CMMR Services Summary

For more information about all services, service charges, instructions for ordering and our order forms click the appropriate link adjacent to the service. Additional information about our services and fees can be found in our FAQ sections. For further information please contact us.

Embryo Services

Service	Description	Details	Fees	Order
Embryo Cryopreservation
Basic Cryo	Requester provides mated 2.5-dpc females from which we collect and cryopreserve all embryos
Speed Cryo	Requester provides male mice from which we harvest sperm for IVF to produce embryos for cryopreservation
Annual storage charge	Storage of up to 20 straws of embryos in liquid nitrogen
Embryo Cryorecovery
Embryo Cryorecovery	Recovery of frozen embryos from CMMR stock for transfer to pseudopregnant females
Embryo Cryorecovery	Receipt and recovery of frozen embryos from another repository for transfer to pseudopregnant females
Embryo Straw	Withdrawal of embryo straw from available CMMR mouselines	Coming soon

Sperm Services

Service	Description	Details	Fees	Order
Sperm Cryopreservation
Sperm Cryopreservation	Harvest, assessment and cryopreservation of sperm
In vitro Frozen Sperm QC	Evaluation of sperm capacity to fertilize wild-type oocytes and support blastocyst development in vitro after thawing
Frozen Sperm QC to Live Born	Evaluation of sperm capacity to fertilize wild-type oocytes and generate live born pups after thawing
Annual storage charge	Storage of up to 20 straws of sperm in liquid nitrogen
Sperm Cryorecovery
Sperm Cryorecovery	Recovery of frozen sperm from CMMR stock for IVF to produce embryos for transfer to pseudopregnant recipients
Sperm Cryorecovery	Receipt and recovery of frozen sperm from another repository for IVF to produce embryos for transfer to pseudopregnant recipients
Sperm Straw	Withdrawal of sperm straw from available CMMR mouselines

Mouseline Services

Service	Description	Details	Fees	Order
Expansion
Speed expansion	Harvest of sperm for IVF and embryo transfer to generate large number of age-matched pups
Rescue
Mouseline rescue by IVF	Harvest of sperm for IVF and embryo transfer to rescue a mouseline that has reduced or stopped natural breeding

Somatic Tissue & Cells Services

Service	Description	Details	Fees	Order
Tissue or sample collection and freeze	per sample			See CMHD Pathology Core Services
Annual storage charge	per aliquot at liquid or vapour phase

Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells & Services

Service	Description	Details	Fees	Order
NorCOMM mES Cells
NorCOMM mES cell clone withdrawal	Expansion, validation, and shipping of frozen mES cell clone
Genotyping Assay Development
Genotyping Assay Development	Primer design, development and testing of simplex PCR assays for wild type and mutant alleles of gene trap or gene targeted insertions at gene of interest