Recharge Rates

Details for each of the following services can be read here. Price updates are effective 9/1/23.

• Up to eight mouse lines can be frozen on a given day. Recharge rate shown is for the first line. An additional $100.00 is recharged for each additional line frozen on the same day.
• The first hour is free. For MCC members, the first 3 hours are free.
• Scientists from C3 institutions, the Salk Institute and Sanford Burnham Prebys receive the UCSD rate with a 16% overhead rate.
• Scientists from any of hte University of California receive the UCSD rate.
• La Jolla Institute and SDSU Scientists receive the UCSD rate.

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Where do I start?

So you want to make a transgenic or knockout line? Here's what you'll need to have before we can begin work on your project:

• Approved animal protocol in place
• DNA or RNA prepared using protocols provided by Core
• Plan in place for screening ES cells (for KO)
• Assigned animal space as destination for mice
• Plan in place for screening pups
• Trained personnel to breed mice, cut tails, and screen DNA
• UC San Diego Chart String or an off-campus purchase order

If you require a support letter from the Transgenic Core for your grant submissions, please contact  mfwilkinson@health.ucsd.edu  or pmellon@health.ucsd.edu.

Helpful Links

UC San Diego links

• • Cancer Center Shared Resources
  • UCSD Animal Subjects Program

Molecular genetics and mouse biology resources

• Mouse Genome Database
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
• International Gene Trap Consortium (represents all publicly available gene trap cell lines which are available on a non-collaborative basis for a nominal handling fee)
• Ensembl Project (provides automated genome annotation with a focus on chordate organisms)
• MMRRC
• IDT

Vendors

• Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
• Taconic
• The Jackson Laboratory
• Marshall BioResources
• Incyte Genomics (formerly Genome Systems, Inc.)
• Inotiv/Envigo/Harlan

E-mail lists

• Mouse Genome Informatics e-mail list