National Reference Collection (NRC)
April 19, 2023Collection Website
WDCM Identifier
1265
Organizational structure
CHAP is a UK Agri-Tech Centre funded by Innovate UK, and brings together leading scientists, farmers, advisors, innovators and businesses to understand industry challenges, drive research and innovation and develop and trial solutions that transform crop systems.
Collection Institution/Entity
CABI
Collection Contact
Sophie Lane
Position of Collection contact
National Reference Collection Technician
Collection Email
Collection Phone
01904 217932
Collection can be contacted
Yes
- Has continued institutional support
- Interested in Culture Collections Exchange
- Interested in working with samples from different repositories
- Interested in Collaborative Programs
- Collection contains reference strains
- Ability to accept orphan collections
Collection Category
Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)
Collection follows best management practice guideline
OECD Best Practices Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (https://www.oecd.org/health/biotech/oecdbestpracticeguidelinesforbiologicalresourcecentres.htm), World Federation for Culture Collections Guidelines (http://www.wfcc.info/guidelines/)
Organisms in Collection
Fungi, Bacteria, Seeds, pest insect larvae, environmental spore trap samples.
Reference strains in collection
Plant pathogens found and isolated in the UK could become reference strains in future.
Training opportunities provided by Collection
With the support of CABI (a CHAP partner, and host of the National Reference Collection) training around culture collection management and preservation techniques can be facilitated.
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
Innovate UK
Availability and distribution mechanisms
Fee per strain for distribution
Services provided by Collection
Storage service (safe deposit), Strain isolation/taxonomic identification, Custom material preparation (such as genomic DNA/RNA)
Consultations provided by Collection
Preservation, Shipment regulations
Host Associations in Collection
Grain crops, Fruits, Vegetables, Insects, Soil, Built Environment
Research fields relevant to Collection
Agriculture, Culture and preservation methods, Freeze drying and cryopreservation, General microbiology, Genetics, Industrial microbiology, Molecular biology, Plant pathology