Embryo Cryopreservation

For strains with unique genetic backgrounds or those that require homozygous cryopreservation.

Key benefits

• Preserves the homozygous characteristics of your mouse strain
• Ideal for strains with multiple genetic mutations
• Preserves unique genetic backgrounds

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Details

• Best suited for inbreds, homozygotes, or strains with multiple genetic mutations
• Total number of embryos cryopreserved determined by a test cryopreservation and recovery
• Typical timeframe of four to six months
• Requires four to six males and six to ten females from your colony

Pricing

By quotation only. Please contact JAX^® Services for more information.

• Email jaxservices@jax.org
• Call 1-800-422-6423 (US, Canada & Puerto Rico) or 1-207-288-5845 (from any location)

JAX maintains over 14,000 strains in a cryopreserved state. All tanks are auto filled, auto alarmed, routinely inspected and under 24/7 surveillance in secure facilities. We divide samples among multiple tanks in multiple locations for extra safety and security.

Benefits

• Ideal for safely storing large numbers of your cryopreserved strains off-site
• Storage included with all our cryopreservation services
• No need to invest in and maintain infrastructure—including databases—to keep mouse germplasm safely cryopreserved
• Germplasm can be quickly recovered to produce specified and opportunistic pathogen free (SOPF) mice
• Ideal for transgenic cores and investigators with many cryopreserved samples
• Great 'back up' plan for disaster recovery

Capabilities

• Safe storage of your cryopreserved mouse sperm, embryos, or ES cells
• Additional years of storage available