Natural history collections are invaluable repositories of biological information that provide
an unrivaled record of Earth's biodiversity. Museum genomics—genomics research using …

Despite being nearly 10 months into the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic,
the definitive animal host for SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Museum specimens include genetic information from when they were collected. This
historical information, which is very difficult to ascertain from samples collected currently …

A series of emerging pathogen outbreaks during the past 24 months (eg, Ebola virus
disease, Middle East respiratory syndrome, and Zika virus-associated microcephaly, and …

The open-science movement seeks to increase transparency, reproducibility, and access to
scientific data. As primary data, preserved biological specimens represent records of global …

As a periodic assessment of the mammal collection resource, the Systematic Collections
Committee (SCC) of the American Society of Mammalogists undertakes decadal surveys of …

Global amphibian declines associated with anthropogenic causes, climate change, and
amphibianspecific infectious diseases (eg, chytridiomycosis) have highlighted the …

Guidelines identifying best practices for harvesting tissues that lead to optimal DNA
preservation are few but are important curatorial concerns for genetic resource collections …

DNA collections are a valuable type of Natural Science collection, enabling the validation of
past research, serving as a source for new genomic studies and supporting ex situ …

Biobanks are curated collections of biological samples that are preserved at the molecular
level, usually frozen, along with associated data, and managed to high scientific standards …