Table 4 Biobanks in Asia–Pacific

Animal and plant

India

National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources

www.nbpgr.ernet.in

Plant genetic Resource

Taiwan

National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

www.nmmba.gov.tw/english

Animal and algae specimen

National Plant Genetic Resources Center

www.npgrc.tari.gov.tw

Crop germplasm

World Vegetable Center

avrdc.org

Seed

Thailand

Siriraj House Dust Mite Center for Services and Research

www.dustmitethailand.com

Dust mite

Vietnam

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources

www.iebr.ac.vn/index.asp?prgID=100

Animal and plant specimen

Microorganism

Indonesia

Indonesian Center for Biodiversity and Biotechnology

icbb.or.id

Microorganism for plant

Malaysia

Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institute

www.mardi.gov.my

Bacteria, fungi, plant seed

Philippines

Microbiological Research and Services Laboratory Culture Collection, University of the Philippines-Diliman (UPCC)

nsri.upd.edu.ph/main/?page_id=140

Fungi and bacteria

Taiwan

Bioresource Collection and Research Center

www.bcrc.firdi.org.tw

Fungi and bacteria

Thailand

Thailand Network on Culture Collection

www1a.biotec.or.th/TNCC

Thailand Bioresource Research Center (TBRC)

www.tbrcnetwork.org

Fungi

Department of Medical Sciences Thailand Culture Collection

engweb.dmsc.moph.go.th

Human pathogenic microorganism

Plant Pathology and Microbiology Division, Department of Agriculture

www.doa.go.th/en/

Plant pathogenic microorganism

Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research

www.tistr.or.th/tistreng/

Industrial microorganism

Vietnam

Vietnam Type Culture Collection

vtcc.imbt.vnu.edu.vn

Fungi and bacteria

Human-origin

Australia

Australasian Biospecimen Network Association

www.abna.org.au

Tumor

Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank

www.abctb.org.au

Breast cancer tissue

India

ICMR National Tumor Tissue Repository, Tata Memorial Centre

tmc.gov.in

Tumor bone, blood, tissue

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre (RGCI & RC) Biorepository

www.rgcirc.org

Blood

Malaysia

The Malaysian Cohort

mycohort.gov.my

Blood, urine

Singapore

NUH Tissue Repository

medicine.nus.edu.sg/tissue/

Blood, body fluid, tissue

Clinical Trials Resource Centre, Singapore General Hospital

www.sgh.com.sg

Tissue

SingHealth Tissue Repository

research.singhealth.com.sg

Tissue, serum

Taiwan

Taiwan Biobank

www.twbiobank.org.tw

Blood, urine, DNA, plasma

Thailand

Tissue Repository of Chulabhorn Hospital

www.cccthai.org/l-eng/

Tissue