CBOL Member Organizations

Since the inaugural meeting in May 2004, over 130 organizations from 43 countries across 6 continents have joined the Consortium for the Barcode of Life. Click here to view CBOL members on the world map.

Browse Members By Region

Country Location Organization
Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo Kisangani Laboratoire d'Ecologie et Gestion des Ressources Animales (LEGERA)
Cameroon Beau University of Beau
Ghana Legon University of Ghana, Legon
Kenya Nairobi International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology
  Nairobi National Museums of Kenya
Mauritus Quiere Bornes Mauritius Oceanography Institute
Morocco Agdal Institut Scientifique
Nigeria Ibadan Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
  Ibadan National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB)
  Abuja National Biotechnology Development Agency
  Lagos Lagos University Herbarium
  Ile-Ife Natural History Museum, Obafemi Awolowo University
South Africa Eastern Cape University of Fort Hare
  Grahamstown South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
  Johannesburg University of Johannesburg
  Pretoria ARC - Plant Protection Research Institute
  Pretoria South African National Biodiversity Institute ( SANBI)
  Pretoria SAFRINET
Uganda Entebbe

National Agricultural Research Organization

East Asia-Pacific
China Bejing Institute of Medicinal Plant Development
  Bejing Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Beijing Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Museum
  Beijing Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Guizhou Guizhou University, Department of Entomology
  Shandong Plant Protection College, Shandong Agricultural University
  Tolo Harbour Department of Biology & Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Lab, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar The Institute of Biology of Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Taiwan Shanhua, Tainan AVRDC The World Vegetable Center
  Kaohsiung Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University
  Taipei Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica
Japan Shizuoka National Institute of Genetics, ROIS
  Sapporo Hokaido University
  Tokyo The Union of the Japanese Society for Systematic Biology
Korea Daejeon Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
  Seoul Korea Research and Development Institute
  Seoul Plant DNA Bank in Korea and Korea University Herbarium (KUS)
  Incheon National Institute of Biological Resources
  Gyeonggi Province Korea National Arboretum
Malaysia Sardang Faculty of Forestry, University of Putra Malaysia
  Sabah Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Papua New Guinea Madang Papua New Guinea Binatang Research Center (PNG)
Philippines Maligaya Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
Singapore Singapore Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore
Vietnam Hanoi Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources
Eurasia
Bangladesh Rajshahi University of Rajshahi, Department of Botany
    Biodiversity Research Group of Bangladesh
Belgium Brussels Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences
  Tervuren Royal Museum for Central Africa
Denmark Copenhagen Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  Copenhagen Natural History Museum of Denmark
France Paris Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
  Paris Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Germany Berlin Botanic Garden Berlin (Botanischer Garten und Botanisches)
  Bonn Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum
  Braunschweig Technical University Braunschweig Zoological Institute
  Frankfurt Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
  Hannover ITZ, Ecology and Evolution
  Jena Institute of Systematic Botany with Herbarium Haussknecht (JE) and Botanical Garden
  Munich Knebelsberger and Miller Bioservices
  Munich Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns
Greece Crete Natural History Museum of Crete
  Heraklion Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics (IMBG)
India Chennai Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama University
  Dona Paula National Institute of Oceanography, Gene Lab
  Gujarat Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Puri Foundation
  Gwalior School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University
  Kerala Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram
  Pune National Chemical Laboratory
  Maharashtra Aquaculture Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology
  Mumbai

St Peter's College & MEWS

  Nangiarkulangara T.K. M.M. College
  Pondicherry Vector Control Research Centre
  Thiruchirappalli Bharathidasan University, Department of Animal Science
  Lucknow National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
  Virudhunagar Department of Biotechnology, Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology
Iran Tehran Plant Pest and Disease Research Institute
  Tehran College of Science, University of Tehran
Italy Bari Meidterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAI-B)
  Bari Institute of Biomedical Technologies
  Genova Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte
  Milan Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Bioscience
  Modena University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  Rome Department of Animal and Human Biology, "La Sapienza" Rome University - Faculty of Science
  Rome Department of Biology, University of Roma Tor Vergata
  Trieste International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
  Udine Dipartimento Di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali, Universita Di Udine
  Viterbo Department of Forests and Environment, University of Tuscia
Netherlands Amsterdam Consortium of Netherlands Taxonomic Facilities
  Amsterdam Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam
  Leiden National Museum of Natural History Naturalis
  Utrecht CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre
Norway Longyearbyen The University Centre in Svalbard
  Oslo Norwegian Institute of Public Health
  Oslo The Norwegien Forest and Landscape Institute
  Oslo Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
  Bergen University of Bergen, Bergen Museum
  Bergen Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
  Tromso Norwegian Polar Institute
  Tromso Tromso Univeristy Museum
  Trondheim Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Museum of Natural history and Archaeology
Poland Warsaw Museum and Institute of Zoology- Polish Academy of Sciences
  Krakow W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences
Portugal Coimbra Institute of Marine Research (IMAR)
Romania Bucharest "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History
Russia Moscow Zoological Museum of Moscow University
Spain Barcelona Universitat de Barcelona, CERTFEM
  Canarias Jardin Botanico Canario Viera Y Clavijo
Sri Lanka Peradeniya University of Peradeniya
Sweden Goteborg Goteborg University, Department of Zoology
  Stockholm Swedish Museum of Natural History
Switzerland Waedenswil Agroscope FAW
  Zurich-Schlieren Ecogenics GmbH
UK Aberdeen Fisheries Research Service
  Bangor University of Wales, Bangor
  Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  Hull University of Hull
  London The Natural History Museum, London
  London The Scholar Ship Research Institute
  Reading The University of Reading
  Reading Species 2000
  Surrey BioNET-International
  Surrey Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
  Swansea School of Biological Sciences, Univ of Wales Swansea
  York The Central Science Laboratory
United Arab Emirates Dubai Advanced Biotechnology Centre
North America
Canada Guelph University of Guelph
  New Brunswick Connell Memorial Herbarium, University of New Brunswick
  Nova Scotia Acadia University
  Ottawa Tropical Conservancy
  Ottawa Canadian Museum of Nature
  Toronto Royal Ontario Museum
Mexico Mexico City Seccion de Aleas, Herbario Facultad Ciencias, UNAM
  Mexico City Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
USA California California Academy of Sciences
  California Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
  California San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD
  California Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  California Zoological Society of San Diego
  California Coastal Marine Biolabs
  Connecticut University of Connecticut, Marine and Technology Center
  Florida Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commision
  Florida Florida Museum of Natural History
  Hawaii Bishop Museum
  Illinois The Field Museum
  Kansas University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute
  Maryland USDA, ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research
  Massachusetts Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
  Massachusetts New England Biolabs, Inc.
  Massachusetts Ocean Genome Legacy Foundation
  Michigan NSF International (formerly National Sanitation Foundation)
  Missouri Missouri Botanical Garden
  Minnesota International Species Information System
  New Hampshire University of New Hampshire
  New Jersey Coriell Institute for Medical Research
  New York American Museum of Natural History
  New York The City University of New York, Kinbsborough Community College
  New York Olive Natural Heritage Society, Inc
  New York The New York Botanical Garden
  Pennsylvania BioNanomatrix Inc.
  Pennsylvania Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  Virginia National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
  Washington DC Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  Washington DC Smithsonian Institution
  Wisconsin OPGEN Inc.
Oceania
Australia Adelaide Plant Biodiversity Centre, Adelaide Botanic Gardens
  Hobart TAS Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  Lismore Australian Plant DNA Bank
  Melbourne National Herbarium of Victoria at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
  New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, NSW
  Sydney Australian Museum
  Sydney Botanic Gardens Trust, National Herbarium of NSW
  Sydney MacQuarie University
French Polynesia Moorea UCB Gump South Pacific Research Station
New Zealand Canterbury National Centre for Advanced Bio-Protection Technologies
  Lincoln Landcare Research
  Palmerston North Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University
South and Central America
Argentina Buenos Aires Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales
Brazil Bahia Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
  Campinas Centro de Biol. Mol. E Engenharia Genetica-CBMEG/UNICAMP
  Manaus Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
  Pampulha Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais
  Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Pesquisa Jardim Botânico de Rio de Janeiro
Chile Santiago Laboratorio Enteroparasitos Unidad Docente de Parasitologia, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Chile
Colombia Bogota Molecular Biology Center, Gimnasio Campestre
  Bogota Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  Bogota Universidad de los Andes
  Cali Agrobiodiversity and Biotechnology Project International Center for Tropical Agriculture-CIAT
  Ibagué Universidad del Tolima
Costa Rica Santa Rosa Area de Conservacion Guanacaste
  Santo Domingo de Heredia Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)