Iranian Biological Resource Center Able to Send Samples to Researchers within 24 Hours
“In this center, we must provide biological samples to researchers and people working in the industry,” Mohaddeseh Ramezani, an official with the Iranian Biological Resource Center, said.
One of the problems that have always existed all over the world is the method of providing biological samples to researchers, which is a time-consuming process, especially in the case of microorganisms, she highlighted.
In this line, famous banks in the world, such as ATCC of the United States or DSMZ of Germany, have provided effective solutions in this direction, she added.
“As the first center in Iran and the Middle East, we have succeeded in providing the same solution too.”
Ramezani went on to say that providing biological samples of microorganisms is time-consuming because the live culture of bacteria does not last long.
“Depending on the type of bacteria, they can last only one to two weeks.”
“Therefore, when a customer requests a bacterium, we have to take it out of the frozen state, culture it and then provide it to the researcher, and this takes about two weeks to a month,” she explained.
“Industries and laboratories working with the Food and Drug Administration, the National Standards Organization, or students, usually place an order for a bacterium.
They are often in a hurry and want the sample delivered to them within two or three days.”
The Biological Resource Center has pursued the method that the main banks of the world do.
“There are other biobanks in the country, but we are the only bank in Iran and even in the Middle East that offers rapid delivery methods to customers,” she went on to say.
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