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About

Cryopreservation Core

Overview of Services

The Cryo Core at UCSF offers mouse sperm and embryo cryopreservation services to ensure secure and stable long term storage of valuable research mouse strains.

The purpose of Cryopreservation Core is to ensure:

  • Preservation
  • Protection
  • Availability
  • Sharing capacities

The following services are available:

  • Sperm Cryopreservation
  • Embryo Cryopreservation
  • Sperm Resuscitation
  • Embryo Resuscitation
  • Rescue by In Vitro Fertilization
  • Liquid Nitrogen Storage
  • Frozen Materials Shipment

Leadership

Vinh Nguyen | Specialist | (415) 307-0922 | vinh.nguyen@ucsf.edu

Location 

Parnassus Campus

Links and Resources

  1. Cryopreservation website
  2. Rio link

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Vinh Nguyen
Specialist
 
(415) 307-0922
 
Vinh.nguyen@ucsf.edu
 
Parnassus Campus
 
Wyatt Fong
Junior Cryopreservationist
 

 
Wyatt.fong@ucsf.edu
 
Parnassus Campus
 

Service list


Search available services: View: by category alphabetically
► Sperm Cryopreservation (2)
► Embryo Cryopreservation (1)
► Sperm Resuscitation (1)
► Embryo Resuscitation (1)
► Storage (1)
► Rescue by IVF (1)
► Shipping (1)
► Consultation (1)