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BBSA Launch: Celebrating Knowledge That Makes A Difference
BBSA Launch: Celebrating Knowledge That Makes A Difference South Africa’s biodiversity biobanks can be found on university campuses, in dedicated research facilities and even at national parks, handling live cultures of bacteria and single-celled organisms, ...
Women of Biobanking: Science Heroines Who Changed The World
Women of Biobanking: Science Heroines Who Changed The World When it comes to solving our biggest challenges, it takes a (global) village. But throughout history, women in science have been isolated and ignored. Fortunately, that’s ...
We Want You | Service Provider for Website Hosting & Maintenance
We Want You | Opportunity: Service Provider for Hosting and Maintenance of Websites The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) seeks to appoint a service provider to provide hosting and technical maintenance for existing websites ...
Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa Unites Experts In Search For Solutions
Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa Launch Unites Experts In Search For Solutions The official launch of the Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa on 1 March 2023 will celebrate the network of institutions that preserve, maintain and utilise ...
Further Together: BBSA Joins Global Genome Biodiversity Network
Further Together: BBSA Joins Global Genome Biodiversity Network Some problems are too big for one country to tackle alone. But as a new member of the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN), the Biodiversity Biobanks South ...
Invasive Fungi Hub At ARC-PHP: Coming Together To Protect SA’s Food Security
Invasive Fungi Hub At ARC-PHP: Coming Together To Protect SA’s Food Security Worldwide, invasive species are recognized as a threat to biosecurity and food security. According to one global estimate, the cost of invasive species ...
Five Things You Always Wanted To Know About Biobanks (But Were Too Afraid To Ask)
Five Things You Always Wanted To Know About Biobanks (But Were Too Afraid To Ask) Biosciences and health sciences are advancing quickly, with new technologies and techniques invented every day. Molecular level investigations are being ...
Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Scholarship for Research on Biodiversity Biobanks In SA
Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Scholarship for Research on Biodiversity Biobanks In SA The Biodiversity Biobanks South Africa (BBSA), which is funded by the Department of Science & Innovation as part of the South African Research ...
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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….
