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International Society for Biological & Environmental Repositories

International Society for Biological & Environmental Repositories An international society for biobanking Founded in 1999 500+ members www.isber.org. ISBER Focuses on Cross-Cutting Issues. Human Repositories. Plant & Animal Repositories. Human subjects regulations. CITES

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International Society for Biological & Environmental Repositories

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  1. International Society for • Biological & Environmental Repositories • An international society for biobanking • Founded in 1999 • 500+ members • www.isber.org

  2. ISBER Focuses on Cross-Cutting Issues Human Repositories Plant & Animal Repositories Human subjects regulations CITES regulations Population Biobanks Database design Biospecimen research Sample processing & transport Automation ABS CDC regulations Microbial Repositories

  3. Asian Consortium For The Conservation And Sustainable UseOf Microbial Resources (ACM) Member countries = 12 Action plan • Annual Meeting • Information exchange through seminars and workshops • Promotion for public acceptance and social infrastructure Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam Organization Task Forces Chairperson: Indonesia Vice-Chairs: Korea Vietnam Secretariat: NITE-DOB, Japan 　　　・Asian BRC Network TF 　　　・Human Resource TF 　　　・MTA TF Slide from Dr Juncai Ma Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Science

  4. Korea National Research Resource Centres Prof. Yeonhee Lee Prof. Hanjyem Kim Prof. Yongpyo Lim

  5. China Export Restrictions • Dickinson, D. China brings in regulations to put a stop to ‘genetic piracy’. Nature 395 5 (1998). • China has adopted a broad set of regulations on the collection and use of its ‘human genetic resources’ in an attempt to restrict their exploitation by foreign biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. • Official authorization required for any research project that seeks to “sample collect, merchandize or export” human genetic resources.

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