ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e98432
Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections
expand article infoAstrid de Mestier, Daniel Mulcahy‡, David J. Harris§, Nadja Korotkova|, Sarah Long#, Eva Häffner|, Alan Paton¤, Edmund Schiller«, Frederik Leliaert»˄, Jacqueline Mackenzie-Dodds#, Tim Fulcher˅, Gunilla Stahls¦, Thomas von Rintelenˀ, María P. Martínˁ, Robert Lücking₵, China Williams˅, Christopher Lyalℓ, Anton Güntsch|, Heléne Aronsson₰, Magalie Castelin₱, Anna Pielach₰, Peter Poczai¦, Yolanda Ruiz Leónˁ, Isabel Sanmartin Bastidaˁ, Marco Thines₳, Gabriele Droege₴
‡ Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany§ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom| Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany¶ Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany# Natural History Museum London, London, United Kingdom¤ The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom« Natur Historisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria» Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium˄ Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium˅ Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom¦ Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finlandˀ Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germanyˁ Real Jardín Botánico_CSIC, Madrid, Spain₵ Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germanyℓ Natural History Museum, London, London, United Kingdom₰ University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden₱ Museum National d´Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France₳ Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt, Germany₴ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Corresponding author: Astrid de Mestier ( astriddemestier@gmail.com )

© Astrid de Mestier, Daniel Mulcahy, David J. Harris, Nadja Korotkova, Sarah Long, Eva Häffner, Alan Paton, Edmund Schiller, Frederik Leliaert, Jacqueline Mackenzie-Dodds, Tim Fulcher, Gunilla Stahls, Thomas von Rintelen, María P. Martín, Robert Lücking, China Williams, Christopher Lyal, Anton Güntsch, Heléne Aronsson, Magalie Castelin, Anna Pielach, Peter Poczai, Yolanda Ruiz León, Isabel Sanmartin Bastida, Marco Thines, Gabriele Droege.
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Citation: de Mestier A, Mulcahy D, Harris DJ, Korotkova N, Long S, Häffner E, Paton A, Schiller E, Leliaert F, Mackenzie-Dodds J, Fulcher T, Stahls G, von Rintelen T, Martín MP, Lücking R, Williams C, Lyal C, Güntsch A, Aronsson H, Castelin M, Pielach A, Poczai P, Ruiz León Y, Sanmartin Bastida I, Thines M, Droege G (2022) Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections. ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e98432
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Abstract

The access to molecular collections worldwide greatly improves the quality of scientific research by making a growing number of data available for investigation. The efforts on digitization also aim at facilitating the exchange of material between institutions and researchers that must follow regulations in place and respect best practice. The handbook presented here proposes a workflow to follow to safely exchange materials, in accordance with international laws and legislations. We make numerous recommendations here to help the institutions and researchers to navigate the legal and administrative procedures, to manage molecular collections in the best way possible.

 

Keywords
Molecular collection, handbook, best practice, ABS, international regulation, sequence submission, loan