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Please be advised that the typical latency between receipt of the signed Materials Transfer Agreement and dispatch of the sample from our lab is currently running about 4 weeks. TO SPEED UP YOUR RECEIPT OF A SAMPLE: If you merely want permission to receive materials from another authorized user, such a transfer is permitted once you have filled out, signed, and sent to us the Materials Transfer Agreement downloaded from our web site. For these “permission to obtain” requests, we suggest that you fax your MTA to us at (858) 534-5270. You and your donor do NOT have to wait for your MTA to make its way through the long queue or wait for return of a countersigned MTA. Please be sure to note on the MTA the name and institution of the person you are seeking to obtain the sample from. WE URGE YOU TO SAVE YOUR OWN WAITING TIME AND EFFORT by getting the materials from another authorized user via the procedure noted above. If you still wish to obtain samples directly from us, there is generally no need to FedEx your MTA to us, because your MTA will still be placed in a long queue.
Please do not send MTA’s in duplicate. Please send us only one MTA. All MTA’s require your email address and telephone number on the MTA so that we can reach you should we have any questions. For request from within the United States, please send your MTA by regular mail and include a self addressed and stamped envelope in which we will send your samples to you. Samples are sent on filter paper so a regular 4 x 9.5 envelope with a 39 cent stamp on it is sufficient. For requests within the United States please do not fax us your MTA – we need a stamped and self addressed return envelope within which to send your samples to you. For requests from outside of the United States, we realize that you are not able to affix postage to a return envelope. Therefore, you may fax your MTA to us including your FedEx account number on the MTA for shipping charges. We will prepare a FedEx envelope in which we will send your samples to you.
We ask that you do not send us emails to check on the status of your request, as time spent combing through our long queue to check on the status of your individual request detracts from time available for actually filling such requests. The delay is because we are swamped with requests, have no mechanism to collect fees to hire additional staff just to handle them.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR SAMPLE REQUESTS
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A. To request a DNA sample from us the following requirements must be met: 1) You must be a non-profit organization or academic institution. 2) If we have previously sent you a cDNA for a fluorescent protein, we expect feedback (sent to tsienlab@yahoo.com) telling us what you did with the sample. If you haven't even tried what we sent you already, why should we send you any new samples? 3) You may request up to three (3) constructs at a time. Click here for a list of standard constructs. Once you have sent us feedback on one set, you can make another request for additional constructs. We particularly wish to discourage common lazy requests such as "send me all the constructs published in such-and-such paper." 4) You must provide us with a signed MTA (Material Transfer Agreement, see instructions below) in order to receive your sample. B. To request permission to obtain a secondary DNA sample from a 3rd party who is in possession of one of our constructs, you must adhere to number 1, 2, and 4 above. On the MTA under "Description of Material Provided" indicate which construct you are seeking permission to obtain and from whom, their name, title, and institution. C. If you are willing to give a third party a DNA sample derived from our material, that third party must be in a non-profit or academic institution, send us a signed MTA, and show you a copy of that signed MTA. Then you are authorized to make the transfer. PROCEDURE FOR SAMPLE REQUESTS 1) Fill out and print an MTA by clicking here. The MTA must include: a) Your full name, title, and email address b) Your organization and full mailing address c) The construct(s) you are requesting. For permission to obtain constructs from a 3rd party, see paragraph B above. d) The signature of the principal investigator or head of the lab (not a student, postdoc, or technician), and the date. This signature authorizes all immediate members of the laboratory to use the material but not to give it away except as provided in paragraph C above. 2) For requests from within the U.S. send the completed MTA along with a self addressed stamped envelope in which your samples will be sent to you to us at the address shown on the bottom of this page. Domestic MTA’s received without a self addressed stamped envelope can not be processed. For request from outside of the U.S. fax your MTA to us including your FedEx account number on the MTA for shipping charges to fax number (858) 534-5270. International MTA's received without a FedEx account number for shipping charges, can not processed. If you are local and would like to pick up your sample at our lab, please note "call for pick-up" and provide us with appropriate contact information. 3) Upon receiving your materials we will review your eligibility and if all criteria have been met we will send your samples to you in the envelope you provided, or via FedEx with the FedEx account number you provided, or call you for pick-up. (Please remember to include your telephone number for FedEx). If you have not met all of our requirements, or if you are otherwise ineligible to receive samples, an email will be sent to you to that effect, if you have provided us with your email address on the MTA. Mail to: University of California, San Diego Tsien Lab ATTN: Sample Request Processor 310 CMM West, MC 0647 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0647
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