BRC RESOURCE NEWS
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- With our principles “Trust, Sustainability, and Leadership,” we offer a variety of most reliable bioresources. Find biological materials you need in our catalog!
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- In addition, we also offer technical training courses on how to use these materials effectively.
Latest news（2026 vol.13）
Experimental Animal Division
The latest update on "Mouse of the Month"
"Mouse of the Month" is a webpage that highlights and introduces notable mouse strains deposited with the BRC. In April 2026, we published an article on "The Crhbp Gene involved in REM Sleep (Dr. Yu Hayashi)," and in June 2026, we published an article on "Mandibulofacial dysostosis with alopecia model mice (Dr. Yukiko Kurihara)."
Experimental Plant Division
Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Tobacco BY-2 Cell Lines
Our plant cell collection includes a wide variety of transgenic tobacco BY-2 cell lines expressing fluorescent proteins, such as GFP. The fluorescent proteins are targeted to specific subcellular compartments, enabling high-resolution imaging of dynamic intracellular processes.
Cell Engineering Division
The dolphin cell line will soon be available for distribution.
An immortalized bottlenose dolphin cell line established by introducing the SV40 large T antigen gene and the human TERT gene into primary cultured dolphin kidney are currently under preparation for distribution. In addition, our cell bank also maintains and provides a wide range of cell lines derived from numerous animal species (approximately 40 types).
Gene Engineering Division
Full-length collagen CDS plasmids now available
To overcome cloning challenges caused by the large, repetitive structures of collagen genes, a research project involving DNABank has constructed full-length CDS plasmids covering about 90% of human and mouse collagens, which are now available for distribution.
Microbe Division (JCM)
CO₂-fixers in the JCM
We present a curated dataset on Calvin–Benson cycle–related genes and CO₂ fixation potential across genome-sequenced microbial strains maintained by JCM.
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