Revision of Sending Samples from Fri, 2008-12-05 07:36

On this page I briefly explain how to best send living worms and DNA samples through the regular mail.

Sending living worms:


coming soon.

Sending DNA samples:


Cut a piece from a styrofoam box (or something similar), use a pencil to punch some holes into the styrofoam, label the tube on at least 3 sides (alcohol dissolves most permanent markers!), and place a piece of scotch tape over the labels (to protect them). Then push the tube into the styrofoam, cut two pieces of cardboard and sandwich the piece of styrofoam, place this into a bubble envelope with some scrap paper to make it look more like a normal letter and mail it! This has worked very well so far.

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  • Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith