I concur that Ciona is very plentiful in MBL. Grows in the sea tables
without any effort in the spring and early summer
Tony Moss
a nontunicatologist
Bill Bates wrote:
>
> Yes, Ciona is elusive in Barkley Sound and likes to live south of the
> border making them difficult to obtain especially given the new
> security measures at the border and the fact that delicate Ciona
> doesn't survive very well when shipped. What I've done over the years
> is simply work at marine stations that have local populations of
> Ciona and do the cellular/molecular expts back in my home lab. You
> might consider hooking up with Bill Smith at UC Santa Barbara, not
> too far away, as they have lots of Ciona. Plymouth Marine Station is
> excellent too as lots of Ciona are grown on plastic sheets in their
> SW holding tanks and its a great place to work. MBL too has lots of
> Ciona and needless to say is a perfect place to do research on
> ascidian embryos!
>
> I dont know of any commercial source of Ciona within Canada.
> Remember, the border is now very tricky for getting live organisms
> into Canada!!!
>
> Bill
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> Dr. W.R. Bates
> Department of Biology
> Okanagan University College
> 3333 College Way
> Kelowna, BC
> Canada V1V 1V7
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Anthony Moss
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Biological Sciences
Auburn University
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