EAZA BioBank

The EAZA-BioBank was established to support population management and species conservation in zoos and beyond with genetic methods. The Leibniz-IZW acts as one of four hubs that store the samples from the zoos on behalf of EAZA and make them available for research purposes upon request (after approval by EAZA). As a hub, we do not carry out any analyses on the samples stored with us.

Zoos wishing to send sample material to the EAZA BioBank should use the EAZA BioBank protocol for sample collection (see link below).

Researchers who wish to obtain access to sample material from the EAZA BioBank should use the document Request for sample use - Application form (https://www.eaza.net/conservation/research/eaza-biobank).

The inventory of our hub currently comprises 1586 samples of 338 species that have been sent by 63 zoos (see chart below).

_{*Sorted by number of samples (9-1): *Vogelpark Walsrode | Zoo Zürich | Zoo Magdeburg | Zoologischer Garten Halle | Zoo Neuwied | Zoo Usti nad Labem | Zoologischer Stadtgarten Karlsruhe | Zoo Hoyerswerda | Tierpark Nordhorn | Biopark Valencia | Zoo Neunkirchen | Zoo Vivarium Darmstadt | Bundesforst Schwarzborn | Zoo La Garenne | Kölner Zoo | Zoo Ostrava | Zoo Pilsen | Zoo Zamosc | Zoo Wroclaw | Vogelpark Marlow | ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen | Zoo Rostock | Zoo Dortmund | Zoo Lodz | Zoopark Erfurt | Olomouc Zoo | Zoo Krakow | Zoo Goldau | Zoo Ebeltoft | Zoo Gdansk | Zoo Leipzig | Zoo Sofia | Tierpark Görlitz | Zoo Torun | Zoo Halle | Zoologischer Garten Torun | Natur-und Tierpark Goldau | Zoo Linz | Zoo Duisburg AG | Zoo Zagreb | Tierpark Bern | Zoo Dvur Kralove | Tierpark Hagenbeck | Zoo HLUBOKA | Zoo Köln | Zoo de La Palmyre | Zoo Olomouc | Steirischer Landestiergarten | Tiergarten Kleve | Zoo Aschersleben}


This overview shows the number of samples submitted from 2018 to 2023:


 

Most of the samples in 2023 came from the following zoos:
 



 

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Useful documents:

EAZA BioBank sampling protocol

Contact

Prof Dr Jörns Fickel
Phone: +49(0)30 5168314
Email: fickel@izw-berlin.de

 

Last updated on July, 22th, 2024