C. elegans Strain Maintenance and Biobanking
IVB maintains and preserves C. elegans strains through secure storage and routine culture management.
Our biobanking services protect the integrity and viability of your models, ensuring they are ready to ship when you need to resume experimentation.
Reliable Management and Storage for C. elegans Strains
Our C. elegans strain maintenance and storage (biobanking) services can preserve your precious strains and keep your worms healthy and happy while you are away from your lab. Specializing in C. elegans maintenance, we ensure the longevity and viability of your research models. We’ll ship your worms when you are ready to resume your experiment, making the maintenance of C. elegans seamless and stress-free.
- Our Services Include:
- Correct staging and slow cooling of strains to -80°C in our Freezing Solution and store the strains at -80°C as a way to provide off-site backup storage of your most valuable strains, covering the entire life cycle.
- Passage of stable worm lines once every two weeks by picking/chunking, ensuring ease of cultivation, and addressing the developmental cell lineage requirements of your research, a key aspect of C. elegans maintenance.
- Pick worm lines that require additional the handling as appropriate to maintain desired genotype, reflecting our commitment to the comprehensive maintenance of C. elegans.
- Perform injections only when you're ready to receive the post-injection worms, offering customized solutions and bespoke services such as C. elegans microinjection service.
- Inject candidate lines only when you are ready to receive the first round of screened worms, facilitating efficient research services and research support.
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