Garmendia Larraitz, Izagirre Urtzi, Soto Manu, Lermen Dominik, Koschorreck Jan
Research Center for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology, PIE-UPV/EHU, E48620, Plentzia, Basque Country, Spain,
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2015 Feb;22(3):1631-4. doi: 10.1007/s11356-014-2925-5. Epub 2014 Apr 30.
Environmental specimen banks (ESBs) are not a new phenomenon, but in the last decades, the steep rate in the establishment of new ESBs is a sign to address new research approaches for scientists. In this way, environmental biobanking is becoming a well-organized and effective vehicle to collect samples of high quality making them available for future researchers. The endpoints promoted in the ESBs are mainly based on chemical approaches, but the necessity to add biological endpoint is fundamental (e.g., assessment of the environmental health status). Moreover, advances and development of high sensitive, high-throughput techniques along with ecotoxicological approaches based on biomarkers are stimulating a new demand for stored specimens and associated data. Like in chemically targeted environmental specimen banking, the banked samples for the assessment of biological effects also require guidance informed by knowledge of their practices and challenges, along with policies for the correct advancement of research goals and appropriate and effective biobank governance.
环境样本库（ESB）并非新鲜事物，但在过去几十年中，新的环境样本库急剧增加，这为科学家们采用新的研究方法提供了契机。通过这种方式，环境生物样本库正成为一个组织有序且高效的工具，用于收集高质量样本，以供未来的研究人员使用。环境样本库所采用的终点指标主要基于化学方法，但增加生物学终点指标的必要性至关重要（例如，评估环境健康状况）。此外，高灵敏度、高通量技术的进步与发展，以及基于生物标志物的生态毒理学方法，正催生对储存样本及相关数据的新需求。与化学靶向环境样本库一样，用于评估生物效应的样本库样本也需要基于实践和挑战的知识提供指导，以及有助于正确推进研究目标和进行适当有效生物样本库管理的政策。
