Table 2.
Minimum cost of establishment and maintenance of one cryopreservation center for 30 years
| Labor cost of two embryologists | 110,000€ cost of two embryologists (one leading expert with an embryology and/or cell culture background plus one additional person with a bio-medical technical background)*30 = 3,300,000€ |
|---|---|
| Medical equipment | LN2 tank*3, transportation box*10, lamina flow*2, microscope, fluorescence microscope, programmed freezer, incubators, refrigerator, thermo plate with circulating cooler, laboratory ice maker, nitrogen supply tank, plate-shaker, analytical calibrated scale, micro pipette, dewar-container, dry shipper: 200,000, T = 600,000 |
| Research and test | Reagent etc., 1000,000€ |
| Periodic replenishment of LN2 | 10,000€ |
| Electricity, water, sewage, and gas cost | 100,000€ |
| Total | 5,010,000€ |