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Meet The Member: Vinolia Danki – Fixing Fungi For The Future
Meet The Member: Vinolia Danki - Fixing Fungi For The Future “Biobanks are much more than repositories for biological material. They are infrastructure that preserves scientific knowledge, supports research and ensures that biological resources remain ...
Why Biobanks Matter: A Heritage Of Hope, A Legacy Of Life
Why Biobanks Matter: A Heritage Of Hope, A Legacy Of Life There’s more to South Africa than just the Big Five. Three of the world’s global biodiversity hotspots, recognised on the basis of levels of ...
Meet The Member: Seshnee Reddy – Uncovering The Seas’s Hidden Secrets
Meet The Member: Seshnee Reddy - Uncovering Nature’s Hidden Secrets “Biobanks aren’t just about understanding the past. They’re about using what we learn to impact the future. From identifying new species to understanding the functioning ...
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….
