Welcome to the Centre for
AIDS Reagents, CFAR. Established in 1989, the facility houses over
6500 reagents. Reagents are shipped globally with the primary
objective being to assist and support the HIV/AIDS research
community through the provision of high quality, basic and
specialised biological research materials.
Reagents are shipped globally with
the primary objective being to assist and support the HIV/AIDS
research community through the provision of high quality, basic and
specialised biological research materials.
CFAR is ISO9001 certified for the receipt,
storage and distribution reagents. The benefits this ensure
customers are:
- All orders will be dispatched within 10 working days of
receipt
- Customers will be contacted at least 1 day prior to
dispatch
- Enquiries will be dealt with within 5 working days from
receipt
- 24Hr monitored cold storage of reagents to ensure reagent
integrity
To date over 95,000 reagents have been
dispatched to more than 2000 investigators in over 50
countries.
CFAR can assist in multi-centre collaborative
studies by providing key reagents from a central batch, to ensure
participants use the same materials, allowing greater comparability
of results.
Materials that are not readily
available can often be sourced or custom made. We also welcome
donation of new materials. Please contact us at cfar@nibsc.org