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ALERT ATTENTION ⚠️
In observance of the holiday, Juneteenth, Agilent CrossLab/iLab Operations Software Support Help Desk will be closed during U.S. hours on Thursday, June 19th, 2025. We will resume regular U.S. support hours on Friday, June 20th, 2025. EU and APAC Support will remain open during this time. For urgent matters, please add "Urgent" to the ticket/email subject or press "1" when prompted to escalate a call on the iLab Support phone, and we will prioritize those requests first.
This shared resource of the Koch Institute provides fee-for-service support to all MIT investigators who utilize novel mouse models and cultured cells to study human diseases such as cancer. Access is available to all members of the MIT community, to the extent permitted by available capacity. Priority access is given to KI members, NCI-funded research projects and other contributing user groups in recognition of funding support.
Scientific Director
Aurora Burds Connor, Ph.D.
Ph: 617-452-3658
Project Coordinator
Noranne Enzer
Ph: 617-324-3911
Facility email: escore@mit.edu
| Hours | Location |
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Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM Excluding Holidays |
MIT Bldg 76 Rm 195 Kendall Square, 500 Main Street Cambridge, MA (See Map below for directions) |
| ► Hourly Services (2) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted Work | Inquire | ||
| Training | Inquire | ||
| ► Request Cells (1) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Vial of p2 NeoR MEFs | Inquire | ||
| ► ES Cell Culture (5) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Culture of cells and preparation for injection | Inquire | ||
| Prepare Cells for Pathogen Tests |
ES cells imported from outside MIT will be grown in quarantine without antibiotics, prepared for IDEXX and tested for pathogens (DCM charge of $650 + shipping, not included) |
Inquire | |
| Expansion and Stocking a Cell Line or Clone |
Cells are expanded optimally and 3-5 stock vials are frozen. DNA will be prepared from a portion of cells for confirmation by the investigator. Alternately, growing cells can be given to you for a western, nothern or other analysis. |
Inquire | |
| Prep & Ship 1-2 Mouse lines for Karyotyping | Inquire | ||
| Prep & Ship Additional lines for Karyotyping (in same shipment) | Inquire | ||
| ► Gene Targeting in ES cells (2) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Small Targeting, Picking up to 96 colonies | Inquire | ||
| Standard Targeting, Picking up to 288 colonies | Inquire | ||
| ► Mice: Wild Type (2) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| C57BL6j Female | Inquire | ||
| C57BL6j Male | Inquire | ||
| ► No Longer Offered (3) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| TPA-/- Female | Inquire | ||
| TPA-/- Male | Inquire | ||
| 129S4/Jae Male | Inquire | ||
