Journal article
Connecting biodiversity biobanks in the global infrastructure landscape
BioScience, Vol.Advanced access
23-Sep-2026
Abstract
The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) is an international consortium of biodiversity biobanks and collections that strives to standardize and exchange best practices, and to share information on molecular biodiversity resources held in repositories around the globe. GGBN’s goal is to bridge the gap between biological material stored in these biobanks and the broader research community by establishing a searchable index of the world’s genomic resources, openly available to the scientific community and all stakeholders. Here, we provide examples of how GGBN interacts synergistically with other biodiversity programs and initiatives to (1) connect researchers with physical materials linked to rich, highly structured contextual metadata and (2) strengthen the biobanking community.
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- Title
- Connecting biodiversity biobanks in the global infrastructure landscape
- Authors
- Gabi Droege (Corresponding Author) - Freie Universität BerlinJonas J Astrin - Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity ChangeAnton Güntsch - Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum BerlinAndrew Bentley - University of KansasCarolina Corrales - Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity ChangeKim Labuschagne - South African National Biodiversity InstituteGilberto Ocampo - Autonomous University of AguascalientesWouter Addink - Naturalis Biodiversity CenterHannah J Appiah-Madson - Northeastern UniversityMasanori Arita - National Institute of GeneticsSee full text for complete author listingD İpek Kurtböke - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- BioScience, Vol.Advanced access
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/biosci/biag138
- ISSN
- 1525-3244
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Data Availability
- Data are available in a repository and can be accessed using a unique identifier other than a DOI. The data underlying figure 6 of this article are available in the Global Genome Biodiversity Network at https://www.ggbn.org, and can be accessed with, https://id.ggbn.org/2ZBRQG, https://id.ggbn.org/2ZBRR9, https://id.ggbn.org/2ZBR99, https://id.ggbn.org/2ZBR81.
- Grant note
- German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) under grant agreement no. 03LC2020A.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991261779302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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