Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks

Scarlett Sett; W. John Kress; Michael Halewood; David Nicholson; Genuar Nuñez-Vega; Davide Faggionato; Mathieu Rouard; Marcel Jaspars; Manuela da Silva; Christine Prat; Débora S. Raposo; Irma Klünker; Jens Freitag; Christian Keambou Tiambo; Carolina dos Santos Ribeiro; Linda Wong; Halima Benbouza; Jörg Overmann; DSI Scientific Network signatory authors; Amber Hartman Scholz

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-52994-z

Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks

Scarlett Sett
, W. John Kress
, Michael Halewood
, David Nicholson
, Genuar Nuñez-Vega
, Davide Faggionato
, Mathieu Rouard
, Marcel Jaspars
, Manuela da Silva
, Christine Prat
, Débora S. Raposo
, Irma Klünker
, Jens Freitag
, Christian Keambou Tiambo
, Carolina dos Santos Ribeiro
, Linda Wong
, Halima Benbouza
, Jörg Overmann
, DSI Scientific Network signatory authors
, Amber Hartman Scholz^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Smithsonian Institution
Bioversity International
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Humboldt University of Berlin
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
University of Batna 1 Hadj Lakhdar
Technical University of Braunschweig

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Abstract

As multiple UN fora develop parallel rules for sharing benefits from digital sequence information, we urge better coordination. International policymakers should focus on harmonizing new benefit-sharing rules to ensure open access to data, database interoperability, and better benefit sharing outcomes.

Original language	English
Article number	8745
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	15
Early online date	9 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52994-z
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

Bibliographical note

We recognize the DSI Scientific Network signatory authors who engaged in thoughtful discussions and exchanges of ideas but who were not involved in drafting of text (Supplementary Note 1). This publication was supported by the European Virus Archive GLOBAL (EU project 871029), the WiLDSI-VorweRTS (BMBF project 16LW0062K), and the CGIAR Genebank Initiative. MJ acknowledges BlueRemediomics (EU project 101082304) and University of Aberdeen (UKRI IFS 10057167). We would like to thank Philippe Lieutaud for his suggestions on how to retrieve and identify viral taxonomic units, and Masanori Arita for his thoughtful comments and efforts towards improving the manuscript.

DSI Scientific Network signatory authors: K. C. Bansal, Yiming Bao, Martha Lucía Cepeda-H, Solenne Correard, Sonigitu Ekpe, Desiree Hautea, Martine Hossaert-McKey, Takahide A. Ishida, Sally Katee, Harris Lewin, Ann M. Mc Cartney, Melania Muñoz-Garcia, Pablo Orozco, Michelle Rourke, Jens Sundström, Mutsuaki Suzuki, Rajeev Varshney, Elisa Vendramin, Ignazio Verde, Eizadora Yu & Maria Mercedes Zambrano

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This publication was supported by the European Virus Archive GLOBAL (EU project 871029), the WiLDSI-VorweRTS (BMBF project 16LW0062K), and the CGIAR Genebank Initiative. MJ acknowledges BlueRemediomics (EU project 101082304) and University of Aberdeen (UKRI IFS 10057167).

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Sett, S., Kress, W. J., Halewood, M., Nicholson, D., Nuñez-Vega, G., Faggionato, D., Rouard, M., Jaspars, M., da Silva, M., Prat, C., Raposo, D. S., Klünker, I., Freitag, J., Tiambo, C. K., dos Santos Ribeiro, C., Wong, L., Benbouza, H., Overmann, J., DSI Scientific Network signatory authors, & Scholz, A. H. (2024). Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks. Nature Communications, 15, Article 8745. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52994-z

Sett, S, Kress, WJ, Halewood, M, Nicholson, D, Nuñez-Vega, G, Faggionato, D, Rouard, M, Jaspars, M, da Silva, M, Prat, C, Raposo, DS, Klünker, I, Freitag, J, Tiambo, CK, dos Santos Ribeiro, C, Wong, L, Benbouza, H, Overmann, J, DSI Scientific Network signatory authors & Scholz, AH 2024, 'Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks', Nature Communications, vol. 15, 8745. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52994-z

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