title: Biological Collections: Chasing the Ideal.
abstract: This article is based on the results of an analysis of existing biological collections in Russia and abroad set up in the framework of the project "Scientific Basis of the National Biobank -Depository of Living Systems" by M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University [1].
authors.affiliation: M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kamenski
authors.affiliation: M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Sazonov
authors.affiliation: M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fedyanin
authors.affiliation: M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Sadovnichy