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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.
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Contacts

Sample Requests
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 expert

Collection Type

Archival, Genetic, Preserved, Products, Taxonomic, Tissue

Collection Size

70000 samples

Collection 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

Institution Codes

Acronym: NHMUK
CITES: GB 001

Provenance

as per collection permit, MTA, acquisition documentation held in NHM Collections Management System KE EMu.

Rights

Mostly owned by NHMUK; other rights are as per collection permits, licences, acquisition documents etc.