The mission of the CIC Facility supply center is to offer convenience and reagent cost savings to campus investigators. A limited number of popular products needed for tissue culture, Western blotting and protein gel electrophoresis are kept in stock and can be picked up during open hours. These in-stock products are essential for tissue culture projects, protein work and flow cytometry experiments. Items not kept in stock and/or shown on the price list can be ordered from participating vendors. Orders are placed daily from most vendors and an email notification is sent out when items arrive.
In addition to convenience and discount prices, the investigator can also take advantage of waived fees for shipping and handling, fuel surcharges, dry ice and hazardous fees in most cases. For those vendors that don’t offer waived shipping charges, the supply center manager will communicate details about combining orders to reduce shipping fees when possible. Additional savings are possible by using vendor promotion and special codes provided that this information is included on the order form at the time the order form is submitted.
Place orders
Submission of a completed CIC order form is required before in-stock items can be picked up, or specialty items not kept in stock can be ordered. Fields on the order form marked with an asterisk before the heading (*) are mandatory, and the order will be kept on hold until all of this information is provided. Alternatively, the order form as a Word document can be requested at ciccore@missouri.edu.
Orders are placed the same day when completed order forms are received by 12 p.m., or the next day if received after 12 p.m. Items are ordered daily from most vendors. The supply center manager tracks the status of orders on a regular basis and communicates frequently with the investigators when the arrival of items is delayed.
Order forms can be dropped off at M324 Medical Sciences Building or emailed to ciccore@missouri.edu. The supply center manager will provide verbal acknowledgement or send an email to confirm that the order has been received. If you have any questions about how to place an order, or questions about a specific vendor, you can contact the supply center manager at 573-884-7315 or at cicccore@missouri.edu.
Pick up orders
The supply center manager notifies investigators by email when at least one item is available to pick up, including both in-stock and special-order items. If you would like to verify that the desired quantity of an in-stock item is available, you can inquire beforehand. If you would like to pick up all of the items on the order at the same time, you can coordinate this with the supply center manager at ciccore@missouri.edu or at 573-884-7315.
In response to the COVID pandemic, the supply center doors remain closed at all times. In addition, entrances into the medical school remain locked during normal business hours and require a key card for entry. If you have access to the medical school, you can pick up orders at M324 MSB. If you’re coming from outside of the medical school, you can make arrangements with the supply center manager to pick up the items at one of the three possible locations shown on the map below. All three locations offer contact-free pick up analogous to curbside delivery. All three locations can be accessed by foot, and two of these locations are convenient if coming by car.
Location 1: This entrance is near the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, adjacent to the construction site for the nursing school. This location is not accessible by car.
Location 2: This is the front entrance into the Patient Centered-Care Learning Center (PCCLC) building on Kentucky Avenue. There is a circular drive in front of the PCCLC building, and you can pick up your items at the doors leading into the building.
Location 3: This location is at the west entrance into the School of Medicine. There is temporary parking on the west side of the medical school, off Dean’s Drive and across from the Tiger Avenue Parking Structure. You can leave your car for up to 15 minutes and meet the supply center manager at the doors leading into the building.