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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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02 February 2026

By: INRAE - CIRAD - Edition P. Huan

The Kiara® pear, a 100% French innovation, has won awards

The Kiara® pear, developed through an entirely French partnership between INRAE and CEP INNOVATION, has been awarded the SIVAL d'Or 2026 prize in the varietal innovation category. This variety, the result of twenty years of research at INRAE's Angers site, embodies the excellence of the French fruit industry.
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Sixth meeting of the RARe International Scientific Council

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On 28 November and 2 December 2025, RARe's International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) met for its sixth session and issued advice and opinions on the current and future strategic directions of the infrastructure and the added value of the services it provides.

In 2025, eight CRBs became members of RARe.

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Conformément aux termes de l’accord de consortium de l’infrastructure, le comité de pilotage de RARe a formulé des suggestions sur huit dossiers de demande d’adhésion à l'Infrastructure de Recherche RARe, lors de sa réunion du 27 octobre 2025. Ces propositions ont été soumises au Comité des Tutelles (Cirad, INRAE, IRD et Institut Pasteur) qui les ont validées.

INRAE, NICOLAS Bertrand, Serres experimentales UMR Génomique végétale Evry

BRC4Plants, French network of plant BRCs: History, evolution and current organisation

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Access to genetic resources is essential for research. The services offered by Biological Resources Centres (BRCs) include collection and conservation, as well as characterisation and distribution of biological material. In order to continue to meet needs, their organisation must be able to adapt. In a special issue of the journal Genetic Resources, the plant pillar traces the evolution of the organisation of Biological Resource Centres for research in France, emphasising the role of the BRC4plants network and its BRCs in the conservation of plant genetic resources of agronomic interest.

Consult publications in the HAL BRC-RARe collection