| Registered Number | 643 |
| Acronym | BCCM/GeneCorner |
| Full Name | Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms / GeneCorner Plasmid Collection |
| Institution | Ghent University, Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology |
| ISO Standard | ISO 9001:2008 |
| Correspondent |
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| Postal Address | Technologiepark 927,Gent-Zwijnaarde,Oost-Vlaanderen,B-9052 |
| Country | Belgium |
| Telephone 1 | (32) 9-3313843 |
| Telephone 2 | (32) 9-3313600 |
| E-mail 1 | bccm.genecorner@ugent.be |
| Homepage | http://bccm.belspo.be/about-us/bccm-genecorner http://www.genecorner.ugent.be/ |
| Status | Governmental |
| University |
| Director |
Prof. Rudi Beyaert E-Mail:Rudi.Beyaert@irc.vib-UGent.be |
| Curator | Mrs. Anneleen Olbrechts (Plasmids + DNA libraries: public collection) E-mail:bccm.genecorner@ugent.be |
| Mr. Wouter De Schamphelaire (Plasmids + cell lines + other genetic material: safe and patent deposit collection) E-mail:bccm.genecorner@ugent.be |
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| Number of Staff |
Director (1) Manager (1) Curator public collection (1) Curator safe and patent deposit collection / Informatics responsible (1) Technical assistant (1) Administrative assistant (1) Total (6) |
| Subjects | Applied microbiology |
| Cell biology | |
| Genetic engineering | |
| Immunology | |
| Molecular biology |
| Method and category of cultures | Freezer(Plasmids, microbial host strains, DNA libraries) | ||||
| Liquid N2(Cell lines) | |||||
| Evaporated DNA at room temperature(Plasmids) | |||||
| Control of the culture | Viability test | ||||
| Authenticity test (analysis restriction site pattern) | |||||
| Purity test | |||||
| Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from | |||||
| Number of Strains until now | Type | Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country) |
new species (total number)/(number from your country) |
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| Bacteria | 40 | 0 | |||
| Plasmids | 213706 | 0 | |||
| Number of strains last year | Type | Holding strains (total number)/(number from your country) |
new species (total number)/(number from your country) |
Microbes distributed (total number)/(in your country) |
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| Bacteria | 40 | 0 | |||||
| Plasmids | 213706 | 0 | |||||
| Availability | Fee for See online price list |
| Catalogue | Catalogue Computerized http://bccm.belspo.be/catalogues |
| Services | Patent deposits(genetic material (e.g. plasmids, ...), animal and human cell lines, incl. hybridomas) |
| Storage service(any kind of cryopreserved biological material that can be stored at -80C or in liquid nitrogen) | |
| Distribution(genetic material (e.g. plasmids, ...), animal and human cell lines, incl. hybridomas) | |
| Training | Management of a culture collection |
| Consulation about | Patent deposits |
| Preservation | |
| Safe deposits | |
| Advice in choice and application of appropriate plasmids | |
| Other Service | Public deposit (plasmids, microbial host strains, DNA libraries) |
| Safe deposit of genetic material (e.g. plasmids, ...), animal and human cell lines, incl. hybridomas | |
| Plasmid profiling of strains | |
| Sequence analysis of non-characterized plasmids |
| Date of Entry | 2003-07-29 |
| Date of Reply | 2016-01-25 |
| Bacteria Cdna Plasmids Vectors |