Access may be obtained free of charge by Investigators at universities and non-profit research institutes ("Investigators") who enter an Access Agreement with DSM. By signing the Access Agreement, the user of the database will grant DSM certain rights to license inventions resulting from access to the Aspergillus niger genomic database.
Access agreement (14 kB pdf)
Request for access agreement
Alternatively, investigators wishing to obtain only a limited amount of information, e.g., sequence information about a small number of Aspergillus niger genes as occurring in the database, can enter a Sample Analysis Agreement after which the information will be provided.
Sample Analysis Agreement (33 kB pdf)
Request for sample agreement
Access Agreement
Investigators who want to enter into the access agreement or the sample agreement should fill in all the information requested in the the "Request for access agreement" or the "Request for sample agreement" Upon recieval of this information two (2) copies of the respective agreement will be send. They should be signed by the duly authorized representatives and send back to:
Dr. ir. J.A. Roubos
Ass. Scientist Bioinformatics
DSM Food Specialties/R&D
pp 624-0295
P.O. Box 1
2600 MA Delft
The Netherlands.
DFS will sign the agreement and return one (1) copy. In the case of the access agreement a username and password will be provided.
More information on the details of the Access Arrangement