DiSSCo-ITINERIS Metadata Catalog

The dataset includes more than 1,100 records of cryopreserved DNA and tissue samples of several forest tree species collected during past and current national and EU projects. The aim is to investigate the genetic makeup of their populations and assess their infraspecific biodiversity across Europe, from the biogeographical to the local level.

Name: DNA and samples for genetic analyses on forest trees (CNR-IBBR-DNAFOR)
Identifier: 90a41989-9906-41d4-aff9-0dc8420c7a45
Specimen Preservation Method: REFRIGERATED

ITINERIS - Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System / BIOMEMORY

Identifier: PNRR Project IR0000032 | CNR SAC.AD002.173

Content: ITINERIS - Activity 6.5 "Mining and mapping the functional biodiversity in vivo and ex-situ research collections" - This activity aims to provide biodiversity (meta)data linked to Natural Science Collections (NSC) in terms of extended digital specimens fully linked to related information (e.g.. images and videos, codification of functional traits, DNA and protein sequences, environmental parameters, etc.). The expected outcome of the activity is the implementation of a national network of biological research collections, including all the existing in vivo and ex-situ collections of biological organisms (animals, plants, fungi, algae, archaea, bacteria, viruses, etc.) that have been created and maintained through past and current research projects. || Bio Memory (CNR-DiSBA Project No. SAC.AD002.173) is the network of biological collections of the Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences (DiSBA) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) for bio-monitoring, biodiversity conservation, agri-food and environmental sustainability, and human well-being. The project aims to create a network of biobanks (i.e., scientific research collections) where data and metadata associated with biological samples of different natures are collected and stored in a systematic and well-organized way. Maintaining the existing collections will allow their future use for many purposes, from the genetic improvement of organisms to face environmental changes (climate-ready organisms) to the fight against epidemics and pandemics affecting humans, animals, and plants.

Funding: PNRR project IR0000032 - ITINERIS, Italian Integrated Environmental Research Infrastructures System - CUP B53C22002150006 (D.D. n. 130/2022) Funded by the EU - Next Generation EU - Mission 4 “Education and Research” - Component 2: “From research to business” - Investment 3.1: “Fund for the realisation of an integrated system of research and innovation infrastructures” || Bio Memory (CNR-DiSBA Project No. SAC.AD002.173)