Services Offered | Non-Profit/ Academic Fees |
For Profit Fees |
Cryopreservation | ||
Sperm cryopreservation | $425 | $625 |
Embryo cryopreservation | Contact for Quote | |
Cryo-storage
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Sperm /embryo storage (per strain per year) | $306 | $438 |
Cryo-Resuscitation
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Resuscitation via cryopreserved embryos | Contact for Quote | |
Resuscitation via cryopreserved sperm by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) | ||
Resuscitation via cryopreserved sperm by ICSI with round of breeding | ||
Rederivation | ||
Rederivation to pathogen-free status via embryo transfer | Contact for Quote | |
Genotyping | ||
Genotyping (per sample) | $20 | $30 |
Genotyping assay development | $250 | $500 |
Genotyping assay validation | $119 | $175 |
Microsatellite analysis (for speed congenics) | Contact for Quote | |
Cytogenetics | ||
Giemsa staining | Contact for Quote | |
Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) | Contact for Quote | |
Spectral Karyotyping (SKY) | Contact for Quote | |
Live rat and tissues | ||
Timed pregnant females | $1,729 | $3,903 |
Tissue/Organ sample collection | $493 | $668 |
Breeding and colony maintenance | Contact for Quote | |
Consultation/Research Collaborations | ||
For specialized needs related but not limited to colony management, husbandry, reproductive biology, gamete and embryo cryopreservation, genetics, and model characterization, including phenotyping, histopathology and behavioral testing. | Contact to Discuss | |
Microbiota Characterization | Contact for Quote |



In Need of a New Rat Model?
Need a new rat model? The RRRC in conjunction with the MU Animal Modeling Core (AMC) can assist with the generation of transgenic rats, create knock-out and knock-in rats using CRISPR/Cas9 technology and genetically manipulate rat embryonic stem cells to make chimeric animals. Contact us to discuss your rat model needs and how we can help.
Laboratory Animal Genetic Reporting (LAG-R) Guidelines Published
The LAG-R framework (Laboratory Animal Genetic Reporting) is a set of guidelines to support more complete documentation of the genetic make-up of animals of all species that are used in research, with the aim of bolstering reproducibility, reliability, and overall scientific rigor. See Nature Communications (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49439-y).
GRCr8: A new rat reference assembly is now available.
GRCr8 (GenBank NCBI # GCA_036323735.1) is the latest version of the rat reference genome assembly. See the Genome Reference Consortium (GRC) blog for more details.