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Cryopreservation of phytodiversity: A critical appraisal of theory & practice by Benson, E.E

“…Cryopreservation is the storage of viable cells, tissues, organs and organisms at ultra-low temperatures, usually in liquid nitrogen to a minimum temperature…”
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Developing cryopreservation for Picea sitchensis (sitka spruce) somatic embryos: a comparison of vitrification protocols by Gale, Samantha, John, Allan, Harding, Keith, Benson, Erica E

“…Two vitrification-based cryopreservation protocols, encapsulation/dehydration and PVS2 were applied to Stage 2 (globular) and Stage 4 (torpedo) somatic embryos…”
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Standard preanalytical coding for biospecimens: defining the sample PREanalytical code by Betsou, Fotini, Lehmann, Sylvain, Ashton, Garry, Barnes, Michael, Benson, Erica E, Coppola, Domenico, DeSouza, Yvonne, Eliason, James, Glazer, Barbara, Guadagni, Fiorella, Harding, Keith, Horsfall, David J, Kleeberger, Cynthia, Nanni, Umberto, Prasad, Anil, Shea, Kathi, Skubitz, Amy, Somiari, Stella, Gunter, Elaine

“…Management and traceability of biospecimen preanalytical variations are necessary to provide effective and efficient interconnectivity and interoperability…”
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Writing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for cryostorage protocols: using shoot meristem cryopreservation as an example by Harding, Keith, Benson, Erica E

“…Standard operating procedures are a systematic way of making sure that biopreservation processes, tasks, protocols, and operations are correctly and…”
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Cryopreservation induces temporal DNA methylation epigenetic changes and differential transcriptional activity in Ribes germplasm by Johnston, Jason W., Benson, Erica E., Harding, Keith

“…The physiological and molecular mechanisms associated with acclimation and survival have been examined in four Ribes genotypes displaying differential…”
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Effects of osmotic pretreatments on oxidative stress, antioxidant profiles and cryopreservation of olive somatic embryos by Lynch, Paul T, Siddika, Ayesha, Johnston, Jason W, Trigwell, Susan M, Mehra, Aradhana, Benelli, Carla, Lambardi, Maurizio, Benson, Erica E

“…► Biomarkers may be used to make evidence based decisions to optimize olive cryostorage. ► Osmotica can affect antioxidant, ROS, sugar and proline profiles in…”
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Antioxidant status and genotypic tolerance of Ribes in vitro cultures to cryopreservation by Johnston, Jason W., Harding, Keith, Benson, Erica E.

“…Cold tolerance studies are required to improve understanding of how plant tissues survive and regenerate from cryogenic temperatures. Ribes genotypes with…”
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In vitro and cryogenic preservation of plant biodiversity in Brazil by Pilatti, Fernanda Kokowicz, Aguiar, Tarsis, Simões, Thiago, Benson, Erica E, Viana, Ana Maria

“…The Brazilian biomes (Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Caatinga, Pantanal, and Pampa) comprise one of the highest levels of plant diversity in the world;…”
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Can Biospecimen Science Expedite the Ex Situ Conservation of Plants in Megadiverse Countries? A Focus on the Flora of Brazil by Harding, Keith, Benson, Erica E, Nunes, Eduardo da Costa, Pilatti, Fernanda Kokowicz, Lemos, Juliane, Viana, Ana Maria

“…Increasing the number of species conserved ex situ in Megadiverse countries is a major task exacerbated by many intricate factors including: biome complexity,…”
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"Life in Data"--Outcome of a Multi-Disciplinary, Interactive Biobanking Conference Session on Sample Data by Nussbeck, Sara Y, Rabone, Muriel, Benson, Erica E, Droege, Gabriele, Mackenzie-Dodds, Jackie, Lawlor, Rita T

“…Clinical, biodiversity, and environmental biobanks share many data standards, but there is a lack of harmonization on how data are defined and used among…”
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Cryoconservation of South African plant genetic diversity by Berjak, Patricia, Bartels, Paul, Benson, Erica E, Harding, Keith, Mycock, David J, Pammenter, Norman W, Sershen, Wesley-Smith, James

“…South Africa has a rich flora which exhibits among the highest species density in the world, distributed across nine biomes that support an impressive…”
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Translating cryobiology principles into trans-disciplinary storage guidelines for biorepositories and biobanks: a concept paper by Benson, E, Betson, F, Fuller, B J, Harding, K, Kofanova, O

“…Low temperatures are used routinely to preserve diverse biospecimens, genetic resources and non-viable or viable biosamples for medical and clinical research…”
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Cryopreservation of shoot tips and meristems: an overview of contemporary methodologies by Benson, Erica E, Harding, Keith

“…Cryopreservation is the storage of viable bioresources at ultra-low temperatures in liquid nitrogen (LN). This chapter provides an overview of those protocols…”
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Is there a protocol for using the SPREC? by Nussbeck, Sara Y, Benson, Erica E, Betsou, Fay, Guadagni, Fiorella, Lehmann, Sabine, Umbach, Nadine

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Applications of differential scanning calorimetry in developing cryopreservation strategies for Parkia speciosa, a tropical tree producing recalcitrant seeds by Nadarajan, Jayanthi, Mansor, Marzalina, Krishnapillay, Baskaran, Staines, Harry J, Benson, Erica E, Harding, Keith

“…Shoot-tips of Parkia speciosa, a recalcitrant seed producing tropical leguminous tree withstood cryopreservation using encapsulation-vitrification in…”
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A life cycle model to enable research of cryostorage recalcitrance in temperate woody species: the case of sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) by Gale, S, Benson, E E, Harding, K

“…Empirical testing of protocols and fundamental investigations are the approaches usually applied to study germplasm storage recalcitrance in temperate plants…”
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Exploring the physiological basis of cryopreservation success and failure in clonally propagated in vitro crop plant germplasm by Harding, Keith, Johnston, Jason W, Benson, Erica E

“…An appraisal of potato and Ribes shoot meristem cryopreservation shows physiological factors influence survival and development, sometimes independently of…”
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HPLC analysis of plant DNA methylation: a study of critical methodological factors by Johnston, Jason W., Harding, Keith, Bremner, David H., Souch, Graham, Green, Jon, Lynch, Paul T., Grout, Brian, Benson, Erica E.

“…HPLC analysis of nucleosides is important for determining total DNA methylation in plants and can be used to help characterise epigenetic changes during…”
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Evaluation of the 1-methyl-2-phenylindole colorimetric assay for aldehydic lipid peroxidation products in plants: Malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxynonenal by Johnston, Jason W., Horne, Susan, Harding, Keith, Benson, Erica E.

“…The 1-methyl-2-phenylindole colorimetric assay is considered specific for malondialdehyde (MDA) and 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) in mammalian systems, but its…”
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Cryopreservation of shoot tips and meristems by Benson, Erica E, Harding, Keith, Johnston, Jason W

“…Shoot-tip meristem cryopreservation methodologies are reported for the complementary cryoprotective strategies of vitrification and equilibrium freezing using…”
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