At BEI Resources, we're the leading source for high quality cultures and reagents for microbiology and infectious diseases research. As you explore the benefits we offer, you will see how BEI Resources can serve as a catalyst for your research efforts worldwide.  BEI Resources materials are provided at no cost to registered researchers (additional shipping charges may apply).

We'll take care of the details - so you can focus on your research.

Click here for available products, information and FAQs regarding the SARS-CoV-2.  For any questions regarding BEI Resources and SARS-CoV-2 materials, please contact contact@beiresources.org. 

The NIAID Data Ecosystem Discovery Portal (https://data.niaid.nih.gov/) allows researchers to search simultaneously across millions of publicly available datasets to find infectious and immune-mediated disease data for reanalysis and accelerates the work of researchers, leading to faster development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

The Discovery Portal can be used to:

• Search across repositories to quickly find datasets that you didn’t know were available to bring other dimensions into your analyses.
• Track research across funding programs or specific scientific areas.

Now available Mpox virus, isolate hMPXV/USA/MA001/2022 (NR-58622), from the current outbreak. For a complete listing of available of Mpox reagents and other Orthopox virus related reagents, click here.

BEI Resources is celebrating its 20th year providing unique reagents supporting infectious disease research to the global scientific        community!

Vector-borne microbial pathogens have evolved a series of strategies to evade the immune system and establish infections in the mammalian host. In this setting, BEI Resources functions as a centralized bioresource for accessibility of reference strains of arthropod vectors to the global public health scientific community. The BEI Vector Resources program currently provides over 60 colonies of live mosquitoes as well as Ixodid and soft ticks, sandflies, black flies    and triatomines. 

The BEI Resources catalog contains more than 380 SARS-CoV-2 isolates and unique reagents representing ten Variants Being Monitored and the Variant of Concern Omicron. Recent additions include monoclonal antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Spike glycoprotein receptor binding domain (RBD) and an isolate of lineage BA.5, now the dominant lineage in the United States...more.

The K. pneumoniae MRSN diversity panel is available as individual isolates (BEI Resources NR-55504 through NR-55603) and the complete panel of all 100 isolates (NR-55604). MRSN Diversity Panels are also available in the BEI Resources catalog for Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

As part of BEI Resources’ Enhanced Authentication Initiative, single parasite lineages were cloned from three isolates confirmed to harbor multiple parasite lineages....more.

In support of Enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68) vaccine development research, BEI Resources has performed initial screening of cell lines amenable for human vaccine development.  Click here for more information.

BEI Resources is continually building a comprehensive repository of microbiological and emerging disease related organisms and reagents. Suggestions for materials to be added to our repository are always welcome. Click here to tell us what you don't see in our catalog!

A multi-state outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) bird flu in dairy cows was initially reported on March 25, 2024. This marks the first time that these avian influenza viruses have been detected in cattle.

Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) are a focus of HIV research as a possible target for vaccine development. In 2021, infusions of bnAbs were shown to neutralize circulating HIV, however development of vaccine immunogens capable of eliciting potent bnABs has posed a significant challenge to HIV researchers.

Treponema pallidum is a pathogenic, obligate spirochete and causative agent of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. Historically considered an unculturable organism in vitro, isolation and propagation of T. pallidum has been limited to rabbits and other animal models of infection.

Trichomonas vaginalis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted parasite and causative agent of trichomoniasis. Metronidazole is the drug choice for treatment, but in some clinical cases parasites can exhibit resistance.

World Mosquito Day, observed on August 20, marks Sir Ronald Ross’ discovery in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting malaria to humans. This discovery has been instrumental in understanding the transmission and life cycle of malaria, leading to groundbreaking treatments.