Data providing member | Joined: June 1, 2007
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Online since: June 15, 2009
Last update: January 30, 2025

LIB Biobank

The Biobank of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB, Bonn and Hamburg) archives samples of animal and environmental DNA, fixed or snap-frozen tissue, and cell cultures, associated with the corresponding biological data. Storage temperatures: -190°C (liquid nitrogen), -80°C, -40°C, -20°C, ambient (sealed). Further info: https://bonn.leibniz-lib.de/en/biobank
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Contacts

Sample Requests
LIB Biobank
biobank@leibniz-lib.de
Adenauerallee 127
D-53113 Bonn
Germany
Primary Contact
Jonas Astrin
j.astrin.zfmk@uni-bonn.de
Adenauerallee 127
D-53113 Bonn
Germany

Institution Type

Museum, Repository, Research institute

Collection Type

Genetic, Tissue, Preserved

Collection Coverage

Kingdoms: Animalia
Taxa: arthropods, other invertebrates, vertebrates
Geospatial: global, Germany

Usage restrictions

depending on sample, generally not for commercial use and complying with regulations

Access rights

Open to the public, for non-commercial use. Donors depositing samples in the LIB Biobank can block their samples for public use during a limited number of years or can ask to be involved each time their samples are requested.

Curation details

Primary Purpose: Research
Development Status: Active growth
Preservation methods: Cryopreserved, Frozen, Controlled atmosphere
Known to contain types: Yes

McGinley Conservation statuses

Level 6: Identified, integrated, and adequately curated.
Date: 2012-10-02

Institution Codes

Acronym: LIB
CITES: DE 208-02

Rights

depending on sample