Gamete Bank
A bank of primarily cryopreserved Callithrix jacchus sperm samples has been created for research. The samples are from a selection of Callithrix jacchus males in the DPZ colony.
We also can offer fresh semen or washed unfrozen sperm.
Potential use for these samples may vary from artificial insemination for genetic management to basic research on the physiology of sperm and further improvements in cryopreservation techniques.
Samples from other species which are also represented in the DPZ are also in the collection:
Macaca mulatta
Macaca fascicularis
Saguinus oedipus
Saimiri sciureus
We invite enquiries from potential users both from scientific institutions and from zoos and primate colonies, concerning both our already stored samples and collection of new semen samples from the animals which are maintained in the DPZ.
Further we can offer on an individually tailored basis, collection of sperm from primates at your institution, and storage of the samples for you.
Please contact Dr. Penelope Nayudu (pnayudu @ gwdg.de) for gamete requests.
General Information:
User Information Form:
This form (User Information Form, MS-Word document) samples all information necessary for the EU before primate material can be delivered to you. Your data will be treated confidentially. Please send the form together with your request to Dr. Penelope Nayudu (pnayudu @ gwdg.de).
Questionnaire:
To enable the European Commission to evaluate the Research Infrastructures Action, to monitor the individual contracts, and to improve the services provided to the scientific community, each group leader of a user-project supported under an EC Research Infrastructure contract is requested to complete the present "User Group Questionnaire". The questionnaire must be submitted once by each user group as soon as the material samples have been obtained. Please fill in the appropriate fields: User Group Questionnaire
Please acknowledge EUPRIM-Net:
Please do acknowledge any support under this scheme in all resulting publications with "Part of this work has been supported by EUPRIM-NET under the EU contract RII3-026155 of the 6th Framework Programme"
Costs:
The costs for primate material will be covered by the EU. However, new users of the BioBanks have a higher priority for access. Be aware that the number of free samples is restricted. Costs for excessive samples may be charged to the user on prior consultation.
Eligible countries are:
EU Member States: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Cyprus (CY), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (GR), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Poland (PO), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE), United Kingdom (GB)
Associated Countries: Albania (AL), Croatia (HR), Iceland (IS), Israel (IL), Liechtenstein (LI), Macedonia (MK), Montenegro (ME), Norway (NO), Serbia (RS), Switzerland (CH), Turkey (TR)
The applicant country is defined by the residence country of the institute to which the group leader is affiliated to. In addition the applicant country has to be different from the host country of the requested BioBank. In case of the Gamete Bank, which is located at the DPZ in Germany, deliveries within Germany will not be funded via EUPRIM-Net.