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Public Deposits In Biological Resource Centres Is An Essential Part Of Fair Science
Wilmotte, Annick; Becker, Pierre; Chaerle, Peter et al.
2021World Microbe Forum
 

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Keywords :
culture collections; FAIR; deposits
Abstract :
[en] F A I R s c i e n c e a i m s a t s h a r i n g s c i e n t i f i c o u t p u t i n s u c h a w a y a s t o m a x i m i z e t h e a c c e s s , r e u s e a n d i m p a c t o f r e s e a r c h . T h i s a l l o w s t r a n s p a r e n c y o f r e s u l t s , r e p r o d u c i b i l i t y o f e x p e r i m e n t s , c u m u l a t i v e r e s e a r c h , a n d a v o i d s a w a s t e o f r e s s o u r c e s ( 1 ) . A l t h o u g h t h e F A I R d a t a p r i n c i p l e i s b e c o m i n g a w e l l - k n o w n c o n c e p t , l e s s a t t e n t i o n i s g i v e n t o i t s a p p l i c a t i o n t o b i o l o g i c a l r e s o u r c e s . I n l i f e s c i e n c e s , p u b l i c m i c r o b i a l - a n d p l a s m i d c o l l e c t i o n s r e p r e s e n t a h i s t o r i c a l e x a m p l e o f F A I R s c i e n c e , t h a n k s t o t h e i r l o n g s t a n d i n g e x p e r i e n c e i n t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n o f l i v i n g m i c r o b i a l s t r a i n s a n d ( g ) D N A f o r f u r t h e r s c i e n t i f i c i n v e s t i g a t i o n s o r d e v e l o p m e n t , w h i l e r e s p e c t i n g ( i n t e r ) n a t i o n a l l e g i s l a t i o n s a n d c a s e - s p e c i f i c r e s t r i c t i o n s a s d e f i n e d b y t h e c l i e n t s . T h e s e b i o l o g i c a l r e s o u r c e c e n t r e s ( B R C ) p r o v i d e w e l l - c h a r a c t e r i z e d , q u a l i t y - c o n t r o l l e d a n d a u t h e n t i c a t e d s t r a i n s , p l a s m i d s a n d a s s o c i a t e d d a t a ( 2 ) . T h e y a l s o s u p p o r t t h e b i o - i n d u s t r y , f o r w h i c h t h e d i v e r s i t y o f n a t u r a l l y o c c u r r i n g o r g e n e t i c a l l y e n g i n e e r e d m i c r o o r g a n i s m s a r e a n i n v a l u a b l e s o u r c e o f a p p l i c a t i o n s . T h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o d e p o s i t t h e m i c r o o r g a n i s m s a n d g e n e t i c r e s o u r c e s i n p u b l i c B R C s i s s h a r e d b y r e s e a r c h e r s , f u n d i n g a g e n c i e s a n d p u b l i s h e r s ( 2 ) . L i f e s c i e n t i s t s n e e d t o b e c o m e m o r e a w a r e o f t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f s t r a i n a n d p l a s m i d c o n s e r v a t i o n a n d g r o w a c c u s t o m e d t o d e p o s i t t h e m d u r i n g t h e p u b l i c a t i o n p r o c e s s o r a t t h e e n d o f p r o j e c t s . G o v e r n m e n t a l f u n d i n g p o l i c i e s s h o u l d r e q u e s t i n t h e i r c o n t r a c t s t h e d e p o s i t o f b i o l o g i c a l m a t e r i a l s i s o l a t e d o r c o n s t r u c t e d d u r i n g f i n a n c e d p r o j e c t s . R e g a r d i n g p u b l i s h e r s , m o s t j o u r n a l s e n c o u r a g e a u t h o r s t o d e p o s i t t h e i r d a t a s e t s ( c o d e s , s e q u e n c e s , e t c ) i n p u b l i c r e p o s i t o r i e s b u t v e r y f e w s p e c i f i c a l l y r e q u i r e d e p o s i t o f b i o l o g i c a l m a t e r i a l a n d c u l t i v a t e d s t r a i n s i n p u b l i c c o l l e c t i o n s . E d i t o r s s h o u l d t h e r e f o r e i m p l e m e n t m e c h a n i s m s f o r a c t i v e a g r e e m e n t b y a u t h o r s t o d e p o s i t s t r a i n s a n d o t h e r g e n e t i c r e s o u r c e s w h e n s u b m i t t i n g a n a r t i c l e , o r t o j u s t i f y w h y i t w o u l d n o t b e p o s s i b l e . S u c h m e c h a n i s m s c o u l d f o l l o w T r a n s p a r e n c y a n d O p e n n e s s P r o m o t i o n g u i d e l i n e s ( 3 ) f o r j o u r n a l s t h a t i n c l u d e s t a n d a r d s f o r research materials.
Research center :
Biological Sciences from Molecules to Systems - inBios- Centre for Protein Engineering
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Wilmotte, Annick  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Becker, Pierre
Chaerle, Peter
Vyverman, Wim
Ahn, Anne-Catherine
Rigouts, Leen
Bosschaerts, Marleen
Daniel, Heide-Marie
Hellemans, Ann
Olbrechts, Anneleen
Van De Perre, Vincent
Language :
English
Title :
Public Deposits In Biological Resource Centres Is An Essential Part Of Fair Science
Publication date :
July 2021
Number of pages :
electronic Poster
Event name :
World Microbe Forum
Event organizer :
American Society for Microbiology and Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Event date :
20-24 Juin 2021
Audience :
International
Name of the research project :
Belgian Consortium of Collections of Microorganisms
Funders :
Politique Scientifique Fédérale (Belgique) - BELSPO
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