Navigating COP16’s digital sequence information outcomes: What researchers need to do in practice
Melania Muñoz-García, K.C. Bansal, Yiming Bao, Sarah C. Brinkley, Elena Buzan, David Castle, Martha Lucía Cepeda-Hernández, Solenne Correard, Andrew J. Crawford, Jessica M. da Silva, Manuela da Silva, Sonigitu Ekpe, Elmostafa El Fahime, Annika Engelhardt, Davide Faggionato, Aylin S. Haas, Desiree M. Hautea, Martine Hossaert-McKey, Camila J. Mazzoni, Marcel Jaspars, Sally Katee, John Kress, Alexander Kwarteng, Darío A. Lijtmaer, Seon Lee, Isabel Lopez Noriega, Christopher Lyal, Gyanpriya Maharaj, Ann M. McCartney, Douglas Miano, Joseph Mulema, Guilherme Oliveira, Francis Osiemo Omesa, Pablo Orozco, Jörg Overmann, Anna Poetsch, Christine Prat, Débora S. Raposo, Silvia Restrepo, Fabian Rhoden, Mathieu Rouard, Mahloro Hope Serepa-Dlamini, María Alejandra Sierra Aguilera, Mutsuaki Suzuki, Christian Keambou Tiambo, Martin Wiemers, Linda Wong, Eizadora Yu, Maria Mercedes Zambrano, Jinfeng Zhou, Amber Hartman Scholz
Abstract
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted new rules for sharing benefits from publicly available genetic sequence data, also known as digital sequence information (DSI). In this Opinion, the authors describe the key elements researchers need to be aware of, address real-life questions, and explain the practical implications of these rules for research and development.