Abstract
RIKEN BioResource Center (RIKEN BRC) has joined with National Bioresource Project conducted by Ministry of Education, culture, sports, Science and Technology. Through the project, RIKEN BRC collects, examines, preserves and distributes Arabidopsis seeds, plant DNA materials and plant cultured cell lines. Until now, 880 laboratories from 39 countries have registered as our user. By the end of this September, we have collected approx. 250,000 and distributed approx. 50,000 materials.
RIKEN BRC also promotes projects on the development of novel resource and technology. With this project, we are going to establish the techniques required for genotyping of natural accessions of Arabidopsis as well as cryopreservation of plant cultured cells. These techniques will be provided to research community through the training course that has started from this year.
In near future, we will develop and collect more plant DNA materials and cultured cell lines to contribute plant science.
