About Us
Advancing research, accessibility, and conservation
of Israel’s biodiversity
The Israeli Biodiversity Curation Center (IBCC) is a groundbreaking national initiative established in response to a call for proposals by the Council for Higher Education. IBCC guided by a clear vision: to build a unified, cloud-based infrastructure that transforms how Israel studies, documents, and protects its biodiversity. By integrating existing biological collections with actively generated new data layers, IBCC creates a comprehensive, open, and accessible research platform designed to empower scientific discovery, guide evidence-based policy and strengthen long-term conservation efforts across the country.
At the heart of IBCC is a collaborative consortium that unites academic researchers, government agencies, conservation organizations, and technological partners. This multidisciplinary network-spanning evolutionary biology, ecology, taxonomy, genetics, bioinformatics, biochemistry, microbiology, curation, and conservation biologists, enables IBCC to link data across all biological scales, from molecules to ecosystems. Through shared expertise and coordinated action, IBCC serves as a national hub supporting research, education, industry innovation, and decision-making, establishing a new standard for biodiversity knowledge management in Israel.
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