Scientific Subcommittee: Sample Collection and Processing

Sample collection and processing to isolate high-quality DNA or collect tissue for chromatin approaches and generate sequencing libraries are key goals and challenges for EBP. Appropriate metadata is also critical to facilitate future interpretation of these genomes. In addition to practical challenges there are also legal constraints that require compliance. The sample collection and processing subcommittee proposes standards, for DNA quantity, quality, and vouchers, in partnership with the Sequencing and Assembly subcommittee.

Members

Mara Lawniczak, Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom, Chair

Jonas Astrin, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Biobank; Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany

Anna Childers, USDA ARS, United States

Kevin Kocot, University of Alabama & Alabama Museum of Natural History, United States

Duane McKenna, University of Memphis, United States

Olga Pettersson, NGI SciLife Uppsala, Sweden

Verena Ras, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Bernardo Santos, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France

Jeremy Wideman, Arizona State University, United States

Former Member

Jonathan Coddington, Smithsonian Institution, United States