Depositing Strains

We enthusiastically welcome the addition of published and characterized strains of Chlamydomonas and its plasmids.  We also accept uncharacterized strains in need of further study, and strains from retiring laboratories, on a case-by-case basis..  We can provide a FedEX account and PO number for shipping your strains to us.  Please contact us.

 

Please ship all cultures and plasmids to:
Matt Laudon
University of Minnesota
250 Biological Sciences Center
1445 Gortner Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
phone: 612-626-2831

 

To ensure all relevant information is available to users, please email the following information for each strain or plasmid in MS Word or as a PDF.

Cultures
•    Source (the person and institution depositing the strain)
•    Strain (name of the strain)
•    Alleles  (list whatever mutant alleles are in the strain, and what loci they correspond to if this isn’t obvious)
•    Background (e.g. CC-125, CC-1690, etc.)
•    Origin (mutagenesis, cross, or other information on how the strain was obtained)
•    Culture Maintenance (light conditions, special media, etc.)
•    Comment  (whatever else you want to say about it)
•    References  (the primary publication describing the strain, and any others that are important)

 

Plasmids
•    Source  (the person and institution depositing the strain)
•    Plasmid (name of the plasmid)
•    Vector
•    Host strain (if it’s a bacterial culture)
•    Origin (how it was constructed)
•    Insert (content, size, restriction site; e.g. “nuclear DNA, 8.0 EcoRI-KpnI fragment”)
•    Selection (e.g. ampicillin resistant)
•    Comment (whatever else you want to say about it)
•    References  (the primary publication describing the strain, and any others that are important)

Plasmid depositions should include a map and/or sequence