Can I ship cells for RNA and protein extraction overseas on dry ice?

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Abhijit Maji

Hi Dinh,

You can ship but better to keep buffy coats in RNAlater solution for long term preservation and RNAase free environment.

But for both RNA and protein should be extracted in a shorter time frame, otherwise you will get degraded products.

Dinh Van Nguyen

For how long can I keep the cells?

I only need to transfer cells and then store them at -80 until the day of extraction. I am going to keep cells only for 1-2 weeks.