February 2023Obtained accreditation of KS J ISO 20387:2018 KOLAS
January 2021Designated as a central bank of Cluster rof Microbial Resource Centers by Ministry of Science & ICT
September 2020Obtained certification for KS Q ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System
2010 to 2020
January 2016Moved to Jeonbuk branch Institute of KRIBB
2000 to 2010
August 2008Designated as the National Repository for Bio-research Products from the national R&D projects by the MSIT (Ministry of Science & ICT)
February 2004Obtained the ISO quality management systems (ISO 9001:2000) certificate
1990 to 2000
October 1994Initiated to do national biodiversity project according to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
June 1990Designated as an international depositary authority (IDA) for patent microorganisms from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) based on the Budapest Treaty
1980 to 1990
January 1986Became a member of World Data Centre for Microorganisms (WDCM)
February 1985Became a member of World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC)
February 1985Obtained official approval from the MOST(Ministry of Science & Technology) as a gene bank node