Data providing member | Joined: October 11, 2011
Natural History Museum London Online since: June 10, 2014
Last update: June 7, 2018
Frozen Tissue and Genetic Resources at NHM London
Animal and plant tissues and genetic resources for and from Research.
Contacts
Sample Requests
Heather Avrili
h.avrili@nhm.ac.uk
Cromwell Road
SW7 5BD London
United Kingdom
Heather Avrili
h.avrili@nhm.ac.uk
Cromwell Road
SW7 5BD London
United Kingdom
Institution Type
Government, Museum, Research institute, Herbarium, Nature education center, Independent expertCollection Type
Archival, Genetic, Preserved, Products, Taxonomic, TissueCollection Size
70000 samplesCollection Coverage
Kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae
Taxa: Birds, Higher Plants, Insects, Lower Plants, Fish, Protists, Mammals, Parasitic W
Usage restrictions
Restrictions as per collection permit, MTA, limited embargo period of internal research material until publication, destructive sampling refusal e.g. rare/type material on scientific grounds.Access rights
Access to 3rd parties via NHMUK Collections Management Systems approved Borrower, Loan Request approval. Mostly copyright Natural History Museum London.Curation details
Primary Purpose: Research
Development Status: Active growth
Preservation methods: Controlled atmosphere, Dried, Cryopreserved, Fluid-preserved, Freeze-dried, Frozen, Refrigerated, Pinned
Known to contain types: No
McGinley Conservation statuses
Level 2: Unidentified material, sorted only to major (usually suprageneric) groups and effectively inaccessible to the research community.
Level 4: Material identified to species level but not incorporated into main collection (e.g., material identified for biodiversity or ecological studies, surveys, etc.).
Level 5: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.
Date: 2012-12-12
Level 4: Material identified to species level but not incorporated into main collection (e.g., material identified for biodiversity or ecological studies, surveys, etc.).
Level 5: Identified and integrated material which is inadequately curated.
Date: 2012-12-12
Institution Codes
Acronym: NHMUK
CITES: GB 001