Resources for Researchers
NIAID offers many resources to support your research, including reagents, model organisms, and tissue samples, to name just a few. Use the filters under Filter Search Results to narrow your search, or simply enter specific search terms in the search field.
ACTG Network Laboratory (ACTG NL)
The ACTG NL consists of Core Laboratory groups in immunology, pharmacology, virology and TB.
ACTG/IMPAACT Specimen Repositories
The specimen repositories are a collaboration between the ACTG and IMPAACT clinical trial networks to make the large body of specimens collected for HIV research available to investigators.
BEI Resources Repository
The BEI Resources Repository is a central repository that supplies organisms and reagents to the broad community of microbiology and infectious diseases researchers. Materials are available through an online catalog.
Biocontainment Laboratory—Colorado State University Infectious Disease Research Center
The Colorado State University Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is one of the NIAID-supported Regional Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory—Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Human Vaccine Institute
The Duke University School of Medicine, Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) Regional Biocontainment Lab (RBL) is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory—Rutgers University
The Rutgers University Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories. The RBL is a highly secure facility designed to provide an ultra-safe work environment for scientists and support staff, as well as the public at large.
Biocontainment Laboratory—Tufts University
The Tufts New England Regional Biosafety Laboratory (RBL) is one of the NIAID-supported Regional Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory—Tulane University
The Tulane University Regional Biosafety Laboratory (RBL) at The Tulane National Primate Research Center is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory—University of Alabama at Birmingham Southeastern Biosafety Laboratory Alabama Birmingham (SEBLAB)
The regional biocontainment laboratory at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), called Southeastern Biosafety Laboratory Alabama Birmingham (SEBLAB), is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory—University of Chicago Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory
The University of Chicago Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory (HTRL) is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories. The HTRL is a state of the art BSL-3 facility constructed to support research on bacterial and viral pathogens.
Biocontainment Laboratory—University of Missouri Regional Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research (LIDR)
The University of Missouri Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research (LIDR) is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory—University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Biocontainment Laboratory—University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) is one of the NIAID-supported Biocontainment Laboratories.
Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch Services
The Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB) offers a suite of scientific services and resources for the NIAID research community and its collaborators. BCBB provides expertise and computational solutions to researchers at all levels of experience.
Biopharmaceutical Product Development Services
Provides services to facilitate preclinical development of materials that are derived from biotechnology processes. Services will be conducted at the appropriate regulatory compliance level dependent on the stage of product development.
ChemDB HIV, Opportunistic Infection and Tuberculosis Therapeutics Database (ChemDB)
The ChemDB database contains information extracted from scientific literature on the structure and activity of compounds that have been tested against HIV, opportunistic pathogens and TB.
Functional Lists of Unknown TB Entities (FLUTE)
FLUTE is a Functional Genomics Center funded by NIAID, with the goal of discovering the roles of genes from Mtb with previously unknown functions. In addition FLUTE aims to establish an efficient pathway for identifying gene function that could serve as a paradigm for other bacterial species.
Genomic Centers for Infectious Diseases (GCID) Resources
The GCID use and develop or improve innovative applications of genomic technologies, such as RNA sequencing and metagenomics, and provide rapid and cost-efficient production of high-quality genome sequences of microorganisms, invertebrate vectors of infectious diseases, and hosts and host microbiomes. Multiple strains and isolates of specific microbial species, populations and communities have been and continue to be sequenced.
HIV/TB Drug Development—Chemical Synthesis
This service provides chemical synthesis of lead compounds for use in additional drug development studies. Compounds must previously have been successfully synthesized to be candidates for this service. Synthesis of new analogs is not supported.
HPTN Scholars
The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) offers two scholarship programs for early-career investigators funded through a supplement from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource (IEDB)
This free resource offers easy searching of experimental data characterizing antibody and T cell epitopes studied in humans, non-human primates, and other animal species.
IMPAACT Early Career Investigator Mentored Research
The International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Early Career Investigator Mentored Research program aims to support the development of early career investigators to enter the field of maternal/child HIV research and advance the mission of the IMPAACT Network.
IMPAACT Laboratory Center
The main purpose of the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Laboratory Center is to support the network’s scientific agenda by providing state of the art laboratory testing in support of clinical trials, new works concept sheets (NWCS), and data analysis con
In Vitro Assessment for Antimicrobial Activity Program
The In Vitro Assessment for Antimicrobial Activity program provides capability in a broad range of in vitro assessments to evaluate promising candidate countermeasures for antimicrobial activity against microbial pathogens and vectors, including those derived from clinical speci
International Clinical Sciences Support Center (ICSSC)
The ICSSC provides a wide range of support services to clinical investigators who are conducting international research funded by the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), including consultation and assistance to investigators for protocol development, site assessment, data man