The CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center offers various options for preserving your mouse strains from sperm or embryos. We also provide the service of rederivation or thawing of embryos or sperm. We would be happy to assist you in choosing the appropriate method according to the mouse strain you are working with.
Beneficial solutions for:
- Preserving unused strains immediately
- Reducing the costs of maintaining a strain in the animal facility
- Protecting strains in case of a major event (fire, flood, etc.)
- Allowing decontamination of a strain or housing room
- Facilitating the exchange of strains between researchers
- Preventing strain drift and reducing result variability
- Saving an unproductive strain
The derivation and cryopreservation services offered by the CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center are accessible to both CHU researchers and researchers affiliated with Université Laval, as well as external researchers.