VetBioNet Transnational Access (TNA) project call
The VetBioNet Transnational Access (TNA)
project call is now closed.
Please consult our ongoing offer of cost-free TNA opportunities on the website of the ISIDORe project.
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM STUDIES
ON VETERINARY INFECTIOUS DISEASES*
REQUIRING BIO-CONTAINED RESEARCH FACILITIES
* EPIZOOTIC AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES Incl. African swine fever, avian influenza, West-Nile fever, COVID-19, MERS, Rabies, bTB, viral fish diseases and other terrestrial & aquatic animal diseases
What we are offering
(Complete list of partner infrastructures and services in the table below)
Free-of-charge access to:
- BSL-2/BSL-3 animal facilities incl. animal purchase and husbandry
Livestock, ferrets, rodents, wildlife species and teleost fish
- Animal study support
Inoculation, clinical monitoring, necropsies, pathological scoring, sampling and sample processing, etc.
- Laboratory capacities and expertise
E.g. pathogen quantification, serological monitoring, histopathological scoring and data analysis
- State-of-the-art technical platforms
E.g. OMICS, imaging, cell sorting and telemetry
- Biobanks
Infectious or decontaminated serum and tissue samples, cell lysates, nucleic acids, etc.
- Sample on demand services
Customised preparation of noninfectious/decontaminated samples from BSL-3 pathogen infection experiments for downstream analyses in a BSL-1 laboratory setting.
Who can apply?
European and international research teams or private enterprises
Find eligibility criteria here
More information & Contact
vbn.tnaaccesspoint@wur.nl
Related public deliverables:
| Organisation | Country | Facility | Animals (excl. rodents) | Biosafety level | Website | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INRAE | FR | Plate-Forme d'Infectiologie Expérimentale (PFIE) | livestock, wildlife | 2-3 | website | Stephane Abrioux |
| INRAE | FR | Infectiologie Expérimentale des Rongeurs et des Poissons (IERP) | fish | 2 | website | Bernard Cayron |
| Wageningen Bioveterinary Research | NL | WBVR HCU | livestock | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Norbert Stockhofe |
| Friedrich-Loeffler Institut | DE | FLI Insel Riems | livestock, ferrets, wildlife, fish | 2-4, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Martin Groschup |
| The Pirbright Institute | UK | livestock | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Ryan Waters | |
| Animal & Plant Health Agency | UK | APHA Weybridge | livestock, ferrets | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Hugh Simmons |
| Moredun Research Institute | UK | livestock | 2-3 | website | Keith Ballingall | |
| INIA | ES | Animal Health Research Centre (CISA) | livestock, wildlife, fish | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Esther Blanco |
| IRTA | ES | Centre for Research on Animal Health (CReSA) | livestock, ferrets, wildlife | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Albert Bensaid |
| EDI-IVI | CH | Institute of Virology and Immunology | livestock | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Artur Summerfield |
| PIWET | PL | PIWET-PULAWY | livestock | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Miroslav Pavel Polak |
| Aarhus University | DK | Department of Animal Science | poultry | 2 | website | Tina Sørensen Dalgaard |
| ANSES | FR | Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort Laboratory | livestock, fish | 2-3, cat 3+/BSL-3AG | website | Alassane Keita |
| ANSES | FR | Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife | ferrets, wildlife | 2-3 | website | Sandrine Lesellier |
| Erasmus MC | NL | Erasmus Laboratory Animal Science Center | ferrets | 2-3 | website | Martje Fentener van Vlissingen |
| Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie | IT | fish | 2-3 | website | Anna Toffan |