Hi Stephen,

A possible alternative is to use MP Biomedicals which offers an HL5 mix
(see <http://www.mpbio.com/quick_search_results.php?q=hl5>), albeit only at
the 454g scale and at about $444.

However, they do not offer LoFlo medium.

Hope this is helpful.

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Paul Steimle
Associate Professor of Biology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402
Phone: 336-334-4949



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Date: 01/05/2010 04:44PM
Subject: Re: [DICTY - 240] Purchasing Media from Formedium/UK

Dear Stephen,
                   You can make it from the components of HL-5  which could
                   be obtained from Himedia(INDIA)




Regards,
Nimi Vashi,
MS Final Year Biochemistry,
The M S University Of Baroda,
Vadodara,
Gujarat,
Indai

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:56 AM, Stephen Burrows < [log in to unmask] >
wrote:

Has anyone purchased media from Formedium, a company out of the UK?  We
have requested HL-5 and LoFlo medium for testing in-house.  But, it appears
that Formedium does not have an office in the US and that we would have to
act as importees (at additional cost) to get the media into the US.  Has
anyone gone through this process?  And if so is the associated cost and
issues dealing with the USDA worth the effort?  The cost of media,
depending on shipping charges, appears to be >than 60% from what we are
presently doing now.

Would be thankful for any insight anyone might have on this subject.

Stephen Burrows
PhD Candidate
Clark University
Department of Biology
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610



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Nimi K Vashi,
Dr K.G.Naik Department Of Biochemistry,
The Maharaja Sayajirao University Of Baroda,
Vadodara,
Gujarat,
India.