To Submit Cells:
The Client should send one cryovial (or other screw-top tube) of each sample with a minimum of 1x106 cells/vial.
Cells may be in the form of a pellet or in growth media, freeze media or phosphate-buffered saline.
Ship samples to our facility by overnight courier with sufficient dry ice or ice packs so that samples remain frozen during shipment.
NOTE: cells are preferred, but if DNA is high quality, this can be submitted.
To Submit Tissue/Solid Tumor Samples:
The Client should send a 1.5 ml snap top or screw top tube of each sample with a minimum of 30 mg of tissue.
Ship samples by overnight courier with sufficient dry ice or ice packs so that samples remain frozen during shipment.
To submit DNA:
DNA must be submitted as high quality extracted DNA (crude lysate extractions are not suitable for STR analysis)
DNA needs to be submitted with a minimum of 100ng of DNA in a minimum volume of 15 μl.
Optimal concentrations submitted are preferred at >20 ng/μl. DNA concentration must be at least 10 ng/μl.
NOTE: Again, frozen cell cultures or tissue are preferred. Submission of cells allows extraction of the DNA in our facility for optimal DNA quality and test results.
Send DNA in an eppendorf tube with screw top cap if available. If a snap cap top eppendorf tube is used, secure the lid top with parafilm before shipping. DNA samples can be shipped at room temperature by regular ground shipment. During hot weather, ship samples overnight with an ice pack to prevent exposure to excessive heat.
Ship samples to:
IDEXX GmbH
IDEXX BioAnalytics
Im Moldengraben 65
D-70806 Kornwestheim
Germany
