ATCC Creates Biomaterial Network to Aid Researchers
The American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) today announced that it has forged material deposit agreements with more than 30 leading public and private institutions to facilitate the creation of a new Biomaterial Contributor Network (BCN).
ATCC, a Manassas, VA-based global biological materials resource and standards organization, is establishing the BCN to make important research materials available to the international research community. The institutions that have agreed to deposit materials in the network will have the option to participate in the BCN. ATCC will coordinate with Technology Transfer Offices at each institution to create a simple, streamlined process for adding new microbial strains and cell lines to the ATCC collection.