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!

The differentiation of a small proportion of asexual blood-stage malaria parasites into sexual forms called gametocytes is a pre-requisite for malaria transmission.^1,2 A better understanding of this process, called gametocytogenesis, is critical for developing transmission-blocking drugs and vaccines.

The emergence and spread of resistance to front-line antimalarials is a major impediment to malaria control. BEI Resources provides drug-resistant and sensitive reference strains, which are critical for screening candidate antimalarials, conducting basic research, and for resistance surveillance and management.

Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) is a widely used model cell line in biological research, including drug product manufacturing, biomedical research, and toxicology. The adherent MDCK (NBL-2) cell line (ATCC® CCL-34) has been adapted to suspension culture under conditions free from animal-derived compounds, including bovine and porcine products (sMDCK).

The emergence and spread of resistance to front-line antimalarials is a major impediment to malaria control. BEI Resources provides drug-resistant and sensitive reference strains, which are critical for screening candidate antimalarials, conducting basic research, and for resistance surveillance and management.

Oropouche fever, caused by Oropouche virus (OROV), is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of the midge Culicoides paraensis. The disease often presents symptoms similar to dengue fever, including fever, headache, arthralgia, myalgia, chills, and sometimes nausea.