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Biorepository expertise shared with Museum Victoria

Jul 22, 2015

Representatives from Museum Victoria recently visited the new Monash University DEPM Biorepository to learn about the inner workings of the state-of-the-art long term storage facility.

Museum Victoria is building their own cryostorage facility to preserve samples of fauna.

 

A blond woman wears a face shield and blue gloves pulls a metal stack partially out of the top of a large nitrogen tank
Above: Dr Joanna Sumner, Manager of Genetic Resources at Museum Victoria took a hands-on approach, examining the tanks, storage racks and other design considerations with colleagues Christine Tipton, Business and Grants Manager and Ronnie Fookes, Project Manager.
Two men and three women are standing in a room with large steel tanks
Above: from left: Biorepository manager, Tom Gilbert, and research assistant, Daniel Reid, discuss operational aspects of the nitrogen tanks with Dr Joanna Sumner with Christine Tipton and Ronnie Fookes from Museum Victoria

 

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