Table 2.
Biobanks in Japan
| Name of institute | Website | Resources |
|---|---|---|
| BioResource Center, RIKEN | en.brc.riken.jp | Animal, microorganism, plant, human-origin |
| DNA Bank, RIKEN BRCa | 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 Centera | www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~nbrp/en/ | Chicken and quail: blood, egg, DNA |
| Brain Science Institute, RIKENa | shigen.nig.ac.jp/zebra/ | Zebrafish |
| C. elegans, Department of Physiology, TWMUa | shigen.nig.ac.jp/c.elegans/ | Nematode |
| ENU Mutants | ja.brc.riken.jp/lab/gsc/mouse | Mouse mutant |
| Experimental Animal Division, RIKEN BRCa | 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 Animalsa | 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 DGGRa | www.dgrc.kit.ac.jp | Drosophila |
| Medaka BioResource Unit, National Institute for Basic Biologya | 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 Sciencesa | nihonzaru.jp | Japanese macaque |
| National Research Institute of Aquaculture | nria.fra.affrc.go.jp | Live animal, pathogen |
| Paramecium, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi Universitya | nbrpcms.nig.ac.jp/paramecium | Paramecium |
| Shimoda Marine Research Centera | marinebio.nbrp.jp/ciona | Ciona intestinalis |
| Silkworm, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu Universitya | silkworm.nbrp.jp | Silkworm |
| Institute for Amphibian Biologya | home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/amphibia/xenobiores | Xenopus (tropical clawed frog) |
| Microorganism | ||
| Bacillus subtillis, National Institute of Geneticsa | shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub | Bacteria, clone |
| Cellular slime molds, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukubaa | nenkin.nbrp.jp | Slime mold, clone, DNA |
| E. coli strain, National Institute of Geneticsa | shigen.nig.ac.jp/ecoli/strain | Clone, plasmid, phage |
| Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BRCa | 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 Toxicosesa | pathogenic.lab.nig.ac.jp | Pathogenic fungi, bacteria, protozoa |
| Yeast Genetic Resource Centera | yeast.lab.nig.ac.jp | Yeast, clone, plasmid, DNA |
| Plant | ||
| Algae, National Institute for Environmental Studiesa | shigen.nig.ac.jp/algae | Algae culture, DNA |
| Barley and Wild Plant Resource Centera | shigen.nig.ac.jp/barley | Seed, DNA |
| Chrysanthemum, Laboratory of Plant Chromosome and Gene Stock, Hiroshima Universitya | shigen.nig.ac.jp/chrysanthemum | Seed |
| Experimental Plant Division, RIKEN BRCa | epd.brc.riken.jp/en/ | Arabiodopsis: cultured cell, seed, gene |
| Frontier Science Research Centera | www.legumebase.brc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp | Lotus japonicus, Glycine max/soja: seed, vector, DNA; bacteria |
| Komugi, Laboratory of Genetics, Kyoto Universitya | shigen.nig.ac.jp/wheat/komugi | Wheat: seed, microarray, DNA |
| Morning Glory, Faculty of Science, Kyushu Universitya | shigen.nig.ac.jp/asagao | Seed, DNA |
| Oryzabase, National Institute of Geneticsa | 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 Centera | tomato.nbrp.jp | Plant, DNA |
| Human-origin | ||
| BioBank Japan | biobankjp.org | Serum, DNA |
| Cell Engineering Division – Cell Bank, RIKEN BRCa | cell.brc.riken.jp/en/ | General, iPS, and stem cell line |
| Institute for Frontier Medical Sciencesa | shigen.nig.ac.jp/escell/human | Embryonic stem cell |
| Institute of Medical Sciencea | 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 |
aBiobanks funded by the third phase of the National BioResource Project (NBRP). Some institutes, such as RIKEN BRC, have assumed numerous NBRP projects but they are listed separately as each project has a clear organizational structure and hosts its own website