As genetically engineered animal models become more sophisticated, maintaining live research animal colonies can be an increasingly significant drain on your resources.

Cryopreservation substantially limits this overhead, protecting your investment while preserving genetic material for immediate, large scale revitalization when needed. Cryopreservation can also be used to archive intermediate genotypes during intercross or backcross breeding, or as an inexpensive alternative for sharing your lines with collaborators across the globe. Dedicated scientific program managers, project managers, and embryologists will work directly with you to develop customized solutions that meet your specific project requirements.

• Mouse sperm cryopreservation results in 15-20 straws
• Mouse embryo cryopreservation includes 250 embryos
• Rat embryo cryopreservation includes 250 embryos (sperm not available at this time)
• All cryopreservation projects include supporting in vitro quality control data pre- and post-cryopreservation
• Dual-site storage of cryopreserved material
• A trial recovery to live-born can also be included for added confidence

Storage of cryopreserved sperm and embryos at an off-site location offers a realistic solution for risk mitigation. Taconic provides dual site storage for any cryopreserved sperm or embryos we preserve. Not only are your stocks held in two different freezers, those freezers are in physically separated buildings and in different geographic locations. Taconic accepts materials regardless of where the cryopreservation was completed. You can consider Taconic as part of your institution's dual-site storage program by depositing up to half of cryopreserved material with Taconic.