Created in 2002, the CRBIP, Centre de Ressources Biologiques de l’Institut Pasteur, is a transversal functional structure that encompasses the five biobanks of the Institut Pasteur, Paris, for a common strategy aligned with the strategic plan of the Institute.
The following Pasteurian biobanks are part of the CRBIP:
In agreement with all five biobanks, a new strategy for the CRBIP is being implemented since early 2019 that renews the CRBIP’s missions to optimize common needs:
Mission 1: Research, Scientific Cooperation and Innovation
- A central research axis with publications promoting IP biobanks
- Involvement in networks of scientific cooperation and biobanking
- Promote technological valorization and innovation from already existing biological resources to collections
Mission 2: Development of common tools
- Development of collection management software (LIMS, catalog)
- Provision of standardized procedures
- Access to metadata (data associated with biological resources, bioclinics, genomes, -omics ...)
Mission 3: Consulting & expertise
Personalized support for researchers in various fields:
- Technical accompaniment, e.g. support for the establishment of RIIP biobanks (IP Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, IPK) and beyond (Louis Malardé Institute, CNRST Marroc, etc.)
- Declaration of all campus collections (transversal CEBOH mission)
- Centralization of the collections of researchers and CNRs hosted at the Institut Pasteur.
Mission 4: Regulation & Lobbying
Influence on public decision-makers to guide regulation towards the interests of collections (eg Nagoya, GMO, MOT, Budapest):
The CRBIP is part of different networks: