Launched in July of this year, the CloneSaver card allows users to store the equivalent of a 96-well plate of purified DNA, bacterial culture, glycerol stock, or resuspended colonies on an index card-sized sheet at room temperature for at least 30 months. Preparation of stabilized DNA from the card is quick and easy. There's no need to freeze samples and the card can be kept in a pouch for storage or for mailing without hazardous labeling.
Treated with FTA, a cell-lysing compound embedded in a solid matrix, the CloneSaver card immobilizes and isolates plasmid or BAC DNA (up to 200kb) within the card. According to Whatman, FTA technology has been shown to store stabilized genomic DNA for more than 10 years at ambient temperature. FTA inhibits bacterial growth and inactivates pathogens such as phage, limiting the potential for microbial or nuclease-induced degradation and contamination.
Each "well" on the gridded card ...
