Services
– BioSci Thrift Store
Listings may include free items (scientific or personal), discounted items (Genomics Core, GC), departmental items for trade, items left by mistake in the Core, and housing. Please note that the Core does
To submit your own items for listing, email the following information to the Genomics Core:
Note-1: All items with LSU Tags must be properly transferred on the inventory logs to the new owner.
Note-2: Requests to 'hold' an item are not binding; thus, the item will become yours only when you take physical possession of it.
Note-3: As maintenance of this particular page is not a high priority, items might remain listed for some time after their disposal.
Free items
GC items are available in in the Core (A628, LSA); for other items, use the contact information in the listing.
Expiration Dates: Please note that kits are often fully functional long past expiration dates... which are based on solely on the longest storage date for which the product was officially validated rather than on how long the product is functional. Typically, how the kit components were treated and stored is more important than the official expiration date.
Free Shipping
Clients can submit 'Special Orders' for scientific supplies through the Genomics Core website; there are no up-charges by the Core. Reimbursement to the Core is typically not required until the next invoicing period, although clients can request that their own LSU account numbers be used immediately to pay for the purchase. As described below, free shipping is provided for certain companies:
Discounted GC items
To purchase one of these items, place a 'Special Order' through the Supply Request form. Suggested discount prices are provided; if you wish to propose a lower price, please contact the Core before placing your order.
U-Bottom, with Low Evaporation lid; Tissue Culture Treated Polystryene; Sterile/gamma irradiated; 1/package (~90 packs). NOTE: These plates were likely purchased pre-2005 and were stored in glass-fronted cabinets; however, lighting levels in the room were typically low and the packs are still sealed. Nevertheless, some caution is warranted if the plates are to be used in experiments which could be sensitive to aging of plastics.
– Cat. #RPN3050N: optimized for nucleic acid transfer; 5 sheets, 30X50 cm (2 packs). Similar product (RPN303B, Hybond-N+, 30cm × 3-m roll) available in 2024 from Cytivia for $543; yours for $225/pack (50% discount).
– Cat. #RPN82N: optimized for colony/plaque lifts; 0.45 micron, 82 mm; 50/pk (9 packs). Similar product (RPN82B) available in 2024 from Cytivia for $419; yours for $210/pack (50% discount).
– Cat. #RPN132N: optimized for colony/plaque lifts; 0.45 micron, 132 mm; 50/pk (4 packs). Cytivia has discontinued the 132mm discs; however, the 82mm diameter product (RPN82B) is available for $419; yours for $210/pack (minimum of 50% discount).
– Cat. #RPN137N: optimized for colony/plaque lifts; 0.45 micron, 137 mm; 50/pk (4 packs). Cytivia has discontineued the 137mm discs; however, the 82mm diameter product (RPN82B) is available for $419; yours for $210/pack (minimum of 50% discount).
Departmental items (free or trade)
Members of Biological Sciences (LSU) may list items for trade or acquisition; all such transactions are negotiated directly with the PI offering/requesting the item. However, if one of the parties lacks a suitable 'trade' item, inquire as to whether the Core can help broker that trade through its accounting system.
Non-scientific items
Members of Biological Sciences (LSU) may list items for sale, trade, or acquisition; all such transactions are negotiated directly with the person offering/requesting the item.
– Free: For these items, contact Genomics Core, A628 LSA:
– Selling:
– Requesting:
Found items
Items left in Core by mistake; if not reclaimed by owner, they will eventually be transferred to the 'free' category.
Housing
Members of Biological Sciences (LSU) may list housing space (available or requested); all such transactions are negotiated directly with the person offering/requesting the housing.