Culture Collections

Time 2020-10-17 21:11:25

Web Name: Culture Collections

WebSite: http://www.phe-culturecollections.org.uk

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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Culture Collections continues to support Public Health England (PHE) in the delivery of essential services central to the COVID-19 response. Read our dispatch and service update here: Find out more  COVID-19 update: 29 September 2020 Culture Collections is now beginning to return to business as usual. We would like to thank you for your patience over the last few months. Dispatch of some orders has resumed - please see the COVID-19 update page for details on the individual collections. Read More Connecting microbiological and museum communities A new survey aims to discover more about common practices used by microbiologists for collecting and preserving study organisms and archiving of the host organism. Read More EBiSC is open for business EBiSC banking and distribution centres have been busy over the last few months supporting local COVID response efforts and protecting our vital teams by restricting on site access required for cell line distribution. However we are very happy to say that EBiSC is now back open for business. Read More Public Health England (PHE) is the custodian of four unique collections that consist of expertly preserved, authenticated cell lines and microbial strains of known provenance for use in medical science and laboratory healthcare.All the collections are developed, managed and maintained by highly trained, dedicated staff who work in accordance with internationally recognised quality standards including certification to ISO 9001:2015.Cultures from the collections are used by scientists who need to reassure themselves and others that the materials they are using are authentic, so the conclusions to their studies are valid and relevant. This is particularly important where research may lead to peer-reviewed publications, for example, in drug discovery and vaccine efficacy studies. Authenticated reference strains are also of paramount importance for clinical diagnostic testing, food, water and environmental microbiology testing and validation studies. Sign up for our latest news Cell lines The European Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures (ECACC) maintains and supplies cell lines and their derivatives such as DNA, RNA and cDNA.  Bacteria The National Collection of Type Cultures (NCTC) maintains and supplies over 5,000 bacteria and mycoplasma strains.  Viruses The National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses (NCPV) maintains and supplies over 700 viruses and viral nucleic acid.  Fungi The National Collection of Pathogenic Fungi (NCPF) maintains and supplies over 4000 fungal strains.

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