Together with partner institutions holding biodiversity biobanks
Joint Biobanking Africa Conference 2025
South Africa
South Africa
Where worlds align: biodiversity and human biobanks
We’re thrilled to be a part of the GGBN 2025 Conference in Cape Town, South Africa —a joint event with ISBER! With this year’s conference theme, “Where worlds align: biodiversity and human biobanks.
Same, but different”, we’re bringing together experts in human and biodiversity biobanking to talk shop, share solutions and discuss future efforts.
Join us from 29 September to 3 October 2025 at the Old Mutual Conference and Exhibition Centre, located in the heart of the iconic Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town.
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Biobanking News: New Curatorial Appointments at the Durban Natural Science Museum
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Biobanking News: UFS Researchers Find South African Brown Locusts Harbor Drug-Resistant Yeast
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What are biodiversity biobanks?
Biodiversity biobanks are repositories of biologically relevant resources, including reproductive tissues such as seeds, eggs and sperm, other tissues including blood, DNA extracts, microbial cultures (active and dormant), and environmental samples containing biological communities….
