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8. American Type Culture Collection: A Model for Biological Materials Resource Management
Pages 63-68

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... C.E.A Winslow started that collection at the Museum of Natural History, which eventually became the ATCC. It is now a diverse collection in life sciences that does not consist only of microbes, but also includes cell lines and other biological materials, because we are continually trying to keep up with what is going on in science.
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From page 64...
... We also have a major division that manages government and commercial contracts, generating additional revenue for support of the collections by leveraging our core capabilities in biological materials management. These activities provide much needed infrastructure support, allowing us to pay our bills and enabling the construction of new facilities.
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From page 65...
... ATCC has expanded its unique position as a knowledge and technology transfer broker between research and commercial entities. This is not my area of expertise However we have staff at ATCC who deal with this every day, and whose job is to manage the licensing opportunities, the material transfer agreements, and other activities that ensure equitable sharing and use.
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From page 66...
... ATCC provides quality control reference standards, some of which are mandated or recommended both in FDA regulations and in the standards put out by such organizations as the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
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From page 67...
... We store our collections there in the event we have a physical disaster at the main facility, and we are working on a business continuity disaster plan right now that goes even further to ensure that if we do have a disaster at the main facility, we can continue at least to supply some of the top products . PARTICIPANT: Two questions.
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From page 68...
... It is about the bacteria culture collections from which, if I am not mistaken, number about 15,000 or 20,000.
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