Infectious Agent Repository
The Infectious Agent Repository (IAR), in collaboration with the CVM Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (VDL), serves as a resource for obtaining unique pathogens and original materials with associated diagnostic data.
Our mission
The Infectious Agent Repository (IAR) was established in 2011 by the College of Veterinary Medicine to promote research on prevalent, emerging and re-emerging infections by archiving infectious agents and making them available to researchers, large animal health companies, small biotechnology businesses, and everything in between.
Contact us and we’ll work with you to procure isolates or original materials to suit your specific needs.
Our services
Pathogen repository
Through collaboration with the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, the repository has established a unique collection of animal pathogens. Our inventory is ever increasing and diversifying.
Distribution of samples
Are you in need of a specific animal pathogen as part of your research? Bacterial and viral isolates are available, as well as original materials used to derive these isolates. If not already in our freezers, we collaborate with the appropriate VDL section to source materials to meet requests.
Storage of samples
For long term or short term ultra-cold storage solutions, contact us to reserve -80C or liquid nitrogen freezer space. We have a 24/7 temperature monitoring service and redundant storage capacity to ensure reliable and secure storage of your samples.
FreezerPro software
FreezerPro is an intuitive, fast, reliable, and secure web-based application that has a visually appealing interface and enables users to know precisely where a frozen sample is located even before opening the freezer door.
Independently validated and certified to be fully compliant with the FDAs current GLP/GMP requirements, FreezerPro takes laboratory record management to the highest level of productivity.
Our lab practices
In conjunction with Quality Central, we adhere to formalized QA/QC policies developed to minimize circumstances that could adversely affect diagnostic results; to ensure the safety of personnel; to aid in the efficient operation of the resource; and to increase the confidence of users that the quality, quantity, and annotations of the specimens are as purported.
This service is supported by the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota.