Contract M13 phage ssDNA Production

Companies Contacted

No response

• Lambda biotech (emailed 3/2/06)
• Wisconsin Bioproducts (voicemail left 3/3/06)
• Geneblitz (emailed 3/8/06)
• FIT biotech (emailed 3/8/06)
• Commonwealth Biotech (emailed 4/12/06)
• Maxim Biotech (emailed 4/12/06)
• ATG Labs - info@atglabsinc.com (emailed 4/12/06)
• Seracare (emailed 4/12/06)
• Retrogen (emailed 4/12/06)
• US Biological - service@usbio.net (emailed 4/12/06)

Initial response promising a quote, followed by zero communication

• Marinbio (emailed 3/8/06, 3/26/06, 4/4/06, 4/12,06. last response was 3/26/06)
• Nature Technology Corporation (natx) - (emailed 3/2, 3/8, 3/23, 3/27, 4/3, 4/12) Shipped them a sample to begin pre-production on 3/27. Was informed that my sample was "quarantined" on 4/3, and then no further responses were received.

Response received, but not offering M13 ssDNA production

• Genscript (emailed 3/9, response 3/9)
• Lark (emailed 3/9, responses 3/9, 3/13, 3/14)
• Agencourt (emailed 3/6, response 3/7, 3/13)
• Invitrogen (emailed 3/8, response 3/15)
• Puresyn (emailed 4/4, response 4/5, including phone call followup)
• MWG Biotech (emailed 4/12, response 4/12)
• Paragon (emailed 4/12, response 4/12)
• Althea Technologies (emailed 4/4, response 4/6)
• Plasmid Factory (emailed 4/4, response 4/11)