EMMA strain availability
Please submit your strain requests by following the 'order' link from the list of available EMMA strains.
EMMA will contact you within one week after
receipt of your EMMA Mutant Request Form. For more information about the order process please check the
FAQs section.
Frozen material
EMMA strains are cryopreserved as frozen embryos and/or sperm. Frozen samples will be shipped with a delivery time of four weeks.
Live mice
Highly demanded EMMA strains are maintained on shelf to facilitate fast delivery to the customers. Two to three breeding pairs of these strains can be shipped within one month. For all other EMMA strains a rederivation service is provided. In this case, EMMA will deliver up to three breeding pairs within four to six months. EMMA screens and distributes mice in accordance with FELASA protocols and guarantees that mice leaving the EMMA institutions are free of pathogens as specified by FELASA.
Costs
For the shipment of live mice or frozen samples to requesting researchers EMMA will charge €200 per strain. In addition, customers have to cover the actual costs for shipping the material from the EMMA facility where the requested strain is archived to their institution.
The pricing for strains from the Wellcome Trust Knockout Mouse Resource is different. Here EMMA will charge €1100 for frozen samples and €1700 for live mice. The shipping expenses have to be borne by the customer as well.
Strains under development
EMMA has newly submitted strains in various stages of preservation, development and colony establishment. These strains are not yet available for distribution and can not be ordered yet. You should, however, indicate your interest in obtaining them. The 'EMMA Strain Interest Registration Form' is accessible via the 'register interest' link on the EMMA strain list and on the strain description page.
This registration of interest is valuable in helping EMMA to anticipate demand and to optimize availability of strains. Customers will receive notice as soon as the strain becomes available and be able to place their strain request in time.