The Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB) is composed of the Museum for Nature, Hamburg, and Museum Koenig, Bonn. The LIB is dedicated to researching biodiversity and its changes, and to communicate these results to the wider society. Research is based on the extensive scientific – mostly zoological – collections, together comprising around 12 million objects.

LIB Biobank

The Biobank of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB, Bonn and Hamburg) archives samples of animal and environmental DNA, fixed or snap-frozen tissue, and cell cultures, associated with the corresponding biological data. Storage temperatures: -190°C (liquid nitrogen), -80°C, -40°C, -20°C, ambient (sealed). Further info: https://bonn.leibniz-lib.de/en/biobank

Collection Coverage

Usage restrictions

depending on sample, generally not for commercial use and complying with regulations

Access rights

Open to the public, for non-commercial use. Donors depositing samples in the LIB Biobank can block their samples for public use during a limited number of years or can ask to be involved each time their samples are requested.

Curation details

McGinley Conservation statuses

Institution Codes

Rights

depending on sample