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French Network of Biological Resource Centres for Research in Biology, Agronomy and Environment

RARe is a research infrastructure registered on the National Roadmap of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI).

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The infrastructure is based on five networks, called "pillars", of Biological Resource Centres (BRCs) conserving genetic, genomic and biological resources assembled and characterized by agricultural research, as well as associated data on domestic animals, model or cultivated plants, wild relatives of domesticated animals, forest trees, micro-organisms of agronomic or agri-food interest, micro-organisms and organisms of the environment.

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Animal pillar
Environment pillar
Forest pillar
Microorganism pillar
Plant pillar

 

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07 October 2025

By: RARe - Edition P. Huan

Highlights for RARe: feedback on the general meeting and the 2025 scientific seminar

From 29 September to 1 October 2025, the RARe general assembly and scientific seminar were held in Montpellier, bringing together 98 people, including 68 from all over France and overseas territories, to exchange ideas and learn about the latest news in the areas of animals, the environment, plants, forestry and micro-organisms, cross-disciplinary working groups and the infrastructure's action plan. The seminar on CRB digital strategies was a great success, widely appreciated by participants and speakers alike. The RARe infrastructure would like to thank everyone for making these days such a success.
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Launch of the HAL collection, an open archive of RARe's scientific results

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The RARe infrastructure continues its open science policy by sharing the scientific output of its five pillars and member CRBs. This new HAL collection is the result of a long collective effort to build up this body of work.

Optimizing the use of cryopreserved genetic resources for animal populations in breeding and conservation

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How can cryopreserved animal genetic resources be used? Simulation work has shown that the use of cryopreserved genetic resources can not only slow down the loss of genetic diversity in populations, but also support changes in breeding objectives. The use of these resources varies according to the objective of the population manager. This study provides practical recommendations for different management scenarios.

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Keeping livestock cool, so as not to lose any of the living elements

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The GIS IBISA has just published “Garder l'élevage au frais, pour ne perdre rien du vivant” (“Keeping livestock farming cool, so as not to lose any of the living”), reminding us that CRB-Anim, the animal pillar of the RARe infrastructure, brings together biobanks that keep the genetic and genomic resources of a multitude of animal species raised in France in cold storage. National biodiversity under high protection to respond to crises and safeguard the future.