[Nhcoll-l] Loans to private companies

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Hi David

Yes, we have entertained requests like this in the past as it does fall within our mission.  In most cases we request that they cover shipping costs and in some have requested some compensation for use of tissues given that these projects are typically well funded and can afford to recoup some of our costs or contribute to OUR mission.

Andy


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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager
University of Kansas
Biodiversity Institute

Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863<tel:%28785%29%20864-3863>
Fax: (785) 864-5335<tel:%28785%29%20864-5335>
Email: abentley at ku.edu<mailto:abentley at ku.edu>

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258

http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu<http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/>

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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Loans to private companies


Dear NHColl community,



What, if any, extraordinary considerations do you take into account for tissue loans to private, for-profit companies? Our loan terms prohibit commercial use of tissues and sequence data derived therefrom. We receive requests from the biotechnology sector that are not directly commercial but that may produce profitable methodologies or technologies for use in industry. For example, projects aimed at species conservation and habitat restoration, goals that align broadly with our museum’s mission.



Do you grant requests of this nature? If so, do you alter the terms of your institution’s typical loan agreements to do so, and in what ways?



Thank you for any advice you care to share,
Dave



David A. Boyd, MSc

Collections Manager, Ichthyology and Herpetology

Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science

119 Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

(225) 681-0456


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