	Washington
CITES code:	US 005 (A/P)
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2013-07-11
No. Records @ GGBN:	52817
Contact(s): NMNH Biorepository, email Carol Butler, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Tissue and DNA Collection (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)

Description: The museum’s genetic resource collections began more than 40 years ago as curator-driven research material. Over time, we realized that dispersed collections are vulnerable to equipment failures and sample mismanagement or loss. Therefore, we began an organized effort to centralize these collections, first within some research departments, and then throughout the museum. In 2010 NMNH constructed a biorepository, which began receiving collections in 2011. The current capacity is approximately 4.2 million 2 ml cryovials that are housed in 76 ultra-cold mechanical and liquid nitrogen freezers and a small number of refrigerators. All cold storage units are monitored constantly for performance. NMNH uses a modified version of FreezerPro (Ruro.com) to maintain and track inventory. FreezerPro is connected via an Application Programming Interface (API) to KE EMu, the museum’s catalog system. EMu provides a limited form of the catalog information to allow easier identification of samples. Each vial is assigned a locally unique Biorepository Number by FreezerPro to facilitate a unified system for locating and identifying samples. The collection includes insects, birds, terrestrial plants, marine and terrestrial invertebrates, algae, fish, reptiles, mammals, amphibians, bacteria and protozoans. Current strengths are in bird, marine and terrestrial mammal, and insect holdings, although significant projects have been initiated that will broaden and deepen the taxonomical representation as well as environments. Human tissues, commercial, and agricultural products are not a part of the collection. A complete inventory of all holdings is underway. The entire collection presently numbers more than 250,000 and could be twice that number. All these materials are available for use in genomic research, toxicology studies and environmental monitoring.

Known to contain types

Rights: We own them

Usage restrictions: Vary with collection item

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2015-11-20

Institution metadata:

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Street: 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Pobox: P. O. Box 37012
Extadd: NHB MRC 106
Postal code: 20013-7012
Locality: Washington
Country code: USA
Phone: 202 633 0836
Website: http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/biorepository/index.html

Access rights: Copyright Smithsonian Institution

Rights: We own them

Usage restrictions: Vary with collection item

Description: Collections include botanical, vertebrate and invertebrate tissues and extractions

Name:	National Tropical Botanical Garden
City:	Kalaheo
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-11-29
Member status:	Associate
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s):

Institution metadata:

Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, University of Tartu

Name:	Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden, University of Tartu
City:	Tartu
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-03-27
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Contact(s): Sergei Põlme, email

Institution metadata:

University of Tartu Natural History Museum
Street: Vanemuise
Pobox: 51014
Extadd: 46
Postal code: 51014
Locality: Tartu
Country code: EST
Phone: +372 737 6076
EMail: loodusmuuseum@ut.ee
Website: http://www.natmuseum.ut.ee/en

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Description: University of Tartu Natural History Museum collection comprises 370,000 tissues representing plants, fungi and lichens, more than 250,000 tissues representing animals, 1,500 soil samples and 2,000 living cultures of fungi, in addition to 30,000 DNAs. Collections are estimated to represent more than 50,000 species of macroorganisms and greater than 100,000 species of microorganisms.

Name:	Natural History Museum London
City:	London
CITES code:	GB 001
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2014-06-10
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Jacqueline Mackenzie-Dodds, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Frozen Tissue and Genetic Resources at NHM London

Description: Animal and plant tissues and genetic resources for and from Research.

Cite as: Molecular Collections Facility, NHM, London

Provenance: as per collection permit, MTA, acquisition documentation held in NHM Collections Management System KE EMu.

Related collections: Zoology, Botany, Entomology collections at NHM London

Rights: Mostly owned by NHMUK; other rights are as per collection permits, licences, acquisition documents etc.

Usage restrictions: Restrictions as per collection permit, MTA, limited embargo period of internal research material until publication, destructive sampling refusal e.g. rare/type material on scientific grounds.

Conservation status: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2012-12-12

Institution metadata:

Natural History Museum London
Street: Cromwell Road
Postal code: SW7 5BD
Locality: London
Country code: GBR
Phone: +44(0)207 5000
Website: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Access rights: Access to 3rd parties via NHMUK Collections Management Systems approved Borrower, Loan Request approval. Mostly copyright Natural History Museum London.

Rights: Mostly owned by NHMUK; other rights are as per collection permits, licences, acquisition documents etc.

Usage restrictions: Restrictions as per collection permit, MTA, limited embargo period of internal research material until publication, destructive sampling refusal e.g. rare/type material on scientific grounds.

Description: The Naural History Museum London is the UK's national natural history collection.

Name:	Natural History Museum of Denmark
City:	Copenhagen
CITES code:	DK 001, DK 002, DK 003
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2016-05-31
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Ole Seberg, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: The National DNA and Tissue collection

Description: National facility for storing DNA and tissue samples from Denmark, the Faeroe Islands, Greenland and World Wide.

Notes: Currently the accessions are scattered across different departments but are in the process of being transferred to a central facility.

Rights: Property of the Danish government but rights are transferred to the institution.

Access rights: Primarily to scientist in public institutions.

Usage restrictions: Users have to comply with national and international legislation and rules.

Conservation status: Material identified to species level but not incorporated into main collection (e.g., material identified for biodiversity or ecological studies, surveys, etc.).

Conservation status date: 2013-02-21

Institution metadata:

Natural History Museum of Denmark
Postal code: DK-1350
Locality: Copenhagen
Country code: DNK
Phone: +45 3522 2222
EMail: snm@snm.ku.dk
Website: http://snm.ku.dk/english/

Access rights: Primarily to scientist in public institutions.

Rights: Property of the Danish government but rights are transferred to the institution.

Usage restrictions: Users have to comply with national and international legislation and rules.

Description: The Natural History Museum (SNM) was established on January 1, 2004 by merging three separate institutions: the Botanic Garden and Museum, the Geological Museum and the Zoological Museum. SNM is a department of the University of Copenhagen.

Name:	Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
City:	Los Angeles
CITES code:	US 017 (A)
Member since:	2018-08-23
Member status:	Associate
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s):

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Name:	Natural History Museum of Oslo
City:	Oslo
CITES code:	NO 001
Member since:	2014-10-31
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2016-06-14
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Arild Johnsen, email DNA Bank Team NHMO, email Lars Erik Johannessen, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: NHMO DNA Bank

Description: A comprehensive collection of DNA and tissue predominantly from Scandinavian fauna and flora, but also with substantial contributions from other parts of the world

Cite as: NHMO DNA Bank

Related collections: Zoological and botanical preserved specimen collections at NHMO

Rights: To be added later

Usage restrictions: To be added later

Conservation status: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2014-12-11

Institution metadata:

Natural History Museum of Oslo
Street: Sars gate 1
Postal code: NO-0562
Locality: Oslo
Country code: NOR
Phone: +4722851630
EMail: postmottak@nhm.uio.no
Website: http://www.nhm.uio.no/english/

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Description: NHM is Norway’s most comprehensive natural history collection with more than 6 million objects. A selection of specimens are on display for the general public, in the Geological Museum and the Zoological Museum. The museum is a faculty at the University of Oslo.

Name:	NBIC National Biodiversity Information Consortium
City:	Akoka-Yaba
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-09-19
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

Institution metadata:

NBIC/Biodiversity Education and Resource Centre

Name:	NBIC/Biodiversity Education and Resource Centre
City:	Abuja
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-09-17
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

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Name:	NBIC/Botanical Society of Nigeria
City:	Akoka-Yaba
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-09-17
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

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NBIC/Delta State University, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Entomology Unit

Name:	NBIC/Delta State University, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Entomology Unit
City:	Abraka
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-09-17
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

Institution metadata:

NBIC/Sheda Science And Technology Complex

Name:	NBIC/Sheda Science And Technology Complex
City:	Abuja
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-09-17
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

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NBIC/University of Lagos, Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany

Name:	NBIC/University of Lagos, Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Department of Botany
City:	Akoka-Yaba
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-09-17
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s):

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Name:	New York Botanical Garden
City:	New York
CITES code:	US 003 (P)
Member since:	2011-02-24
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2011-02-24
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Lisa Campbell, email Dennis Stevenson, email

Institution metadata:

New York Botanical Garden, Science
Street: 2900 Southern Boulevard
Pobox: 10458
Postal code: 10458
Locality: Bronx
Country code: USA
Phone: 718-817-8632
EMail: dws@nybg.org
Website: http://www.nybg.org/

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Description: Major Herbarium and living plant collections.

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Name:	North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
City:	Raleigh
CITES code:	US 126 (A)
Member since:	2018-11-21
Member status:	Associate
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s):

Institution metadata:

Name:	Ocean Genome Legacy
City:	Nahant
CITES code:	US 188 (A)
Member since:	2013-04-21
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2014-01-24
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): OGL DNA Bank team, email Dan Distel, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Ocean Genome Legacy Collection

Description: The Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) is a non-profit marine DNA and tissue repository dedicated to exploring and preserving the wealth of information contained in the genomes of endangered, rare, unusual and ecologically critical marine organisms. OGL’s mission is to collect, describe, and preserve genomes from marine species, and to make these materials widely available for scientific research. By providing secure storage and broad public access to genomic materials and a forum for sharing samples, data, and ideas, OGL aims to serve as a catalyst for research that can help to protect marine ecosystems and improve the human condition. Detailed data are available for each specimen listed in our public online catalog.

Cite as: OGL Accession ID number [Sxxxxxx]. Ocean Genome Resource Database, The Ocean Genome Legacy Center of New England Biolabs, Northeastern University. Published on the web at: http://www.northeastern.edu/ogl/catalog/; accessed [date].

Provenance: Formerly “Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc.,” OGL became the Ocean Genome Legacy Center of New England Biolabs at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center on January 1, 2014.

Rights: Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) maintains ownership of all materials in its collection unless specifically negotiated as otherwise. Upon distribution to researchers or educators, materials continue to remain the property of OGL. All intellectual property rights are held by the original depositor; any rights to patents, patent applications, trade secrets, commercialization, or other proprietary rights must be negotiated with the depositor and/or OGL. Please refer to the OGL Material Transfer agreement at http://www.northeastern.edu/ogl for a more detailed description of all rights and responsibilities.

Usage restrictions: OGL operates under a policy of fair and ethical trade and use, in keeping with principles established by the Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio Earth Summit,1992). The recipient agrees that: 1) Any materials from OGL are to be used for non-commercial research or educational purposes only; 2) Materials will not be used in human subjects, in clinical trials, or for diagnostic purposes involving human subjects; 3) Materials are to be used only under the supervision of the recipient scientist or others working under his/her direct supervision; 4) Materials will not be transferred to any other person or organization; 5) Materials will be used in compliance with applicable federal, state, or local laws, regulations or ordinances; 6) Any exceptions to these restrictions require prior authorization from OGL. Please refer to the OGL Material Transfer agreement at http://www.northeastern.edu/ogl for a more detailed description of all rights and responsibilities.

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2013-01-09

Institution metadata:

Ocean Genome Legacy Center
Street: 430 Nahant Road
Postal code: 01908
Locality: Nahant
Country code: USA
Phone: +1 (617) 373-2576
EMail: oglinfo@northeastern.edu
Website: www.northeastern.edu/ogl

Access rights: Specimens and materials may be deposited to or requested from OGL by any researcher. Materials and data associated with such materials are publicly accessible through our online database at http://www.northeastern.edu/ogl/catalog. Any proposed acquisition entailing restrictions as to title, right of possession, care, loan, or other special restrictions, and all acquisitions requiring special expenditures, shall be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Rights: Ocean Genome Legacy (OGL) maintains ownership of all materials in its collection unless specifically negotiated as otherwise. Upon distribution to researchers or educators, materials continue to remain the property of OGL. All intellectual property rights are held by the original depositor; any rights to patents, patent applications, trade secrets, commercialization, or other proprietary rights must be negotiated with the depositor and/or OGL. Please refer to the OGL Material Transfer agreement at http://www.northeastern.edu/ogl for a more detailed description of all rights and responsibilities.

Usage restrictions: OGL operates under a policy of fair and ethical trade and use, in keeping with principles established by the Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio Earth Summit,1992). The recipient agrees that: 1) Any materials from OGL are to be used for non-commercial research or educational purposes only; 2) Materials will not be used in human subjects, in clinical trials, or for diagnostic purposes involving human subjects; 3) Materials are to be used only under the supervision of the recipient scientist or others working under his/her direct supervision; 4) Materials will not be transferred to any other person or organization; 5) Materials will be used in compliance with applicable federal, state, or local laws, regulations or ordinances; 6) Any exceptions to these restrictions require prior authorization from OGL. Please refer to the OGL Material Transfer agreement at http://www.northeastern.edu/ogl for a more detailed description of all rights and responsibilities.

Description: The Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL) is a non-profit marine DNA and tissue repository dedicated to exploring and preserving the wealth of information contained in the genomes of endangered, rare, unusual and ecologically critical marine organisms. OGL’s mission is to collect, describe, and preserve genomes from marine species, and to make these materials widely available for scientific research. By providing secure storage and broad public access to genomic materials and a forum for sharing samples, data, and ideas, OGL aims to serve as a catalyst for research that can help to protect marine ecosystems and improve the human condition. Detailed data are available for each specimen listed in our public online catalog.

Name:	Randers Regnskov
City:	Randers
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2017-09-14
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Julie Strand, email

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Name:	Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
City:	Rio de Janeiro
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2015-11-09
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Contact(s): Eduardo Dalcin, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: JBRJ`s DNA BANK

AlternativeTitle: RB-dna

Description: The main criterion for inclusion of samples in the JBRJ DNA Bank is that they come from Brazilian native flora.

Rights: The information associated with the JBRJ DNA bank are available under the license CC BY 4.0

Usage restrictions: The information associated with the JBRJ DNA bank are available under the license CC BY 4.0

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2016-01-05

Institution metadata:

Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden
Street: Rua Pacheco Leão 915
Extadd: Jardim Botânico
Postal code: 22460-030
Locality: Rio de Janeiro
Country code: BRA
Phone: +552132042082
EMail: jbrj@jbrj.gov.br
Website: http://jbrj.gov.br/

Access rights: The information associated with the JBRJ DNA bank are available under the license CC BY 4.0

Rights: The information associated with the JBRJ DNA bank are available under the license CC BY 4.0

Usage restrictions: The information associated with the JBRJ DNA bank are available under the license CC BY 4.0

Description: The Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro arises with the mission of "promote, conduct and disseminate scientific research, with an emphasis on flora, aimed at the conservation and valuation of biodiversity and carry out activities promoting the integration of science, education, culture and nature." - See more at: http://jbrj.gov.br/institucional/quem-somos#sthash.qy2nv309.dpuf

Name:	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
City:	Edinburgh
CITES code:	GB 006
Member since:	2015-08-18
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): David Harris, email

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Name:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
City:	London
CITES code:	GB 005
Member since:	2013-09-25
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2014-06-10
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Kew DNA Bank team, email Tim Fulcher, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: DNA & Tissue Bank

Description: The DNA bank at Kew is the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 40,000 accessions of plant genomic DNA, representing about 32,500 species of vascular plants, almost 6,000 genera and most families. Because the bank reflects the different projects that were conducted in the lab since its establishment, the orchid collection is particularly well represented with more than 5,500 species, about a quarter of all orchid species known to science. The main sources of new DNA samples routinely included in the bank come from projects either lead by Kew scientists or undertaken by visiting researchers in collaboration with Kew staff. Kew

Related collections: The collection also include about 1500 silica-gel dried samples; this part of the collection is expected to grow exponentially in the coming years ( ca. 5000 accessions per year).

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Street: -
Postal code: TW9 3DS
Locality: Richmond
Country code: GBR
EMail: dnabank@kew.org
Website: http://apps.kew.org/dnabank/homepage.html

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Description: RBG Kew can be considered unique among botanic gardens and museums because of its size, history and scope. It is an international visitor attraction and a world-acclaimed scientific institution holding the world's largest collections of plants and fungi, living and preserved, and major databases of plant biodiversity data. RBG Kew's primary focus is science-based conservation to enhance the quality of life. This involves an ongoing mix of basic and applied science, mostly focused on collections and associated databases. The breadth of RBG Kew's plant collections is matched by the scope of its international partnerships and unparalleded access to plant science expertise around the globe. RBG Kew conducts research into many seemingly "blue skies" areas but differs in the applications of the data produced by such enquiries to problems in managing effective conservation programmes in the field and restoring and/or repairing sites damaged by human activity and climate change. This is the basis for our claim to be a "science-based conservation organisation working on the world stage".

Name:	Royal Museum for Central Africa
City:	Tervuren
CITES code:	BE 001
Member since:	2015-07-15
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Marc De Meyer, email

Institution metadata:

Royal Museum for Central Africa
Street: Leuvensesteenweg 13
Postal code: 3080
Locality: Tervuren
Country code: BEL
Phone: (+32) 02 769 52 11
Fax: (+32) 02 769 52 42
EMail: info@africamuseum.be
Website: http://www.africamuseum.be/home

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Description: The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) is known for being one of the world’s most beautiful and impressive museums devoted to Africa. Since its founding in 1898, its task has been to preserve and manage collections, carry out scientific research, and disseminate knowledge to a wide audience through its scientific, educational, and museological activities. The RMCA plays an active role in the sustainable development of Africa, and aspires to be a centre for collaboration and reflection on today's Africa and the challenges it faces. Our collections, noted for their diversity, are of enormous scientific value and are unique in many ways. Large portions have now been digitised and made available to researchers the world over.

Name:	Royal Ontario Museum
City:	Toronto
CITES code:	CA 006
Member since:	2015-12-04
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Doug Currie, email Sang Ho Baek, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Mammalogy

Description: Primarily tissues frozen in liquid nitrogen in the field and transferred to -80C ultracold freezers for long-term storage. Some samples preserved in 95% ethanol.

Known to contain types

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Institution metadata:

Royal Ontario Museum
Street: 100 Queen's Park
Postal code: M5S 2C6
Locality: Toronto
Country code: CAN
Phone: 1-416-586-8000
EMail: info@rom.on.ca
Website: http://www.rom.on.ca/en#/gallery/recent

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Description: The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is among the world’s leading museums of natural history and world cultures. In combining a universal museum of cultures with that of natural history, the ROM offers an unusual breadth of experience to our audiences from around the world. We realize more acutely now that nature and humanity are intertwined, and the ROM offers many examples in its collections and programs of these fundamental relationships.

Name:	Ruder Boskovic Institute
City:	Rovinj
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2013-08-16
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2013-08-16
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Martin Pfannkuchen, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: CIM Algal Culture Collection

Description: marine phyto- and zooplankton organisms. The collection has a special focus on toxic species from the northern Adriatic.

Cite as: Pfannkuchen, Martin; Godrian, Jelena; Marić Pfannkuchen, Daniela (Ed.) 2012 - (continuously updated): DNA samples of the CIM DNA bank at the CIM (Center for Marine Research, Rovinj, Institute Ruđer Bo

Access points: http://gbif.irb.hr/biocase/pywrapper.cgi?dsa=dnabank

Rights: Ownership: Ruder Boskovic Institute

Usage restrictions: vary by specimen

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2013-08-08

Institution metadata:

Ruder Boskovic Institute, Center for Marine Research
Street: Giordano Paliaga 5
Postal code: 52210
Locality: Rovinj
Country code: HRV
Phone: + 385 52 804 736
Fax: + 385 52 804 780
EMail: info@irb.hr
Website: http://www.irb.hr

Access rights: Copyright: Ruder Boskovic Institute

Rights: Ownership: Ruder Boskovic Institute

Usage restrictions: vary by specimen

Description: The Ruder Boskovic Institute (RBI) is the leading Croatian national research institute for natural and live sciences. Its Center for Marine Research (Centar za Istrazivanje Mora, CIM) is located in Rovinj (Croatia). The CIM investigates marine ecosystems with a special focus on the Northern Adriatic Sea. The CIM holds a live cell culture collection of marine phyto- and zooplankton with a special focus on toxic species. This culture collection is accompanied by a research collection of corresponding DNA samples.

Name:	sdfgsdfg
City:	sdfgsdfg
CITES code:	AZ 123
Member since:	2021-01-18
Member status:	Core
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s):

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Name:	Senckenberg Frankfurt and BiK-F
City:	Frankfurt
CITES code:	DE 206-70
Member since:	2013-05-28
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2013-05-28
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Senckenberg DNA Bank team, email Christian Printzen, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: DNA bank of the SGN and Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK-F)

Description: The DNA Bank of the SGN and the Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK-F) stores isolated genomic DNA of all organismal groups.

Known to contain types

Related collections: botanical, mycological and zoological collections of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft fuer Naturforschung (SGN)

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Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2013-08-15

Institution metadata:

Senckenberg Gesellschaft fuer Naturforschung
Street: Senckenberganlage 25
Postal code: D-60325
Locality: Frankfurt am Main
Country code: DEU
Phone: +49 69 75420
Fax: +49 69 746238
EMail: info@senckenberg.de
Website: http://www.senckenberg.de

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Description: Under the roof of the SGN, 6 research institutes and 3 natural history museums conduct research in bio- and geosciences.

Name:	Senckenberg Görlitz
City:	Görlitz
CITES code:	DE 216-02
Member since:	2015-04-18
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Karin Hohberg, email Ulrich Burkhardt, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
City:	Panama City
CITES code:	PA 001
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Oris Sanjur, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: DNA and tissue cryocollection

Description: We hold a collection of frozen tissues and DNA from the neotropics. The taxonomic groups included are fish, birds, herps.

Rights: We own them

Usage restrictions: Varies with collection items

Institution metadata:

Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Street: Balboa, Ancon
Postal code: 0843-03092
Locality: Panama
Country code: PAN
Phone: 507-212-8017
Website: http://www.stri.si.edu

Access rights: Copyright Smithsonian Institution

Rights: We own them

Usage restrictions: Varies with collection items

Description: Collections include neotropical fish, bird, herps samples.

South Africa National Biodiversity Institute - National Zoological Gardens of South Africa

Name:	South Africa National Biodiversity Institute - National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
City:	Pretoria
CITES code:	ZA 034
Member since:	2011-10-11
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Kim Labuschagne, email

Institution metadata:

Name:	South Australian Museum
City:	Adelaide
CITES code:	AU 035
Member since:	2013-06-20
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Brian Oldman, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Australian Biological Tissue Collection

AlternativeTitle: ABTC

Description: The Australian Biological Tissue Collection (ABTC) houses over 130,000 tissue samples. The collection encompasses most of the terrestrial vertebrate groups from Australasia and a broad representation of major fish and invertebrate groups from Australia and surrounding regions

DescriptionForSpecialists: The Australian Biological Tissue Collection (ABTC) houses over 130,000 tissue and DNA samples, most frozen at -80C, the remainder preserved in ethanol or RNALater. The collection encompasses most of the terrestrial vertebrate groups from Australasia and a broad representation of major fish and invertebrate groups from Australia and surrounding regions.

Provenance: mostly Australasia, with minor representation from other global bio-regions

Known to contain types

Rights: not available at this time

Usage restrictions: not available at this time

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2012-10-01

Institution metadata:

South Australian Museum
Street: North Terrace
Postal code: 5000
Locality: Adelaide
Country code: AUS
Phone: 61 8 8207 7500
Fax: 61 8 8203 9805
Website: http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/

Access rights: not available at this time

Rights: not available at this time

Usage restrictions: not available at this time

Description: The South Australian Museum is a custodian for the State

Southern China DNA Barcoding Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Name:	Southern China DNA Barcoding Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
City:	Kunming
CITES code:	CN 005
Member since:	2018-08-23
Member status:	Associate
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Southern China DNA Barcoding Center
Street: 32 JIAOCHANG DONGLU
Postal code: 650223
Locality: Kunming
Country code: CHN
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Description: The Southern China DNA Barcoding Center (SCDBC) is the only Central Node of the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) in Asia and provides sequencing, bioinformatics, and biorepository training to researchers across the region.

Name:	Swedish Museum of Natural History/Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
City:	Stockholm
CITES code:	SE 001
Member since:	2015-05-05
Member status:	Associate
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
Contact(s): Irene Bisang, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: Environmental Specimen Bank

AlternativeTitle: ESB

Description: The ESB has one of the oldest and greatest collections of environmental specimens in the world. The oldest samples are collected in the mid-1960s, and for some species continuous series of samples from the late 1960s up to now are stored.The ESB has at its disposal tissue samples from more than 260,000 organisms, mostly from animals but also from plants (moss). The majority of the samples are stored at -30 °C and -80 °C. Some types of samples are stored dry at room temperature.

Cite as: Environmental Specimen Bank of the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Usage restrictions: Head of the project is obliged to mention the origin of the samples (Environmental Specimen Bank, Swedish Museum of Natural History) in publications and send a sample of the publication/report, without no expense, to Swedish Museum of Natural History, Ylva Lind

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2017-06-19

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Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Street: Frescativägen 40
Postal code: SE- 114 18
Locality: Stockholm
Country code: SWE
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Description: The Swedish Museum of Natural History is a major research institute that combines a venerable tradition with modern working methods. NRMs invaluable collections of more than 10 million biological, paleontological and geological specimens constitute an amazing archive of the natural world. The collections have a broad taxonomic, temporal and spatial span and comprise many types and unique collections. State-of-the-art equipment and dedicated laboratories enable high-quality research on the collections and in related areas, including genetic analyses of ancient DNA and elaborate geological and geochemical analyses. The scientific relevance of NRM’s research in biological and geological diversity is nationally and internationally outstanding. The combination of scientifically important collections, excellent expertise and advanced analytical equipment creates a stimulating environment that attracts annually several hundred international visiting scientists. NRM is and has been actively involved in many EC-funded research and training projects. It is one of the largest partners in SYNTHESYS since its beginning in FP6. NRM regularly hosts Marie Sklodowska Curie fellows. The museum has taken a prominent role in collaborative initiatives in Europe and globally, such as CETAF, GBIF, FishBase, CBOL and IUCN, and in the national Infrastructures LifeWatch, Vega Centre and NORDSIM. There is dedicated administration staff that assists grant holders with project contractual and financial management and reporting. NRM scientists also participate in teaching at universities, graduate schools and NGO organisations, which provides excellent outreach platforms. Currently, around 40 graduate students from both Swedish and foreign universities are supervised by NRM staff.

Name:	Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
City:	Aguascalientes
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2018-06-14
Member status:	Associate, Voting
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Name:	Universidade Estadual de Campinas
City:	Campinas
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2014-06-26
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Glyn Figueira, email

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Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, University of Campinas UNICAMP
Street: Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz
Pobox: 6171
Extadd: Barao Geraldo
Postal code: 13083970
Locality: Campinas
Country code: BRA
Phone: 551921392892
Fax: 551921392852
EMail: glynmara@gmail.com
Website: http://www.cpqba.unicamp.br/cpma/

Rights: The mission of CPMA - Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is collection, identification, preservation and exchange of biological species with potential application in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetics industries. CPMA has a strong involvement in scientific research and technology development, using techniques and processes that certify the quality of the biological material are in accordance with the Brazilian laws, regulations and policies.

Description: CPMA was established in 1989, at CPQBA - Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Pluridisciplinary Research Center, at UNICAMP - Campinas State University, in the city of Paulinia, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The first species were donated by the University of Brasilia and CENARGEN – Genetic Resources and Biotechnology Research Center of EMBRAPA – Brazilian National Agricultural Research Company. Since then, the Collection has received donations from various research institutions, private farmers and kept samplings from several research projects The Collection has approximately 3.000 specimens (650 species and 78 botanical families) of wild and domesticated medicinal and aromatic plants from different regions of Brazil and the world. CPMA is one of the main bases for scientific research and technology development by CPQBA-UNICAMP and Brazilian and International partner institutions. The species arrive at the Collection, in most cases, with information on their biological characteristics and folk uses, what supports research and development, processes of domestication and scientific evaluation. All information is available in a database online documentation with photos; the data are available in Splink and IABIN network. CPMA is approved since 2005 as a Trusted Biorepository by the Brazilian Federal Environment Ministry and became an associate member of the GGBN - Global Genomic Biodiversity Network in 2014.

Name:	University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute
City:	Lawrence
CITES code:	US 009 (A/P)
Member since:	2017-06-21
Member status:	Observer
Contact(s): Andrew Bentley, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute ichthyology tissue collection

AlternativeTitle: KUBI fish tissue collection

Description: The University of Kansas Ichthyology frozen tissue collection continues to expand rapidly and has broad representation of both marine and freshwater fish diversity - 11,000 individual tissue samples from 2384 taxa (297 families and 1077 genera) and 38 countries (Australia, Belize, Ethiopia, Fiji, Nepal, Seychelles, South Africa and Tonga etc., as well as oceanic localities). The collections and the scope of research activities in the division continue to grow due to the ongoing activities of ichthyology staff and students. The collection is used by national and international researchers as well as by state and federal agencies. The Division of Ichthyology is designated as a Regional Center in the Midwest and Great Plains Regions (Collette & Lachner 1976, Copeia 1976: 625-642; Poss and Collette 1995, Copeia 1995: 48-70) and is among the top twenty ichthyological collections in the country. Almost 60% of the specimens in the collection are from the Great Plains Region. The collection is an important resource for anyone interested in the region’s fishes. The data concerning these faunas are not extensively duplicated by other ichthyological collections. The tissue collection comprises tissue samples originally collected in liquid nitrogen, DMSO and ethanol and stored in state-of-the-art liquid nitrogen dewars at -170°C. The tissues are made up mostly of muscle tissue but also includes, liver and other internal organs, fin clips and whole specimens. A large proportion of our collection has vouchers held either at KU or at other collections. The provenance of these vouchers is indicated in the database

Related collections: University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute fish voucher collection (KUI)

Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US

Usage restrictions: Usage restrictions for individual collections should be investigated by accessing the individual collection pages for those divisions at http://biodiversity.ku.edu.

Conservation status: Physical curation complete, individual specimen label data captured.

Conservation status date: 2017-08-23

Institution metadata:

University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
Street: 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Pobox: 66045
Extadd: Dyche hall
Postal code: 66045
Locality: Lawrence
Country code: USA
Phone: 7858643863
Fax: 7858643863
EMail: biodiversity@ku.edu
Website: http://biodiversity.ku.edu/

Access rights: http://biodiversity.ku.edu/research/university-kansas-biodiversity-institute-data-publication-and-use-norms

Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en_US

Usage restrictions: Usage restrictions for individual collections should be investigated by accessing the individual collection pages for those divisions at http://biodiversity.ku.edu.

Description: The KU Biodiversity Institute studies the life of the planet for the benefit of the Earth and its inhabitants. The institute, including the KU Natural History Museum, accomplishes this mission through the acquisition, curation and study of collections of plants, animals, fossil material and cultural artifacts for undergraduate, graduate and public education, as well as research and public and professional service. The Biodiversity Institute’s worldwide collection of almost 9 million specimens and 1.2 million archeological artifacts encompass the study of archaeology, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals, plants, parasites, insects, and fossil plants and animals. More than 100 research scientists and graduate students in the institute study the species, ecosystems, evolution and cultures of the planet. They use this information to model and forecast environmental phenomena that are critical to human well-being, including threatened and endangered species, the potential spread of diseases and pest species, and the effect of climate change on Earth’s biodiversity and habitats. The KU Natural History Museum is home to four floors of public exhibits including the historic Panorama; live snakes and insects; vertebrate and invertebrate fossils; parasites and microbes; and the flora and fauna of the Great Plains. The museum provides content-rich, hands-on informal science learning for school groups in grades K–12. These programs have reached more than 40,000 participants over the past decade. The museum also offers a wide range of public programs and events.

Name:	Vietnam National Museum of Nature
City:	Hanoi
CITES code:	not registered
Member since:	2016-12-16
Member status:	Associate
Contact(s): Pham Hong Thai, email

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Name:	Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
City:	New Haven
CITES code:	US 048 (A/P)
Member since:	2018-11-06
Member status:	Associate, Voting
Online since:	0000-00-00
No. Records @ GGBN:	0
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Name:	Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
City:	Bonn
CITES code:	DE 208-02
Member since:	2007-06-01
Member status:	Core, Voting
Online since:	2009-06-15
No. Records @ GGBN:	261254
Contact(s): Jonas Astrin, email

DNA & Tissue Collection:

Title: LIB Biobank

AlternativeTitle: DNA Bank, Tissue Bank, Cell Bank and Compound Library at LIB

Description: The Biobank of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB, Bonn and Hamburg) archives samples of animal and environmental DNA, fixed or snap-frozen tissue, and cell cultures, associated with the corresponding biological data. Storage temperatures: -190°C (liquid nitrogen), -80°C, -40°C, -20°C, ambient (sealed). Further info: https://bonn.leibniz-lib.de/en/biobank

Cite as: LIB Biobank

Access points: https://biocase.zfmk.de/biocase/pywrapper.cgi?dsa=ZFMK-Biobank-v2

Known to contain types

Related collections: LIB morphological collections and others

Rights: depending on sample

Usage restrictions: depending on sample, generally not for commercial use and complying with regulations

Conservation status: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.

Conservation status date: 2012-10-02

Institution metadata:

Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Street: Adenauerallee 127
Postal code: D-53113
Locality: Bonn
Country code: DEU
Phone: +49-228-9122 0
Fax: +49-228-9122 212
EMail: info@leibniz-lib.de
Website: https://leibniz-lib.de/

Access rights: depending on sample

Rights: depending on sample

Usage restrictions: depending on sample, generally not for commercial use and complying with regulations

Description: The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) is composed of the Museum for Nature, Hamburg, and Museum Koenig, Bonn. The LIB is dedicated to researching biodiversity and its changes, and to communicate these results to the wider society. Research is based on the extensive scientific – mostly zoological – collections, together comprising around 12 million objects.

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