The Frozen Ark is a charitable
frozen zoo
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals (e.g. DNA, sperm, eggs, embryos and live tissue) are stored at very low temperatures (−196 °C) in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way ca ...
project created jointly by the
Zoological Society of London
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained the London Zoo, and since 1931 Whipsnade Park.
History
On 29 ...
, the
Natural History Museum
A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...
and
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public university, public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. The University of Nottingham belongs t ...
. The project aims to preserve the
DNA and living cells of
endangered species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...
to retain the genetic knowledge for the future. The Frozen Ark collects and stores samples taken from animals in zoos and those threatened with
extinction
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
in the wild. Its current director is
Michael W. Bruford (
Cardiff University
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). The Frozen Ark was a finalist for the
Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi is a British multinational communications and advertising agency network with 114 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in 1970 and is currently headquartered in London. The parent company of the agency gr ...
Award for World Changing Ideas in 2006.
The project was founded by
Ann Clarke, her husband
Bryan Clarke
Bryan Campbell Clarke (24 June 1932 – 27 February 2014) was a British Professor of genetics, latterly emeritus at the University of Nottingham. Clarke is particularly noted for his work on apostatic selection (which is a term he coined ...
and Dame
Anne McLaren
Dame Anne Laura Dorinthea McLaren, (26 April 1927 – 7 July 2007) was a British scientist who was a leading figure in developmental biology. Her work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF), .
Since Bryan Clarke′s death in 2014, the Frozen Ark′s interim director has been
Mike Bruford
Michael William Bruford (born 6 June 1963) is a Welsh molecular ecologist, conservation biologist and currently professor at Cardiff University's School of Biosciences. His area of research spans from animal wildlife genetics to the manageme ...
.
[''The Frozen Ark: About — Mike Bruford''](_blank)
. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.frozenark.org/
A video on the Frozen Ark
Conservation projects
Cryobiology
Zoology
Zoological Society of London
Biorepositories
Rare breed conservation
Natural History Museum, London
University of Nottingham
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