What is the best way to carry another's saliva sample for DNA test while traveling?
osazuwa
So a question for those with wet lab training, what is your advice on the best way to do this. What container should I use? How should I minimize contamination? In my current role I may be able to get access to wet lab materials, is their some standardized container I should try to acquire or can even use in lieu of the contain 23andme sends in their kit?
Avery louie
Enjoy your time in the states!
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I plan to order a 23andme kit for my wife. We currently reside in a country where 23andme cannot ship a kit. However, I am returning to the US for New Years. I plan to purchase a kit for my wife, have it arrive at my US address, and physically bring her saliva sample with me when I travel and send it back with the kit.
So a question for those with wet lab training, what is your advice on the best way to do this. What container should I use? How should I minimize contamination? In my current role I may be able to get access to wet lab materials, is their some standardized container I should try to acquire or can even use in lieu of the contain 23andme sends in their kit?
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In case they don't provide a solution, I don't think transport saliva is the best. A sterile swab tube for DNA testing may be possible to find maybe in a pharmacy or hospital as DNA and specially paternity test are getting more and more common. If not, sampling tubes for taking microbiological samples from surfaces, typical quality control in industry, should be OK:
http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/test-methods/Swabs.php
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Patrik D'haeseleer
I am afraid it would throw red flags up at customs.
On the way in, or the way out? I don't think there shouldt be any problem taking the sampling kit back to your home country. And on the way out - why should you have to tell customs? Unless you live in a country where customs routinely check outgoing mail?
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Maker Faire UK at the Centre for Life in Newcastle Upon Tyne (www.life.org.uk ) is now recruiting makers for the 2013 Faire, taking place on 27/28 April next year. We are introducing a specific DIYbio area this year and would particularly welcome people working in this area as participants. We do have some funding available to support Makers who want to attend, we can’t fund everybody, but DIYbio participants are more likely to be supported than others – please see below for further info and how to apply to take part.
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Maker Faire is the world’s largest ‘show and tell’ with hundreds of engineers, artists, DIY-ers and inventors presenting their intriguing projects to thousands of visitors.
The weekend is a celebration of making and also features installations, live performances and drop-in workshops with visitors having the chance to make their own inspired creations to take home.
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Maker Faire showcases the amazing work of all kinds and ages of makers—anyone who is embracing the do-it-yourself (or do-it-together) spirit and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience.
Here are just some of the topics that we’re looking for:
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The first step to participating in Maker Faire is to submit an entry that tells us about yourself and your project. Entries can be submitted from individuals as well as from groups, such as hobbyist clubs and schools. Please provide a short description of what you make and what you would like to bring to Maker Faire, including links to photographs and/or videos of your project. We particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things.
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