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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.

Biological Resources Portal

Forest pillar

 

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09 December 2025

By: RARe - Edition P. Huan

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

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.

Explore the new version of the Florilège portal, launched in April 2025, which centralises and simplifies access to French plant genetic resources for research and innovation.

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.

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.

Consult publications in the HAL BRC-RARe collection