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No Shipping and ordering during Christmas and New Year (Nov. 17, 2011)
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Dear VDRC users, We would like to inform you that the VDRC will not be accepting new orders during the Christmas and New Year break starting December 23rd till January the 6th. The last day of shipping to China, USA and Australia will be December the 12th and to other countries December the 16th. Please plan in advance. Your VDRC Team |
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Mite warning (Oct. 11, 2011)
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Dear VDRC users, After the summer we found out that some of our GD lines contain food mites. We are fighting hard against them and we are fairly confident that the situation will improve soon. If you receive infected stocks from us, please let us know immediately. This will help us to clean the stocks which suffer from this problem. Thank you for your help and apologies for your inconveniences! Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC database update to Flybase release 5.38 (Aug. 10, 2011)
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Dear VDRC users, As of October 5th of 2011, the VDRC database will be updated to the Flybase version 5.38 (FB2011_06), released in June 2011. All information about transformant IDs, construct IDs, CG-Numbers, FB-Numbers and synonyms will be adjusted to the new version. Your VDRC Team |
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10000th Shipment Celebration (Jun. 29, 2011)
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Dear VDRC users, Every day we ship our flies on a journey to laboratories in the whole world. On 29th of June the fly-team celebrated an important event: the 10 000th shipment from VDRC! For this reason the whole team met at 11 am at Vienna’s green zone – the Prater, from where we ‘hiked’ to the famous Schweizerhaus – a Viennese restaurant where already the emperor dined – and had a few drinks and Wiener Schnitzel. Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC stockcenter offline from 18.06.2011 to 19.06.2011 (Jun. 8, 2011)
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Dear VDRC users, Due to a network maintenance in our central server infrastructure, placing orders may not be possible on 18th and 19th June 2011. Thank you for your understanding. Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC stockcenter offline from 28.02.2011 to 01.03.2011 (Feb. 23, 2011)
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Dear VDRC users, on 27th February and 1st March 2011 it may not be possible to place orders due to service updates. We kindly ask for your understanding. Your VDRC Team |
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Christmas break from 23.12.2010 to 06.01.2011 (Nov. 24, 2010)
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Dear VDRC users, This year’s Christmas Break will start on the 23rd of December and we will be back in charge on the 6th January 2011. During this time we will not be able to ship packages or to accept any new orders, but all outstanding orders will be processed normally. We wish all of you a relaxing Christmas time and Happy New Year! Your VDRC Team |
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GD-DNA constructs available (Oct 17, 2010)
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Dear VDRC users, Due to demand you can order the DNA constructs on our website as of today. Please note that only the GD-library constructs are available at the moment. For more information see the "How to order DNA constructs?" section. Your VDRC Team |
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Payment via Wire Transfer (Purchase Order) (May 18, 2010)
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Dear VDRC users, We are pleased to inform you that as of today, you can use our new software feature to place purchase orders. This option is valid for orders bigger than 999 lines and it allows you to pay via wire transfer instead of credit card. For more information see the "How to place a purchase order?" section. Your VDRC Team |
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Icelandic Volcano Ash Clouds (Apr. 20, 2010)
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Dear VDRC users, Due to the Icelandic volcano ash cloud in Europe, the shipments of the VDRC orders are not being carried out efficiently. This is beyond our control and we will keep you posted on any step we can make. Your VDRC Team |
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Christmas break from 21.12.2009 to 06.01.2010 (Nov. 26, 2009)
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Dear VDRC users, We will be closed for Christmas break starting 21st of December till 6th of January. We won’t be accepting any new orders during this time but all outstanding orders will be processed normally. Sorry, for any inconvenience it might cause. Your VDRC Team |
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10.000 KK Lines (Oct. 29, 2009)
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We are happy to inform you that we have reached 10.000 lines of the phiC31 RNAi library which are already available. The library is still under construction so some more lines will come soon! Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC stockcenter offline from 06.11.2009 at 5pm (CET) to 09.11.2009 at 9am (Oct. 28, 2009)
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Dear VDRC users, Due to IT service maintenance, our stock center will be offline from Friday, 6 November at 5 p.m. (CET) until Monday, 9 November at 9 a.m. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC stockcenter offline on Friday, 08.05.2009, 1pm to 7pm (CET) (May. 05, 2009)
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Dear VDRC users, We would like to inform you that the VDRC website will be offline on Friday, 8th May 2009, from 1pm to 7pm (CET), due to an upgrade of our network infrastructure. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Your VDRC Team |
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New fee structure (Feb. 24, 2009)
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Dear VDRC users, As of February 24th (CET), the VDRC will change its fee structure. The new fee structure is designed to make large-scale screens more affordable, while still meeting our need to recover 50% of our costs through user fees. (The remaining 50% is covered by funds from the Austrian Federal Government and the City of Vienna) While the fees for small orders increase, fees for large orders are now significantly reduced. We hope that this fee adjustment will make screening the VDRC RNAi library more attractive for more labs, without significantly impacting those who order VDRC lines more sporadically. Please note that orders which will be placed starting on the 24th February (CET), will be affected by the new fee structure! The new fee structure is as follows:
Example of an order for 136 RNAi lines:
The price changes have been introduced in response to the increased demand for large-scale RNAi screens, and we hope that you will take this opportunity to expand your screening activities. With best regards, Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC stockcenter offline on Monday, 23.02.2009 (Feb. 22, 2009)
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Dear VDRC users, Due to maintenance in our data base, our stock center will be closed on Monday, 23 February (CET). We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC at the 50th Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago, 4-8 March 2009 (Feb. 17, 2009)
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We would like to invite you to visit the VDRC stand at the 50th Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago. Just please come to see us at the booth no. 502 in the Sheraton Hotel. We will be very happy to meet and talk to you. Hope to see you there! Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC database update to Flybase release 5.7 (Nov. 20, 2008)
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Dear VDRC users, As of January 6th of 2009, the VDRC database will be updated to the Flybase version 5.7 (FB2008_04), released in April 2008. All information about transformant IDs, construct IDs, CG-Numbers, FB-Numbers and synonyms will be adjusted to the new version. Your VDRC Team |
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Christmas break from 22.12.2008 to 06.01.2009 (Nov. 17, 2008)
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Dear VDRC users, We will be closed for Christmas break starting 22nd of December till 6th of January. We won’t be accepting any new orders during this time but all outstanding orders will be processed normally. Sorry, for any inconvenience it might cause. Your VDRC Team |
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VDRC stockcenter offline from 26.07.2008 to 27.07.2008 (Jul. 11, 2008)
| The VDRC stockcenter will be offline from 26.07.2008 to 27.07.2008 due to maintenance work on our IT infrastructure. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. | |
VDRC stockcenter offline from 18.07.2008 to 20.07.2008 (Jul. 1, 2008)
| The VDRC stockcenter will be offline from 18.07.2008 (12:00 AM, MET) to 20.07.2008 due to maintenance work on our servers. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. | |
1st VDRC birthday (Apr. 2, 2008)
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On April 2nd, the VDRC is celebrating its first birthday. In our first year, we have sent almost 50,000 transgenic RNAi lines to researchers in 40 different countries. The demand has at times been overwhelming, and we thank you for your patience and support. In our second year, we hope to further improve our stock keeping and shipping services, and also welcome our first researchers to conduct RNAi screens on site. We hope that you will continue to find our services useful, and look forward to your support in our second year. As always, we welcome suggestions on how to improve our operation. Your VDRC Team |
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Mite warning (Jan. 15, 2008)
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Despite continued efforts to rid our stocks of mites, we have still not completely solved this problem.
From time to time, you may receive mites together with your RNAi lines, and so we strongly recommend you follow normal quarantine procedures
when the stocks arrive. We do apologize for this problem, but due to limited resources and the large number of stocks we need to maintain, we can presently only maintain one vial for each stock and can only flip stocks once every 5 weeks. |
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VDRC appoints an independent Scientific Advisory Board (Nov. 19, 2007)
| The VDRC strives to provide maximum support for the Drosophila research community, while maintaining its scientific independence from its host institutions. To help us better respond to community needs, we have appointed an independent Scientific Advisory Board, which consults regularly with the head of the VDRC. We are extremely pleased that Matthew Freeman, Angela Giangrande, and Maria Leptin have agreed to be the founding members of the VDRC SAB. |
New MTA (Nov. 15, 2007)
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In response to requests from the community, we have renegotiated our Material Transfer Agreement with our sponsors.
Some of the more restrictive items in the original MTA have now been deleted or modified.
We hope that this new MTA will be acceptable to all of your institutions. [Download]
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