About the GMRC lineHere at the GMRC at the University of Exeter we house a colony of research-grade Galleria mellonella. Our colony has been in continuous, isolated culture since 2017, and produces healthy, fecund adults which are crossed in batches of 50-75 to maintain the colony size.
The GMRC Galleria colony is reared in constant darkness, at constant temperature and without the use of antibiotics. We make a modified diet, based off published rearing methods (Jorjão AL, et al., 2018 - diet 3) using organic ingredients. |
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Start your own GMRC satellite colonyAs well offering last instar larvae to laboratories in the UK, we are also able to offer a comprehensive Galleria rearing training package that includes:
- Half a day in person workshop at the University of Exeter - Training in all aspects of Galleria rearing - including making larval diet - A written 'GMRC Rearing Manual' including UK based suppliers for consumables - A GMRC colony starter kit: 50 last instar larvae, plus 150-200 embryos - Reasonable ongoing support to ensure successful colony establishment - Up to 2 further shipments of embryos for establishment Watch the video to find out more about the process of rearing -> |
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Benefits of housing a GMRC satellite colony over establishing from current
commercial suppliers
- Reassurance that the establishing line is healthy and fecund
- Genetically sequenced (soon to be available)
- Back up in the event of colony collapse/voluntary colony shut down
- Establishment of assays with the GMRC 'wild type' line, for future use in comparison to upcoming transgenics/knock outs
- Knowledgable technical support via email
- Genetically sequenced (soon to be available)
- Back up in the event of colony collapse/voluntary colony shut down
- Establishment of assays with the GMRC 'wild type' line, for future use in comparison to upcoming transgenics/knock outs
- Knowledgable technical support via email
What to expect from a laboratory colony
- Healthy larvae on tap for experiments!
- Ability to genetically manipulate the organism using embryos (transgenesis/CRISPR training also available on request)
- Continued silk production by larvae
- Decreased variability in batches compared to commercial suppliers
- Generally, an increase in health status (for infection experiments, CFUs may need to be increased from experiments with non-laboratory grade larvae)
- Ability to genetically manipulate the organism using embryos (transgenesis/CRISPR training also available on request)
- Continued silk production by larvae
- Decreased variability in batches compared to commercial suppliers
- Generally, an increase in health status (for infection experiments, CFUs may need to be increased from experiments with non-laboratory grade larvae)
Interested in using our laboratory-grade Galleria for your experiments or
starting your own GMRC satellite colony?
Please get in touch:
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LSI @ University of Exeter
Stocker Road Exeter Devon, EX4 4QD |