Table 2 Biobanks in Japan

BioResource Center, RIKEN

en.brc.riken.jp

Animal, microorganism, plant, human-origin

DNA Bank, RIKEN BRC^a

dna.brc.riken.jp

Human, mouse, S. pombe clones

Japan Genetic Resources

www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/wgr/jgr/jgrUrlList.jsp

Animal, microorganism, plant

National BioResource Project (NBRP)

www.nbrp.jp

Animal, microorganism, plant, human-origin

National Institute of Genetics

www.nig.ac.jp/nig/

Animal, microorganism, plant, human-origin

NIAS Genebank

www.gene.affrc.go.jp

Animal, microorganism, plant, DNA

Animal

Avian Bioscience Research Center^a

www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~nbrp/en/

Chicken and quail: blood, egg, DNA

Brain Science Institute, RIKEN^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/zebra/

Zebrafish

C. elegans, Department of Physiology, TWMU^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/c.elegans/

Nematode

ENU Mutants

ja.brc.riken.jp/lab/gsc/mouse

Mouse mutant

Experimental Animal Division, RIKEN BRC^a

mus.brc.riken.jp/en/

Mouse

Fly stocks of National Institute of Genetics (NIG-FLY)

shigen.nig.ac.jp/fly/nigfly

Drosophila

Institute of Laboratory Animals^a

www.anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/nbr

Rat

JCRB Laboratory Animal Resource Bank

animal.nibiohn.go.jp

Mouse

KYORIN-Fly

shigen.nig.ac.jp/fly/kyorin/

Drosophila

Kyoto Stock Center DGGR^a

www.dgrc.kit.ac.jp

Drosophila

Medaka BioResource Unit, National Institute for Basic Biology^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/medaka

Medaka

Misaki Marine Biological Station

marinebio.nbrp.jp/oxycomanthus

Oxycomanthus japonicus

Mouse Genetic Resources

shigen.nig.ac.jp/mouse/nig

Mouse

National Institute for Physiological Sciences^a

nihonzaru.jp

Japanese macaque

National Research Institute of Aquaculture

nria.fra.affrc.go.jp

Live animal, pathogen

Paramecium, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University^a

nbrpcms.nig.ac.jp/paramecium

Paramecium

Shimoda Marine Research Center^a

marinebio.nbrp.jp/ciona

Ciona intestinalis

Silkworm, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University^a

silkworm.nbrp.jp

Silkworm

Institute for Amphibian Biology^a

home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/amphibia/xenobiores

Xenopus (tropical clawed frog)

Microorganism

Bacillus subtillis, National Institute of Genetics^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub

Bacteria, clone

Cellular slime molds, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba^a

nenkin.nbrp.jp

Slime mold, clone, DNA

E. coli strain, National Institute of Genetics^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/ecoli/strain

Clone, plasmid, phage

Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BRC^a

jcm.brc.riken.jp

Microorganism

JapoNet, National Institute of Genetics

night.nig.ac.jp/labs/MicroGen/japonet

Schizosaccharomyces japonicus yeast, plasmid

Microbial Culture Collection, National Institute for Environmental Studies

mcc.nies.go.jp

Microorganism

NITE Biological Resource Center

www.nite.go.jp/en/nbrc

Microorganism

Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses^a

pathogenic.lab.nig.ac.jp

Pathogenic fungi, bacteria, protozoa

Yeast Genetic Resource Center^a

yeast.lab.nig.ac.jp

Yeast, clone, plasmid, DNA

Plant

Algae, National Institute for Environmental Studies^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/algae

Algae culture, DNA

Barley and Wild Plant Resource Center^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/barley

Seed, DNA

Chrysanthemum, Laboratory of Plant Chromosome and Gene Stock, Hiroshima University^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/chrysanthemum

Seed

Experimental Plant Division, RIKEN BRC^a

epd.brc.riken.jp/en/

Arabiodopsis: cultured cell, seed, gene

Frontier Science Research Center^a

www.legumebase.brc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp

Lotus japonicus, Glycine max/soja: seed, vector, DNA; bacteria

Komugi, Laboratory of Genetics, Kyoto University^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/wheat/komugi

Wheat: seed, microarray, DNA

Morning Glory, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/asagao

Seed, DNA

Oryzabase, National Institute of Genetics^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/rice/oryzabase

Rice: wild and mutant strain

Tohoku Univ. Brassica Seed Bank

www.agri.tohoku.ac.jp/pbreed/Seed_Stock_DB/Stock_English_top.html

Seed

Tomato, Gene Research Center^a

tomato.nbrp.jp

Plant, DNA

Human-origin

BioBank Japan

biobankjp.org

Serum, DNA

Cell Engineering Division – Cell Bank, RIKEN BRC^a

cell.brc.riken.jp/en/

General, iPS, and stem cell line

Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences^a

shigen.nig.ac.jp/escell/human

Embryonic stem cell

Institute of Medical Science^a

www.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/imsut/en/

Human cord blood stem cells

National Center Biobank Network

www.ncbiobank.org

Tissue, iPS cell, serum, plasma, PBMC, DNA

Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) biobank

megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/english/

Serum, plasma, buffy coat, PBMC, urine, saliva, breast milk, DNA