Cryopreservation supplies and equipment
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This is list of supplies and equipment that we use in our laboratory and/or in teaching our courses. We have no financial interest in any of the vendors and manufacturers listed. Furthermore, we do not mean to imply that the material listed here is any better or worse than similar material available from other manufacturers.
I. Supplies
| Item | Catalog # | Vendor |
| Cryo Tubes (Nunc) | 12-565-170N | Fisher Scientific Company
52 Fadem Road Springfield, N.J. 07081 |
| Culture dishes, 35 x 10mm | Falcon 3001 | Common scientific suppliers |
| Culture tubes, 12 x 75 mm | 14-962-10B | Fisher |
| Embryo flushing concavity dishes * | Morita Seisakujo
2-12-12 Yushima Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, 113 Japan Tel: 03-811-9730 Fax: 03-812-0326
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| Embryo flushing needle: 30 g 1/2 in | Common scientific suppliers | |
| Embryo flushing syringe: 5 cc | Common scientific suppliers | |
| Embryo pipettes (general): 4 mm o.d. pyrex tubing (cut into 6" lengths and drawn out over flame) | Common scientific suppliers | |
| Embryo pipettes (transfer ): 100 ?l pipettes - Gold Seal Accu-Fill 90 Micropet (drawn out over small flame) | 7707-B45 | Arthur Thomas Scientific
99 High Hill Road P.O. Box 99 Swedesboro, NJ 08085
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| Embryo pipette tubing (transfer ): | 9555-N27 | Arthur Thomas |
| Filter units for media sterilization 0.45?m | CoStar 8363 | Co-Star
205 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 |
| Filter units for oil sterilization 0.8?m | Nalgene 450-0080 | Common scientific suppliers |
| Micrometer head | Mitutoyo Micrometer Head 150-208
(~$50) |
Westco Industrial Distributors
145 Presumpscot St. Portland, ME 04104 (207) 774-5812
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| Mineral oil (light) | 33,077-9 | Aldrich
1001 West Saint Paul Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53233 |
| Modular incubator chamber | 190043 | Forma Scientific
Box 649 Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Pipette (bulk samples) Selectapette and 1 ml tips - Clay-Adams | 21-260 pipette gun
21-262 pipette tips |
Fisher |
| Pipette (micro): 100 ?l Eppendorf | 21-370G | Fisher |
| Pipette tips (micro): 100 ?l | 4864 | Co-Star |
| Surgical instruments: fine watch maker forceps | Dumont #5 | Roboz
1000 Conn Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20036 |
| Surgical instruments: forceps, Serrefine forceps, and scissors | Arthur Thomas | |
| Surgical instruments: wound clips and application tool | 01-804-10 - clips
01-804 - applier |
Fisher |
* These used to be readily available in this country, but now our only known source is Morita Seisakujo in Japan. Inquire by e-mail to info@mysci.co.jp. Total cost for 20 slides was $280 (December 2001) which was the minimum order.
II. Cryogenic equipment:
| Item | Vendor | Telephone |
| CryoMed 1010 programmable freezing controller | Forma Scientific, Inc.
Box 649 Marietta, Ohio 45750 |
1-800-848-3080 |
| Series P.C. controller | Custom Biogenic Systems
5562 Ten Mile Road Warren, MI 48091 |
(313) 754-2278 |
| BioCool IV controlled rate freezer | FTS Systems, Inc.
PO Box 158 Stone Ridge, New York 12484-0158 |
(914) 687-7664 |
| Liquid nitrogen dewers
3 liter G-03763-50 1 liter G-03763-20 |
Cole Parmer Instrument Co.
7425 North Oak Park Avenue Niles, IL 60714 |
Tel: 1-800-323-4340
Fax: (708) 647-9660 |
| Liquid nitrogen storage containers | Minnesota Valley Engineering (MVE)
8011 34th Avenue South, Suite 100 Bloomington, MN 55425-1636 |
Tel: 1-800-247-4446
Fax: (612) 853-9666 |
| Taylor-Wharton Cryogenics
PO Box 568 Theodore, AL 36590 |
Tel: 1-800-428-3304
or (205) 653-8680 Fax: (205) 653-2209 |
