Please contact the MCF staff before submission of samples and make sure you follow the instructions and correct protocols mentioned in Sample Preparation. Please label samples properly and include a sample information sheet along with the samples.
Samples can be submitted as:
- Dried extracts obtained using speedvac / under nitrogen (preferred at cool conditions or room temperature)
- Aqueous methanolic extracts
- For outstations: please ship samples in sufficient dry ice.
PPMS booking system
Service requests through the PPMS system:
- Use your EMBL credentials if you already have an account with the EMBL PPMS system, otherwise send us a request to create such an account
- For each new project, submit a PPMS project request form
- For each sample submission, submit a PPMS service order
Sample shipment
- For outstations: please ship samples in sufficient dry ice.
- Please do not ship samples just before or over weekends or holidays.
- Include all details about samples on separate sheets and make sure labels on sample tubes are permanent and readable.
- Provide an electronic sample list.
Shipping
Attn: Bernhard Drotleff
Lab 428 (SCB)
Metabolomics Core Facility
EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1
69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49 622 138 787 05