JAX® Sperm Cryopreservation Service

The techniques for this revolutionary breakthrough in colony management were developed at The Jackson Laboratory. The unparalleled fertilization rates of recovered sperm enable reliable, cost-effective, and scaleable colony expansion.


Key benefits

  • Dramatically reduces the cost of cryopreserving mouse strains
  • Costs less than maintaining a live colony for six months
  • Only two male mice needed
  • Quality control (QC) check via IVF for every strain
  • Includes safe, long term sample storage in multiple tanks and locations
  • Insures against loss from disease, breeding cessation, natural and other disasters
  • High fertilization and recovery rates enables direct expansion for rapid colony builds
  • Limits genetic drift
  • Prevents spontaneous loss of phenotype

Capabilities

  • Suitable for all genetically modified strains
  • At least 18 straws of sperm stored per strain
  • Quality control includes a fertilization test via IVF to two-cell embryos
  • Sperm stored for two years in three tanks at two sites (included in the cost)

Estimate your savings using the cryo cost savings calculator

Pricing

  • Most strains: $1,650 includes QC tests and two years of storage
  • Additional years of storage: $185/strain/year
  • Recovery of live born pups (strongly recommended): $685/strain

Recovery

  • We can recover your strain in 9 to 11 weeks from the time of your request
  • Cost for recovery is $1,450 for most strains
  • All recovered mice are specified and opportunistic pathogen free (SOPF)
  • Typically, ten or more pups are recovered
  • This is a great way to share your unique mouse strain with colleagues
  • More information about cryorecovery services

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Special offer for researchers in select areas: 15% off Sperm Cryo and Speed Rederivation Services


JAX has successfully cryopreserved and recovered sperm from over 7.500 mouse strains to date on 50 genetic backgrounds


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A note on strain ownership and donation

Mice provided to Jackson for performance of service work are and remain the customer’s exclusive property. Read more 

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