Reclone Hubs
Africa Hub, Ashesi University, Ghana
Latin America Hub, UNCUYO, Argentina
Asia Hub, Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines
Reclone Hubs are established academic labs that have volunteered to facilitate the local sharing of DNA and reagents for research and diagnostics innovation in their region. They maintain the Reclone DNA collections and assist with distribution, shipping, training and R&D activities alongside the Reclone Nodes. This ensures that the open DNA collections are backed up in multiple places around the world and provides a local point of contact for technical support to ensure that the collections are used and useful.
If you would be interested to become a Hub or a Node, please email coordination@reclone.org for more information.
Our Ashesi University Hub is led by Dr Elena Rosca, Head of the Engineering Department and long-term supporter of bioengineering including the Ashesi iGEM Team.
The Hub is getting started in 2024 and plans to be a focal point for plasmid distribution in West Africa and beyond, as well as performing collaborative R&D through student projects.
Collections held: Open Enzymes Collection, Open Reporters Collection, Open Yeast Collection, Open Plasmids, E.coli Protein Expression Toolkit, Molecular Diagnostics Toolkit
The Integrated Protein Research and Development Centre (IPRDC) at Ateneo de Manila University is the Reclone Asia Hub.
The IPRDC team has extensive experience in protein expression using the open DNA collections and has ongoing projects to develop open source bioreactors and other resources for the scientific community.
Collections held: Open Enzymes Collection, Open Reporters Collection, Open Yeast Collection, Open Plasmids, E.coli Protein Expression Toolkit, Molecular Diagnostics Toolkit
The Latin America Hub is hosted by Dr Maria Teresa Damiani ay National University of Cuyo (UNCUYO) in Mendoza Argentina.
The Hub is being established in 2024 and setting up to support plasmid distribution throughout Argentina and to nodes in other Latin American countries.
Collections held: Open Enzymes Collection, Open Reporters Collection, Open Yeast Collection, Open Plasmids, E.coli Protein Expression Toolkit, Molecular Diagnostics Toolkit
Reclone Network Hubs & Nodes
REGION
NODE DETAILS
LEAD CONTACT
Latin America
Argentina
Collections Held
UNCUYO – National University of Cuyo – Faculty of Medical Sciences – Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Hub Team: Dr Maria Teresa Damiani
Email: argentina@reclone.org
- Enzymes
- Reporters
- Yeast
- E.coli Expression
- Diagnostics
Reclone Hub Lead:
Maria-Theresa Damiani
Argentina
Institute of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Translational Biology (iB3), University of Buenos Aires
Node Team: Drs Cecilia D’Alessio, Javier Santos, Alejandro Nadra, Javier Gasulla, Liliana Dain, Javier Cotignola and Florencia Pignataro
Email: argentina@reclone.org
Reclone Node Lead:
Cecilia D'Alessio
Chile
Laboratorio de Tecnologías Libres – iBio at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Dr Fernan Federici, Isaac Nuñez, Tamara Matute, Anibal Arce, A. Cerda
Email: chile@reclone.org
Collections Held
- Enzymes
- Reporters
- Yeast
- E.coli Expression
- Diagnostics
Reclone Node Lead:
Fernan Federici
Peru
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Dr Daniel Guerra
Email: peru@reclone.org
Reclone Node Lead:
Daniel Guerra
Africa
Ghana
Ashesi University
Dr Elena Rosca, Prince Samoh, Rosemond
Activities: Plasmid Distribution, Reagent R&D, iGEM
Email: ghana@reclone.org
Collections Held
- Enzymes
- Reporters
- Yeast
- E.coli Expression
- Diagnostics
Reclone Hub Lead:
Elena Rosca
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Ethiopia
Bio and Emerging Technologies Institute (BETin)
Yordanos Ali
Activities: Enzyme Manufacturing Masterclass
Email: ethiopia@reclone.org
Reclone Node Lead:
Yordanos Ali
Asia
Philippines
Ateneo Research Institute for Science and Engineering (ARISE), Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Drs. Jeremie de Guzman, Ricardo Guererro
Activities: Enzyme Manufacturing Masterclass, Open Enzyme Collection Development.
Email: philippines@reclone.org
Collections Held
- Enzymes
- Reporters
- Yeast
- E.coli Expression
- Diagnostics
Reclone Hub Lead:
Aaron Macauyag
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Europe
United Kingdom
Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
Dr Jenny Molloy, Yan Kay-Ho
Activities: Enzyme Manufacturing Masterclass, Open Enzyme Collection Development.
Email: uk@reclone.org
Collections Held
- Enzymes
- Reporters
- Yeast
- E.coli Expression
- Diagnostics
Reclone Community Manager:
Yan Kay Ho
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Europe
Italy
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste Node Team: Dr Jenny Molloy, Kominist Anley
Activities: Enzyme Manufacturing Masterclass, Open Enzyme Collection Development.
Email: italy@reclone.org
Collections Held
- Enzymes
- Reporters
- Yeast
- E.coli Expression
- Diagnostics
Reclone Node Lead:
Jenny Molloy
North America
Canada
Open Science Network, Vancouver
Reclone Ambassador: Dr Scott Pownall
Activities: Community biology projects, Open Yeast Toolkit Development, open source bioreactor.
Email: canada@reclone.org
Collections Held
- Enzymes
- Reporters
- Yeast
- E.coli Expression
- Diagnostics
Reclone Node Lead:
Dr Scott Pownall
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