Shipping samples preserved in liquid nitrogen Follow details of preparing the dry shipping Dewar (above) When the dry shipper is prepared as above, remove the following samples from the station storage Dewar and place in the dry shipper: cryovials of screened sample from the black jar for zooplankton • molecular analysis cryovials of HPLC phytoplankton (pigment) WC samples • cryovials from the WQM depths for HPLC (pigment) analysis • cryovials for flow cytometry • very helpful if you pack each type of sample separately, held on cryo-canes or It’s cryo-sleeves (plastic tubes) or tied in batches inside “knee-hi” stockings. Package and consignment note must carry the wording: as per IATA SPECIAL PROVISION A152” “NOT RESTRICTED Please dispatch the dry shipper, preferably by TOLL PRIORITY OVERNIGHT, or TNT Overnight or Australian Air Express (please do not use TOLL-IPEC Priority) to: Samples arriving Monday Tuesday: Samples arriving Wed Friday: – – Attention: Attention: Ros Watson Lesley Clementson CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research Castray Esplanade Castray Esplanade Hobart TAS 7000 Hobart TAS 7000 Ph: (03) 62325268 or (03) 62325347 Ph: (03) 62325337 or (03) 62325347 M: 0400567141 M: 0409140230 Email: If you reach one of the above, try other numbers and copy emails. can’t Remember, these liquid nitrogen stored samples should always be shipped in dry • shipper Dewars on dry ice as they will otherwise rapidly degrade. not – – TSS samples should also be shipped to Ros Watson; for convenience they can be packed in batches and sent inside the travel case of the dry shipper (not frozen). Or they may be sent with the salinity crates as previously. IMOS National Reference Station Field Sampling Storage and shipping of all samples from a sampling trip Transport of NRS samples to point of analyses: Unless noted elsewhere in the transport requirements, the samples can be transferred quarterly.
Shipping samples preserved in liquid nitrogen Follow details of preparing the dry shipping Dewar (above) When the dry shipper is prepared as above, remove the following samples from the station storage Dewar and place in the dry shipper: • cryovials of screened sample from the black jar for zooplankton molecular analysis • cryovials of HPLC phytoplankton (pigment) WC samples • cryovials from the WQM depths for HPLC (pigment) analysis • cryovials for flow cytometry It’s very helpful if you pack each type of sample separately, held on cryo-canes or cryo-sleeves (plastic tubes) or tied in batches inside “knee-hi” stockings. Package and consignment note must carry the wording: “NOT RESTRICTED as per IATA SPECIAL PROVISION A152” Please dispatch the dry shipper, preferably by TOLL PRIORITY OVERNIGHT, or TNT Overnight or Australian Air Express (please do not use TOLL-IPEC Priority) to: Samples arriving Monday – Tuesday: Samples arriving Wed – Friday: Attention: Ros Watson Attention: Lesley Clementson CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research Castray Esplanade Castray Esplanade Hobart TAS 7000 Hobart TAS 7000 Ph: (03) 62325268 or (03) 62325347 Ph: (03) 62325337 or (03) 62325347 M: 0400567141 M: 0409140230 Email: If you can’t reach one of the above, try other numbers and copy emails. • Remember, these liquid nitrogen stored samples should always be shipped in dry shipper Dewars – not on dry ice – as they will otherwise rapidly degrade. TSS samples should also be shipped to Ros Watson; for convenience they can be packed in batches and sent inside the travel case of the dry shipper (not frozen). Or they may be sent with the salinity crates as previously. IMOS National Reference Station Field Sampling Storage and shipping of all samples from a sampling trip Transport of NRS samples to point of analyses: Unless noted elsewhere in the transport requirements, the samples can be transferred quarterly.
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