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Hallo all, The Biohazard Cryogenic Shipper EW-44300-22 looks really interesting. I will contact cole-parmer. The problem might be that the shipper is discontinued and the shipping time might be too long... Thank you very much for your support, Georg Am 17.07.2012 20:42, schrieb Kris Tesh: > I would contact Cole-Parmer (http://www.coleparmer.com/) and see what > they recommend. They have been very helpful in the past. > Kris > Kris F. Tesh, Ph. D. > Department of Biology and Biochemistry > University of Houston > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Georg Zocher <[log in to unmask]> > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Sent:* Tue, July 17, 2012 12:45:22 PM > *Subject:* [ccp4bb] transport of fully functional virus crystals > > Dear Community, > > I have to face the problem that I have to transport fully functional > and infectious virus crystals (frozen) to a synchrotron. The virus has > biosafety classification 2 (HSE group 2) and therefore transport by > e.g. Fedex has to fullfill the packing instruction 650, better 602 > according to IATA > (http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/dangerous_goods/Documents/DGR52_PI650_EN.pdf). > As far as I have seen by my google search all the dry shippers do not > fulfill these criteria. > > Therefore my questions are: > 1.) Has someone of you have had the same problem and found a solution? > 2.) How have you done the transport? > 3.) Is there a dry shipper available which fulfills the requirements > for packing instruction 650? > > Any comment is welcome. Thank you very much for your efforts. > > Cheers, > Georg > > -- Universität Tübingen > Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie > Dr. Georg Zocher > Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4 > 72076 Tuebingen > Germany > Fon: +49(0)-7071-2973374 > Mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > http://www.ifib.uni-tuebingen.de <http://www.ifib.uni-tuebingen.de/> -- Universität Tübingen Interfakultäres Institut für Biochemie Dr. Georg Zocher Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4 72076 Tuebingen Germany Fon: +49(0)-7071-2973374 Mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.ifib.uni-tuebingen.de