The shelf life of IMEM medium - (Aug/02/2006 )

Dear all,

Do anyone know the shelf life of IMEM medium at +4 oC?????

Thank you very much!

siuchi

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Hi,

Manufacturer of the medium must have given expiry date on the medium. If you are using powder to make a liquid medium; L-Glutamine has a half life of approximately one month at 4 degree C. In that case you might want to supplement the medium with additional L-Glutamine.

What I am going to say may not sound very wise but these media work well even after expiry date.

Hope it helps.

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Once the bottle is opened, we try to use up the media within a month.

If unopened, u have time till the expiry date on the bottle.

Never used an expired media so cannot say.

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