Data and Samples Database Samples Database KAshinhou Tool for Ecotoxicity - Ecotoxicity prediction system Database Time Capsule Program for Environmental Specimens On the time capsule samples at minus 150 degrees provides long-term archiving NIES Invasive Species of Japan Database Samples NIES CRMs NIES CRMs can be purchased directly from NIES. NIES Producing "Etalons" for the Chemical Analysis of Environmental Samples Environmental Certified Reference Materials NIES collection Culture strains of cyanobacteria, eukaryotic microalgae, protozoa and endangered algae are maintained in the Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES Collection, Tsukuba, JAPAN).