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  • Biodiversity Science
  • Natural Science Collections
  • Digital Infrastructure

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  • The U.S. natural science community has a long history of collaboration.
  • There is a growing need for unified support and strategic expansion of biological collections and their data.
  • Physical biodiversity collections face numerous challenges that require coordinated solutions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline the vision and key themes for a proposed national center supporting biological collections.
  • To address the management, unification, and strategic expansion of specimen/sample infrastructure and associated data.
  • To foster coordination across research, education, and Indigenous communities.

Main Methods:

  • Community consultations were conducted to identify major themes for the center.
  • The proposed center will encompass eight major themes.
  • Focus on workforce development, ethical collaboration, digital infrastructure, and AI innovation.

Main Results:

  • Eight major themes were identified for the national center.
  • The center aims to expand digital infrastructure for broad data access.
  • It will foster innovation in AI for data capture, management, and analysis.

Conclusions:

  • A national center is crucial for sustainable, long-term support of biodiversity science.
  • The center will integrate biological collections to drive innovation and address societal challenges.
  • Benefits include advancements in public health, environmental conservation, and the bioeconomy.