delivery of cheetah milk recently arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s milk bank
assistant with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s milk bank
Smithsonian scientists are pioneering low-cost, high-impact reproductive technology to offset the effects of climate change on coral reefs.
From 2006 to 2009 the team worked in Puerto Rico to bank sperm and stem cells from
Director Steve Monfort Image: In 2008 the Smithsonian, along with the World Bank
The Panamanian golden frog is extinct in the wild, but scientists are working to save this species by preserving and studying genetic material from at-risk populations.
sperm released in urine (from live individuals) and are applying this new method to bank
In the future, a bank of these important algae may be used to help coral acclimatize
Dr. Pierre Comizzoli is a reproductive cryobiologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.
At the Zoo we store frozen semen of giant pandas and other species in the sperm bank
The panda house is closed to the public beginning today, Sept. 1 to provide quiet for Mei Xiang as she enters the final stages of a pregnancy or pseudopregnancy.
is either freshly collected earlier that day or thawed from a cryopreservation bank
This update was written by Virginia Carter, a Smithsonian coral biologist with the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Our samples are kept in the frozen bank at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo and should
Scientists collect and freeze biological materials, such as gametes, tissue, milk and DNA, from threatened species for conservation and research.
Conservation Biology Institute The Center for Species Survival’s Genome Resource Bank
James Coss is an attorney and managing principal of a closely-held real estate business, overseeing the investment in and operation of agricultural business interests, mobile home communities, and residential real estate in the Midwest and Southwest. James is responsible for the strategic direction of the organization, capital allocation and investment decisions, and overall management of the combined enterprises.
also involved in several local charities, including Feed the Fridge, the DC Diaper Bank
