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Low cost biobanking

Not all biobanks will need daily access to samples. Here comes a cost effect alternative – storage in permafrost regions. ZEIT magazine has an article about “Mine 3“, a former coal mine in the Arctic. Already the first 10,000 samples have been stored there at -3,5 degree Celsius. BBC and Wikipedia have also information about Svalbard Global Seed Vault Continue reading Low cost biobanking