Sept 1 2026 Data Record License becomes mandatory

As of Sept 1 2026, the provision of a creative commons record license has become mandatory. GGBN follows GBIF's example and will use "CC BY" as default if no license is provided. The list of Mandatory and recommended fields for sharing data with GGBN has been updated accordingly. We encourage our members to use CC0 or CC-BY.

April 8 2026 New search filter "DNA Type" added

GGBN uses controlled vocabulary for materialSampleType which allows general classification such as "DNA", "tissue", "specimen" etc. What kind of DNA or tissue it is is specified in the field preparationType. To enable search for different kinds of DNA we have added the new search filter "dnaType". It allows specific search for genomic DNA (gDNA) or environmental DNA (eDNA). If other types of DNA are added by our data providers (e.g. ancient DNA) it will show up in the filter as well. More such filters are planned for the future.

February 17 2026 Publication Crossrefs added

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July 07 2025 GGBN-ENA Crossrefs added

GGBN has been added as a Crossref resource to ENA, providing more than 3.5 million GGBN-ENA Xrefs. Related GGBN entities are now shown in the ENA browser, e.g. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/MN345190

June 11 2025 Release of GGBN's Stable Identifiers

GGBN is now assigning stable identifiers for each material entity (e.g. DNA, tissue, environmental sample, culture, specimen). A central service synchronizes local IDs used by the data providers with the GGBN identifiers. Each identifier has its own landing page. Find out more here.

February 11 2025 Release of New GGBN Data Portal

We are super excited to announce that GGBN has released its brand-new data portal, making it easier to explore 4.4 million records and 6.9 million material entities! With a powerful new search, full-text access to key resources, and a dedicated section for GGBN’s 114 member organizations.