IZSLER

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”

Associated Member

The Biobank of Veterinary Resources (BVR), hosted by the “Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna” (IZSLER), has the mission to preserve well-characterized biological resources and make them available to public and private institutions. The collection consists of biological samples or isolates, including cell cultures, pathogens (viruses, bacteria, parasites), and histological and pathological materials, mainly derived from routine diagnostic or research activities at IZSLER. 

Biological resources from third parties can be stored at BVR facilities as safe deposits, open deposits, and patent deposits according to the Budapest Treaty. IZSLER also provides additional external services, such as strain isolation, identification, purification, genotyping, and whole genome sequencing. BVR has been recognized as a Collaborating Centre for Veterinary Biologicals Biobank by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) and is involved in international projects aiming to facilitate material exchange among the scientific community.

BVR is certified according to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 17025 standards.

Collection:

• BVR – Biobank of Veterinary Resources

Key people:

• Maria Beatrice Boniotti
• Mario D’Incau