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Meet The Member: Adepemi Ogundeji – Medicine, Microbes & Better Biobanking
Meet The Member: Adepemi Ogundeji - Medicine, Microbes & Better Biobanking “Biobanks are essentially repositories of biological knowledge and biodiversity. They preserve biological material that might otherwise be lost and - importantly - preserve it ...
Meet the Member: Keneilwe Mosupye – Studying The Past, Saving The Future
Meet the Member: Keneilwe Mosupye - Studying The Past, Saving The Future For Senior Technician Keneilwe Mosupye, working at the SANBI Wildlife Biobank is a bit like being part scientist, part archivist and part detective ...
Meet The Member: Nicole Van Vuuren – Always Something New To Learn (About Fungi)
Meet The Member: Nicole Van Vuuren - Always Something New To Learn (About Fungi) Not all fungi are infectious. But a love of fungi definitely is. Just ask Nicole van Vuuren, whose fascination with fungi ...
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….
