scholarly journals Cyanobacterial diversity held in microbial biological resource centers as a biotechnological asset: the case study of the newly established LEGE culture collection

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 1437-1451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitor Ramos ◽  
João Morais ◽  
Raquel Castelo-Branco ◽  
Ângela Pinheiro ◽  
Joana Martins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Culture Collection ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Cyanobacterial Diversity ◽  
Biological Resource Centers

The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP): A biological resource for protistan genomics

Gene ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 406 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire M.M. Gachon ◽  
John G. Day ◽  
Christine N. Campbell ◽  
Thomas Pröschold ◽  
Rachel J. Saxon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Culture Collection ◽  
Biological Resource

INTEGRATION OF RUSSIAN MICROBIAL GENETIC RESOURCES IN EUROPEAN SYSTEM HORISON 2020

2020 ◽  
pp. 246-247
Author(s):  
M. Vasilenko ◽  
O. Stupar ◽  
G. Kochkina ◽  
S. Ozerskaya
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Biological Databases ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Science System ◽  
European System ◽  
Biological Resource Centers

A scheme of organizing the integration of information flows about microbial genetic resources supported by the European Biological Resource Centers (MBRC) with biological databases of the Life Science system is presented.

scholarly journals Biological Resource Centers and Systems Biology

BioScience ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufeng Wang ◽  
Timothy G. Lilburn
Keyword(s):  
Systems Biology ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Biological Resource Centers

scholarly journals SPRECware: Software Tools for Standard PREanalytical Code (SPREC) Labeling – Effective Exchange and Search of Stored Biospecimens

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umberto Nanni ◽  
Fotini Betsou ◽  
Silvia Riondino ◽  
Luisa Rossetti ◽  
Antonella Spila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Effective Exchange ◽  
Laboratory Information Systems ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Science Working ◽  
Biological Resource Centers

Biobanks provide stored material to basic, translational, and epidemiological research and this material should be transferred without institute-dependent intrinsic bias. The ISBER Biospecimen Science Working Group has released a “Standard PREanalytical Code” (SPREC), which is a proposal for a standard coding of the preanalytical options that have been adopted in order to track and make explicit the preanalytical variations in the collection, preparation, and storage of specimens. In this paper we address 2 issues arising in any biobank or biolaboratory aiming at adopting SPREC: (i) reducing the burden required to adopt this standard coding, and (ii) maximize the immediate benefits of this adoption by providing a free, dedicated software tool. We propose SPRECware, a vision encompassing tools and solutions for the best exploitation of SPREC based on information technology ( www.sprecware.org ). As a first step, we make available SPRECbase, a software tool useful for generating, storing, managing, and exchanging SPREC-related information associated to specimens. Adopting SPREC is useful both for internal purposes (such as finding the samples having some given preanalytical features), and for exchanging the preanalytical information associated to biological samples between Laboratory Information Systems. In case of a common adoption of this coding, it would be easy to find out whether and where, among the participating Biological Resource Centers, the specimens for a given study are available in order to carry out a planned experiment.

scholarly journals Code of Conduct on Biosecurity for Biological Resource Centres: procedural implementation

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (Pt_7) ◽  
pp. 2374-2382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Rohde ◽  
David Smith ◽  
Dunja Martin ◽  
Dagmar Fritze ◽  
Joost Stalpers
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Toxin Production ◽  
Culture Collection ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Biological Resource ◽  
Dual Use ◽  
Culture Collections ◽  
Micro Organisms

A globally applicable code of conduct specifically dedicated to biosecurity has been developed together with guidance for its procedural implementation. This is to address the regulations governing potential dual-use of biological materials, associated information and technologies, and reduce the potential for their malicious use. Scientists researching and exchanging micro-organisms have a responsibility to prevent misuse of the inherently dangerous ones, that is, those possessing characters such as pathogenicity or toxin production. The code of conduct presented here is based on best practice principles for scientists and their institutions working with biological resources with a specific focus on micro-organisms. It aims to raise awareness of regulatory needs and to protect researchers, their facilities and stakeholders. It reflects global activities in this area in response to legislation such as that in the USA, the PATRIOT Act of 2001, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001; the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 and subsequent amendments in the UK; the EU Dual-Use Regulation; and the recommendations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), under their Biological Resource Centre (BRC) Initiative at the beginning of the millennium (OECD, 2001). Two project consortia with international partners came together with experts in the field to draw up a Code of Conduct on Biosecurity for BRCs to ensure that culture collections and microbiologists in general worked in a way that met the requirements of such legislation. A BRC is the modern day culture collection that adds value to its holdings and implements common best practice in the collection and supply of strains for research and development. This code of conduct specifically addresses the work of public service culture collections and describes the issues of importance and the controls or practices that should be in place. However, these best practices are equally applicable to all other microbiology laboratories holding, using and sharing microbial resources. The code was introduced to the Seventh Review Conference to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), United Nations, Geneva, 2011; the delegates to the States’ parties recommended that this code of conduct be broadly applied in the life sciences and disseminated amongst microbiologists, hence the publishing of it here along with practical implementation guidance. This paper considers the regulatory and working environment for microbiology, defines responsibilities and provides practical advice on the implementation of best practice in handling the organism itself, associated data and technical know-how.

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