Two services.
One shared mission.
Whether it's our biorepository services, forged in the early days establishing cryogenic preservation techniques, or our Schistosomiasis Resource Center, which provides research reagents around the world, the Biomedical Research Institute is inspired by the one thing that unites all of our work: life itself.
Schistosomiasis Resource Center
Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by a parasitic worm that results in over 250,000 deaths annually. The Schistosoma parasite is transmitted by freshwater snails that are found in tropical regions of the world. BRI’s Schistosomiasis Resource Center (SRC) is the leading laboratory for reagents used to study this infectious disease. R24 grant funding from the National Institutes of Health supports the SRC for the worldwide production and distribution of schistosomiasis reagents.
Featured publications
Misleading inference of schistosome epidemiology from ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial DNA
Enabuele EE, Platt RN II, Adeyemi EE … Anderson TJC. PLOS Pathogens, October 2026.
Read on PubMed (opens in a new tab) about Misleading inference of schistosome epidemiology from ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and mitochondrial DNAA systems-level analysis of global gene expression in resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata in response to Schistosoma mansoni infection
Lekired A, Adema CM, Zhang SM. Frontiers in Immunology, September 2026.
Read on PubMed (opens in a new tab) about A systems-level analysis of global gene expression in resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata in response to Schistosoma mansoni infectionAntibody-mediated functional responses induced by the SchistoShield® schistosomiasis vaccine in disease-naïve and endemic human populations
Kalyanasundaram A, Kifle DW, Davis J … Siddiqui AA. Vaccine, September 2026.
Read on PubMed (opens in a new tab) about Antibody-mediated functional responses induced by the SchistoShield® schistosomiasis vaccine in disease-naïve and endemic human populations
Biorepository
BRI has close to 70 years of experience in cryobiology. The organization pioneered the cryopreservation of bovine semen and human blood products which is the foundation of modern day in vitro fertilization for agricultural purposes and storage of blood products, respectively. BRI has provided researchers and institutions around the world with low temperature storage space for medical biospecimens. Our capabilities to store and distribute precious biomaterials help speed research and hasten the discovery of cures and treatments.
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