Meet The Biobank: Grootfontein Biobank – Breeding Better Sheep (And Goats) Most biobanks are staffed entirely by humans (for obvious ...

Meet The Member: Adepemi Ogundeji – Medicine, Microbes & Better Biobanking “Biobanks are essentially repositories of biological knowledge and biodiversity. ...

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Biobanking News | Department Of Agriculture National Genebank Empowers Gumbu Community Seedbank Community level seed-saving initiatives have been designed and ...

Scientists at Earlham Institute investigating the genetic diversity of UK wildflower species have developed AI-driven techniques to improve the speed and effectiveness of seed classification.

Rekha Sathyan: What’s In Our Biodiversity Biobanks Anyway? Biobanks are essential to preserving South Africa’s vast biodiversity heritage. But to ...

Biobanks can help study, preserve and protect South Africa’s incredible biodiversity - and also help us deal with challenges like food security, climate change and more. But what are they, exactly? An...

Nature Reviews Genetics - Pangenomes are genome references that integrate sequences from multiple individuals into graph-based or multi-haplotype representations, capturing genetic variation beyond...

Doing The Groundwork: Establishing a National Soil Biobank in South Africa The South African research landscape has taken a significant ...

Growth Takes Time: Sydney Ramulifho Saves Plants For Future Generations “Working with plants and conservation has taught me that success ...

Biobanking News | Barcode of Wildlife Project Voucher Specimen Sampling (BoWP) Training Held at SANBI National Zoological Garden Wildlife crime ...

Shared Wealth & Environmental Health: How Biobanking Benefits South Africa It’s no secret that South Africa – like many other ...

Youth Month is a chance to reflect on our futures. A chance to think about where we’re going, and to plan for a bright future. But it’s also a chance to reflect on where we’ve been, to celebrate all t...

Meet The Member: Gretha Snyman – The GOAT of Goat Biobanking Gretha Snyman always knew she wanted to work with ...

Researchers in Leiden have, for the first time, observed how a specialized enzyme helps bacteria stay alive when oxygen levels are low, and how that process can be blocked. The study, published in…

Reading List | How Biobanking Works In Africa – And How To Do It Better (A Pan-African Pilot Study) Biobanks ...

South Africa has created a network of facilities to store hundreds of thousands of samples of biological material from plants, animals, bacteria and fungi. But why are these biobanks so important?

The Biodiversity Biobanks is a network of networks. And no network in the BBSA is quite as big as the network of biobanks belonging to the Agricultural Research Council. With plant, animal and microbi...

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Why Biobanks Matter: Protecting Plants & Promoting A Better Life When it comes to people, plants matter. Most of the ...

The NRF–SAIAB National Aquatic Biodiversity Biobank, in partnership with DIPLOMICS, has launched a method development project aimed at identifying optimal long- and short-term preservation strategies ...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are an urgent call for countries to come together in a global partnership to improve health and education, reduce inequality, and save our environment. Here's how ...

In a groundbreaking study that sheds light on the habitat of the deadly, drug-resistant yeast - Candidozyma (Candida) auris, researchers from the University of the Free State Yeast Culture Collection ...

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A Rose, By Any Other Name: Why Taxonomy Matters South Africa is known for its big game and other wildlife ...

Job Opportunity: Director – Durban Natural Science Museum The Durban Natural Science Museum (DNSM) is a small museum with a ...

Throughout history, women in science have been isolated and ignored. Even today, many people would have a hard time naming even three great female scientists. At the BBSA, we don’t have that problem -...