We are proud to announce that Core Cryolab opened a second state-of-the-art facility! After a decade and a half of operating within Toronto General Hospital, we filled the biorepository and outgrew our shipping operations space. Two years ago, we began exploring options to expand to a second location. We found a facility in Mississauga near… Read more »
Core Cryolab is proactively monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and is taking appropriate mitigating actions to ensure continuity of operations. We have been deemed an ‘Essential Business’ by the government and expect to remain open. We have an emergency preparedness plan in place and have implemented measures to ensure the health and safety of our… Read more »
At Core we are always working to stay on top of industry trends and improve our shipping service. A perfect example of this advancement is our new CryoProtect shipping case. The case has passed extensive ISTA 3A and ISTA FEDEX 6A testing which involved drop, crush, and random vibration testing. The CryoProtect allows Core to… Read more »
The Chart MVE Fusion won the 2017 Outstanding New Product Award from the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER). The award was announced at ISBER’s annual meeting in Core’s hometown of Toronto, Ontario. The MVE Fusion is the world’s first self-sustaining cryogenic freezer. It is a refrigerated liquid-based bio-storage freezer and is similar in appearance… Read more »
The Brooks CryoPod won the 2015 New Product of the Year Award from the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER). The award was announced in May at ISBER’s annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The CryoPod carrier is a portable liquid nitrogen (LN2) system for the transport of cryogenic biospecimens. It absorbs LN2 and… Read more »
The days of 48 hour vapour shipper charging are over! Earlier this year Chart MVE announced that all of their Cryoshippers and Doble Series cryogenic dewars will be equipped with Advanced QWick Charge Technology. These new shippers are able to cryogenically charge using liquid nitrogen in just 2 hours. This quick charge has been made… Read more »