Genomics research is conducted in multiple Smithsonian museums and research centers, which have long led influential biodiversity initiatives:
National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
The National Zoological Park (NZP)
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Large-scale biodiversity projects at the Smithsonian and its partners will benefit from the Institute, including:
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Global Genome Biodiversity Network
Global Earth Observatories:
Technical assets of the Institute include:
Laboratories of Analytical Biology (L.A.B.)
The Pan-Smithsonian Cryo-Initiative and new state-of-the-art biorepositories dispersed throughout the Institution.