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 2000 samples of 463 species that have been sent by 69 zoos (see chart below).

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


This overview shows the number of samples submitted from 2018 to 2024:


 

Most of the samples in 2024 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 January, 28th, 2025