Strain Archival
A core function of the MMRRC is to preserve scientifically valuable, genetically engineered mouse strains and mouse ES cell lines with potential value for the genetics and biomedical research community.
Benefits to the Donating Investigator include
- Fulfillment of the obligation to share biomedical research resources developed under NIH funded grants
- Decrease in animal housing costs
- Preservation and maintenance your strain in a cryopreserved archive
- Assurance of genetic and health quality
- Elimination of shipping mice from your lab to multiple investigators
Strain Submission
- The national MMRRC website includes all of the information needed for submitting a strain
- For questions regarding donating a strain to the MMRRC, please email the MMRRC Strain Donation Coordinator at sacoord@mmrrc.org
- For questions regarding strain archival at the MMRRC at UNC please email us at mmrrc_acquisitions@med.unc.edu