cgi-bin/about/clone_policy.pl

   1 use strict;
   2 use CXGN::Page;
   3 my $page=CXGN::Page->new('clone_policy.html','html2pl converter');
   4 $page->header('Clone Request Policy');
   5 print<<END_HEREDOC;
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  14           <h3>Tomato Genome Project - clone distribution policy.</h3>
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  16           <p>Development of the tomato EST database is
  17           currently in progress and continues to be updated on a
  18           regular basis as new sequences are added. Our objective
  19           is to ultimately make available to the research community
  20           a complete set of non-redundant tomato ESTs. The "in
  21           progress" collection is continually updated as new EST
  22           sequences are added to the database. In some cases new
  23           EST sequences provide information that modifies the
  24           previous "in-progress" non-redundant EST collection. For
  25           example, when clones are found through additional
  26           sequencing to be chimeric, or when a new EST sequence
  27           "links" two clones previously thought to be unique. In
  28           short, the "in-progress" non-redundant set is expected to
  29           contain a considerable number of duplications and errors
  30           of various types. Once the sequencing phase of this
  31           project is completed (fall 2001) a final build will be
  32           created and a final non-redundant gene set defined. This
  33           collection is currently estimated to range from 25,000 -
  34           40,000 cDNA clones which will be condensed, quality
  35           confirmed, and re-arrayed into a collection that can be
  36           distributed in whole - or can much more efficiently be
  37           searched for individual clones than is currently the case
  38           with over 25 libraries each containing 4000 - 15,000
  39           ordered clones.</p>
  40
  41           <p><strong>We realize the need for access by the research
  42           community to EST clones prior to completion of this
  43           project and thus have instituted a policy whereby up to
  44           150 clones per laboratory per year can be requested on a
  45           subsidized re-charge basis through the Clemson University
  46           Genomics Institute (CUGI) which handles maintenance and
  47           distribution of the tomato ESTs and receives funding
  48           through this project to offset some of the associated
  49           costs.</strong></p>
  50
  51           <strong>Cost Basis</strong>
  52           <p>CUGI received a total of \$100,000 (apx. \$80K in direct
  53           costs) spread over 3 years in support of clone
  54           maintenance and distribution. These funds have been used
  55           for a) purchase of 3 -80 freezers and service contracts
  56           to insure their operation b) support a half-time tech
  57           position, c) annual replication of all EST libraries to
  58           insure against loss of clone viability, and d) software
  59           upgrades used in clone request tracking and eventual
  60           public dissemination of all clone requests. It is
  61           important to realize that with 22 ordered EST libraries
  62           (each containing 4,000 - 15,000 ordered clones) tracking,
  63           localizing, and picking each clone represents a
  64           significant effort.</p>
  65
  66           <strong>Clone Request Charges</strong>
  67           <p>Up to 150 clones can be requested per laboratory per year
  68           at the subsidized rate of \$5 per clone. An unlimited
  69           number of additional clones can be requested by any one
  70           laboratory in a 12 month period but at a non-subsidized
  71           rate of \$20 per clone. This later price is in line with
  72           other clone distribution centers, such as the American
  73           Type Culture Collection (ATCC), which recover total costs
  74           through re-charge fees. Cost recovery for the entire
  75           non-redundant set will be determined when said collection
  76           is completed (est. late 2001).</p>
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  80               <td>Clones 1 - 150 in any twelve month period:</td>
  81               <td>\$5/clone</td>
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  85               <td>Clones 151 - unlimited in any twelve month
  86               period:</td>
  87               <td>\$20/clone</td>
  88             </tr>
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  91               <td>Entire 384 well plates of sequential ESTs from a
  92               given library</td>
  93               <td>\$10/plate(academic)<br />
  94               \$50/plate(industry)</td>
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  98               <td>Shipping and handling (all clones shipped via
  99               over-night courier):</td>
 100               <td>apx. \$40/request, depending on specific shipping
 101               cost.</td>
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 103           </table>
 104
 105           <p>Clone requests should be directed to <a href=
 106           "mailto:atkins2\@genome.clemson.edu">Dr. Michale
 107           Atkins</a> at the Clemson University Genomics Institute
 108           (CUGI).</p>
 109
 110           <strong>Acknowledgements</strong>
 111           <p>Publications referring to the use of clones resulting
 112           from the NSF Tomato Genome Project should include an
 113           acknowledgement similar to the following: "Tomato EST
 114           clone(s) XXX were supplied by the NSF Tomato Genome
 115           Project (DBI-9872617, S. Tanksley, G. Martin, J.
 116           Giovannoni, C. Ronning)".</p>
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