Locate materials that already exist across labs and departments for your next experiment.
Find what you need in minutes instead of waiting weeks, and stretch your funding further by sharing resources.
Connect with scientists across institutions, foster innovation and accelerate discoveries through shared expertise and materials.
Minimize waste and advance responsible research by promoting the Reduce, Refine, Replace (3Rs) principles of biomedical research.
LabShare is a collaborative platform designed to facilitate the seamless exchange of animal models, tissue biospecimens, and other research resources among academic researchers. LabShare connects researchers from various institutions and disciplines, allowing them to discover, request, and share research resources through a centralized online platform.
LabShare is available to all academic researchers, including faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers, affiliated with participating academic institutions. If your institution is not yet on LabShare, please contact us and we’ll help you bring LabShare to your institution.
Users can share a wide range of research resources on LabShare, including animal models, tissue biospecimens, cell lines, plasmids, and other materials relevant to biomedical research. We also partner with human repositories and biobanks to provide visibility to existing biospecimens in their catalogs.
LabShare is free to use for all researchers affiliated with participating academic institutions.
At the moment, LabShare is prioritizing the sharing biospecimens, equipments and lab protocols to facilitate collaboration and knowledge exchange among researchers.
LabShare takes data security and privacy seriously and implements industry-standard measures to protect user data from unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration.
Yes, LabShare enables collaboration and networking opportunities with researchers from other participating institutions, fostering a collaborative research ecosystem that transcends geographical boundaries.
Yes, LabShare expects users to adhere to ethical standards and institutional policies governing the use of research materials, including compliance with animal welfare regulations and informed consent requirements.
