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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18.0pt">National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">The National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada (NBCC), located at the Canadian Museum of Nature’s (CMN) Natural Heritage Campus (1740 Pink Road, Gatineau (Aylmer Sector, Quebec), is the result
of a donation by the Beaty family and officially opened in September 2018. The NBCC is a natural history biorepository of specimens from across Canada and abroad, with a capacity for over a million standard 2 mL cryovials. This state-of-the-art facility uses
innovative LN<sub>2</sub> freezer technology and greatly enhances the CMN’s ability to store frozen collections at -170°C.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">The core objective of the NBCC is to provide excellent specimen care with easy access for scientific use. Storage is available for vouchers from research projects outside of the CMN.
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">The collections may contain representatives from all kingdoms of taxonomic classification in the form of tissues, environmental samples, phenotype vouchers, and DNA extractions. As an extension of CMN’s collection
facility, the operation of the NBCC is compliant with all other policies and procedures for the CMN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">For more information about the facility, send inquiries to
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:nbcc-cncb@nature.ca">nbcc-cncb@nature.ca</a></span>, visit our webpage (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/collections/cryobank">https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/collections/cryobank</a></span>),
or write to National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P6P4, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:18.0pt">Cryobanque nationale canadienne de la biodiversité<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">Fruit d’un don de la famille Beaty, la Cryobanque nationale canadienne de la biodiversité (CNCB), a officiellement ouvert ses portes en septembre 2018 au Campus du patrimoine naturel du Musée
canadien de la nature (MCN) (1740, chemin Pink, Gatineau [secteur Aylmer], Québec). La CNCB est un biodépôt de spécimens d’histoire naturelle de tout le Canada et de l’étranger. Elle peut stocker plus d’un million de cryofioles standard de 2 mL. Cette installation
à la fine pointe de la technologie utilise la technologie novatrice de congélation à l’azote liquide. Elle améliore grandement la capacité du MCN à entreposer avec la plus grande intégrité les collections congelées (à -170 °C).
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">La mission de la CNBC est de fournir d’excellents soins à nos spécimens et un accès facile à des fins scientifiques. Elle peut aussi accueillir les spécimens de référence provenant de projets
de recherche menés à l’extérieur du MCN. Les collections peuvent contenir des représentants de tous les règnes de classification taxonomique sous forme de tissus, d’échantillons environnementaux, de spécimens témoins de phénotypes et d’ADN. Comme il s’agit
du prolongement de notre entrepôt de collections, l’exploitation de la CNCB est conforme à toutes les autres politiques et procédures du MCN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur l’installation, envoyez vos questions à
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:nbcc-cncb@nature.ca">nbcc-cncb@nature.ca</a></span>, visitez notre page Web (<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://nature.ca/fr/recherche-collections/collections/cryobanque">https://nature.ca/fr/recherche-collections/collections/cryobanque</a></span>),
ou écrivez à Cryobanque nationale canadienne de la biodiversité, Musée canadien de la nature, C.P. 3443, succursale D, Ottawa (Ontario), K1P6P4, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jean-Marc Gagnon</span></b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curator, Invertebrate Collections / Section Head, Zoology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conservateur, Collection des invertébrés / Chef, Section de Zoologie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Canadian Museum of Nature / Musée canadien de la nature<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">613 364 4066<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">613 851-7556 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">613 364 4027 Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jmgagnon@nature.ca">jmgagnon@nature.ca</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Canadian Museum of Nature / Musée canadien de la nature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">P.O. Box 3443, Sta.
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">D / Casier Postal 3443, Succ. D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4 / Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Adresse de livraison / Courier Address :
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1740 Pink Road, Gatineau, QC, J9J 3N7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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