Tissue Culture Services
Prices effective 7-1-12
Thaw cells, plate into 1 x T-25 flask
$23 UMMS/$30 External Academic/$43 External
Routine cell line maintenance (2 x T-25 flask)
$154 per month UMMS/$201 per month External Academic/$282 per month External
*cost of medium not included
Cell line expansion
Please call and ask for a quote.
Programmed cryopreservation of cell line
$27 UMMS/$36 External Academic/$51 External
Preparation of frozen cell stocks
1-10 vials ($35 UMMS/$46 External Academic/$64 External)
Cell storage in liquid nitrogen
Please note that we are changing to a quarterly billing system (every 3 months) for liquid nitrogen cell storage starting 7-1-12. Prices for UMMS users will remain the same, but prices for external users will increase somewhat due to a change in university policy.
Prices effective 7-1-12
1-50 vials ($45 per quarter UMMS/$66 per quarter External Academic/$90 per quarter External)
51-100 vials ($75 per quarter UMMS/$108 per quarter External Academic/$153 per quarter External)
101-150 vials ($90 per quarter UMMS/$131 per quarter External Academic/$179 per quarter External)
For each additional 50 vial increment add ($15 per quarter UMMS/$23 per quarter External Academic/$26 per quarter External)
Purchase cell line (UMMS only)
$44 per vial
Monoclonal antibody production from hybridoma
Please call and ask for a quote, high density Cell-Max system available
Labor $50 per hour UMMS/$69 per hour External Academic/$92 per hour External
Mycoplasma test (Lonza MycoAlert Test*)
1 sample+ $90 UMMS/$132 External Academic/$182 External
Each additional sample add $25 UMMS/$36 External Academic/$51 External
*detects all common mycoplasma species
+ includes positive and negative controls
Cell transfection and stable clone selection*
$280 UMMS Transfection of 1 construct and isolation of 6 stably transfected clones (neo)
*Please call for a quote on multiple constructs, additional charge for slow growing cell lines