kate murphy ★ 176 Posted December 15, 2016 Our whole stem cell lab is moving next year to a new space (not a better space, mind you, just new to us!). We have 4 tanks full of stem cells. Any advice or suggestions on how to safely move full tanks with liquid nitrogen? I have a feeling most moving companies would balk at moving "dangerous chemicals". We can't be the only ones who've moved! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R1R2 291 Posted February 7, 2017 Is it possible to move contents of one tank to the others, let LN2 dissipate and then move an empty tank? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kate murphy ★ 176 Posted February 7, 2017 Alas, we're almost all full, so no empty tanks to use that way. But I did get a response from the AABB celltherapy list group - and there are companies that specialize in moving full LN freezers. They have trucks with power, so that the freezers are plugged in, and will attach the freezers to LN dewers. They shrink wrap the locked freezers and minimize bumps while moving the tanks in/out. And 1 company is even local to us! We are not going far - maybe 1/2 mile away. But we'll still need trucks to do this. thanks for you suggestion! I thought we'd have to buy/rent an extra freezer and ferry the frozen stem cells by hand in dry shippers! With about 600 frozen tins, it would take months! Thank goodness for niche markets. 1 R1R2 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
