Rent storage for a backup of your biomaterials
The 'Storage of third party’s biological material' service offers the possibility to keep your most valuable resources safeguarded in a (supplementary), professional environment. The material will be stored without cultivation or manipulation, without quality control tests and without distribution, except to the depositor.
BCCM stores any biological material, that can be preserved at -80 °C, -150°C or in liquid nitrogen.
Administrative requirements
In order to make an STPM deposit, a contract needs to be signed by both parties. Next to this contract, BCCM requires list with basic information on your samples.
To end an existing contract, please fill in the termination form and provide it to the collection where you made your STPM deposit(s).
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Bacteria Please complete and sign the contract and provide it in duplicate to BCCM/LMG, along with the sample list. |
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Cell lines, hybridomas and other genetic materials to be stored at -150°C Please complete and sign the contract and provide it in duplicate to BCCM/GeneCorner, along with the sample list. |
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Plasmids & related host strains, other genetic materials to be stored at -80°C Please complete and sign the contract and provide it in duplicate to BCCM/GeneCorner, along with the sample list. |
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Technical requirements |
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Samples are preferably be provided in well-sealed and clearly and durably marked 1-2 ml cryotubes of ± 12 mm diameter. Additional charges may be applied for samples of larger sizes. Animal and human cell cultures or hybridomas must be checked for contaminants before submitting. BCCM/GeneCorner may refuse the deposit when cultures are thawed upon arrival. |
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