2007-2008 Fee and shipping information for strains, cloned genes, and gene libraries from the FGSC

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Fee lists

 

Academic fee Commercial fee Teaching

1- 10 fungal strains

$20/strain $50/strain

$10/strain

Additional strains up to 50

$5/strain $50/strain $5/ strain

Additional strains up to 100a

$3/strain $50/strain $3/strain

Annual strain subscription (up to 100 strains)b
Contact the FGSC for details

$500 - -

Any plasmid clone

$25 $75 $25

Any cosmid or BAC clone

$25 $75 $25
Arrayed knock-out mutants

$100/platec

$250/plate

$100/plate
Certain kits are available with special pricing. Please contact the FGSC for details

a Please contact the FGSC if you need more than 100 strains.
b Annual strain subscription fee does not include shipping
c
There is a cap of $3000 for labs that want all of the arrayed mutants as they are prepared. This cap does not apply to commercial labs.
  Shipping is separate from the fee for the mutants.
 

Shipping

Beginning in fall 2007, we are billing the actual, estimated shipping fee.

  Estimated range
Standard domestic shipping (FedEx 3rd-day) $6 - $10
2nd day air, domestic (FedEx) $6 - $13
Overnight shipping, domestic (FedEx) $15 - $25
International (Fed Ex Economy) $30 - $50
International Express (Fed Ex Priority) $33 - $100
Some foreign destinations are only served by International Air Mail $5

Pricing
The FGSC pricing scheme is designed to allow us to cover the cost of preparing and delivering materials.

These fees supersede all other fee lists.  They were revised most recently at the September 2007 FGSC Advisory Board meeting.

The FGSC does not 'sell' materials. We distribute materials and ask a handling fee.

Shipping format
All strains from the FGSC are sent as growing cultures.
Most stocks are maintained both as desiccated spores on silica gel or as freeze-dried spores. Strains that do not sporulate are stored at -80 and in liquid nitrogen. When a strain is requested, we start it growing at the FGSC. Most strains can be shipped within a week. Some require more effort to revive and can take longer. Please consult us if there are any concerns about delays. Plasmid, cosmid, fosmid, or BAC clones are usually shipped after overnight growth and will arrive as a living E. coli stab on LB medium.
In most cases, the E. coli strain is JM101 or DH5-alpha.  In some cases, we do not know in what strain the clone was deposited.

Payments
The FGSC accepts payments by check, credit card in special cases, by electronic transfer.
Each order will be accompanied by an invoice that includes room for credit-card information. We require a signed form to accompany each credit card payment. These may be mailed or Faxed to the FGSC. We cannot accept credit card payments over the phone or internet.  Please do not e-mail credit card information.

Fee Waivers
The FGSC can waive all or part of our fees for researchers who do not have funding. It is expected, however, that people will endeavor to reimburse us for materials when possible. We cannot waive fees for commercial clients. If you are establishing a new laboratory, please contact us. The FGSC fees are not intended to be an impediment to strain utilization. Please do not just ignore our invoices. We need to track clients who ask for a fee waiver.

Terms
The FGSC makes every effort to fulfill strain and other material requests in a timely manner. We are, however, not a company. All of the materials in the FGSC collection are in the public domain and while we test every strain, clone and library to the best of our ability, we make no warranty as to their suitability for any use. All materials are sent on an as-is basis and we limit our liability to the fees received. Our fees are not prices, per se, but rather attempt to cover the cost of maintaining and preparing materials for shipment. The FGSC is part of the University of Missouri- Kansas City and as such is non-profit.

We expect payment within 30 to 60 days of receiving an order. Please do your best to support the FGSC.

We ask that people who use materials from the FGSC cite McCluskey, K. 2003. The Fungal Genetics Stock Center: from Molds to Molecules.
In "Advances in Applied Microbiology Volume 52" (Laskin and Bennett, Eds.) Elsevier USA. pp 246-262


 

Gene libraries

Neurospora libraries

Library pools

Item

Academic fee Commercial fee

Lambda J1

$50 $100

Lambda Bargem7

$50 $100

pcosAX cosmid pool

$50 $100

any cDNA library

$50

$100 (where available)

Ordered libraries a

Item

Shipped on agar Shipped on dry ice

Orbach/Sachs pMOCosX cosmid

$250 b $300 b

Compressed library

 $250 b

$300 b 

 

 

Aspergillus libraries

Library pools

Item

Academic fee Commercial fee

Lamdba Zap cDNA

$50 NA

Lambda GT10 cDNA

$50

$100

UniZap cDNA

$50 NA

Genomic AMA1 plasmid

$50 $100
A. fumigatus cDNA Contact the FGSC Contact the FGSC
Ordered libraries

Item

Shipped on agar Shipped on dry ice

pWE15 and pLORIST2 cosmid

$250 b $300 b

Ordered chromosome specific

$250 b $300 b

Minimal compressed

$200 b $250 b

Individual chromosomes from
the chromosome specific library

$100 b $150 b

aOrdered libraries have shipping built in to the fee
bFees are double for commercial enterprises

Other libraries

Fusarium

Item

Academic fee Commercial fee

Cosmid pool

$50 $100

cDNA pool

$50

$100

Coprinus

Item

Academic fee Commercial fee

Genomic lambda pool

$50 $100

Unizap cDNA pool

$50 NA

Hybrizap cDNA pool

$50 NA

 

If you anticipate needs other than those described above, please contact the FGSC

The additional shipping fee can be avoided by billing shipping directly your own FedEx or UPS account.


Please read the WFCC statement on shipping biological materials

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11/28/07 KMC