title: Asian Network of Research Resource Centers.
abstract: With the enactment of the Nagoya Protocol, biological resources are now increasingly considered as assets of an individual country, instead of as the common property of mankind. As worldwide interest for securing biological resources intensifies, research resource centers (RRCs), which collect, preserve, and provide resources and their information to academia and industries, are gathering more attention. The Asian Network of Research Resource Centers (ANRRC) strives for conservation and effective use of bioresources and their data by connecting resource centers of Asia, a continent with the greatest diversity of life. Since its foundation in 2009, the Network has significantly expanded to encompass 103 RRCs of 14 countries. Through the Network, member countries discuss opportunities for resource exchange and research collaboration and share biobanking information and regulations of different countries for international harmonization of resource management. ANRRC also contributes to developing of International Standards of biobanks and biological resources as a liaison to the International Organization for Standardization technical committee 276 Biotechnology.
authors.affiliation: 1 Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC), Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sunhee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 1 Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC), Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seungjoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.affiliation: 1 Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC), Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Paul E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: 1 Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC), Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Jeong
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 1 Korea National Research Resource Center (KNRRC), Seoul, Korea.|2 Department of Horticulture, Biotechnology & Landscape Architecture, Seoul Women's University , Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yeonhee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007391:International Cooperation
keywords: ISO/TC 276 Biotechnology; biobank network; biological resource centers (BRCs); international standardization; research resource centers (RRCs)