21st Century Medicine
   A research and development company in the fields of cryopreservation and ice control technologies for cryobiology and industrial uses. In Rancho Cucamonga, California.
   http://www.21CM.com/

Accredited Tissue Banks List
   From the American Association Of Tissue Banks
   http://www.aatb.org/aatbac.htm

American Association of Tissue Banks
   Professional organization for accreditation and information.
   http://www.aatb.org/

Asymptote Cool Guide to Cryopreservation
   Manual of the general principles of cryobiology, especially regarding the preservation of sperm and embryos. Detailed but accessible to the educated layman.
   http://www.asymptote.co.uk/process/cryo/cryoguide/report/guidehomepage.htm

BioLife Solutions, Inc.
   Conducts research and provides hypothermic and cryopreservation solutions for cell and tissue preservation, including the HypoThermosol and CryoStor products.
   http://www.biolifesolutions.com/

Biolyph's Lyophilization Services
   Lyophilization (freeze-drying) and contract manufacturing of pharmaceutical and diagnostic products using LyoSpheres. In Hopkins, Minnesota.
   http://www.freeze-drying-lyophilization.com/

Biothermal Sciences Laboratory, U. of Illinois at Chicago
   Research on cryobiology, heat shock, and fever.
   http://www.uic.edu/~karlsson/bsl/

Conservation of endangered animals by using sperm and embryo freezing
   A project to preserve several endangered mammals of far northern Europe, using cryopreservation. At the University of Kuopio, Finland.
   http://fibre.utu.fi/proj/35.htm

Cryo-By-Design
   Cryo-By-Design is an innovative company that offers quality instrumentation, manufactured by an award winning company, since 1992 for cryo-preservation and freeze-substitution.
   http://www.cryotrain.com

CryoLife Inc.
   Probably the U.S. leader in research and cryopreservation of heart valves for transplant. Also preserves vascular tissue for heart bypass and vascular resonstruction, and connective tissue (tendons). Is also doing research in surgical glues.
   http://www.cryolife.com/

Cryobiology
   International journal of low temperature biology and medicine. Published by the Society for Cryobiology.
   http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00112240

Cryobiology and Anhydrobiology - School of Physics,University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
   Research and introduction by Associate professor Joe Wolfe
   http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/RESEARCH/CRYOBIOLOGY/cryobiology.html

Cryobiology: Low temperature studies of biological systems
   A readable summary of the field of cryobiology by a college biology student, but with some confused opinions about the intent of the field.
   http://199.8.232.90/bio/Biol410/BSSpapers99/krista/Krista.htm

Cryolab - Roskilde University
   Cryobiology laboratory at Roskilde University, Denmark. Concentration on cold adaptation in animals, with ongoing research in antifreeze proteins, microtubules, cryopreservation.
   http://virgil.ruc.dk/~cryolab

Cryopreservation Application Guide
   A detailed introduction to cell preservation technology from Nalgene Nunc. PDF file (249K)
   http://nalgenelab.nalgenunc.com/techdata/technical/manual.asp

Cryopreservation Research
   Research on trehalose and cryopreservation at University of Wisconsin, Molecular Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Group. Click on "Research." Includes a link to their nanolithography program.
   http://www.engr.wisc.edu/groups/mtsm/

Cryosite
   A company which provides secure off-site, ultra-low temperature and cryogenic storage for biological specimens. In Sydney, Australia.
   http://www.cryosite.com

Freezing fruit flies for future research
   An article updating the Peter Mazur research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. From "Technical Highlights" in the ORNL Review from 1993. You have to page down about halfway for the article on Mazur.
   http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/tecmain.html

Frozen Fruit Fly Embryos Hatched
   An article from "Technical Highlights" in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review (Vol. 26, No. 1). Reports the research of Peter Mazur and others from 1992.
   http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-1/net1026.html

Genternity LLC
   Proposed services to include DNA preserved before cremation funeral for genetic preservation and immortality.
   http://www.genternity.com/

International Bioresearch Solutions
   IBS is a non-profit national organization that works with organ procurement organizations to place organs that are not suitable for transplant with medical researchers.
   http://www.researchtissue.org

Ken Storey's Lab
   The "frozen frog" expert at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
   http://www.carleton.ca/~kbstorey/

LifeNet
   LifeNet is the largest, full-service, non-profit allograft Tissue Banking System in the United States. LifeNet is also a non-profit, federally-designated, Organ Procurement Organization providing donation systems for heart, liver, kidney, pancreas,lung,
   http://www.lifenet.org/

Lyophilization Services of New England, Inc.
   Contract manufacturer providing lyophilization (freeze-drying) of products, both vial and bulk. In Manchester, New Hampshire.
   http://www.lyophilization.com/

National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL)
   The section on "Preservation" discusses cryogenic storage.
   http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/NoPlains/FtCollins/nsslmain.html

Phase Technologies
   An organization dedicated to the lyophilization (freeze-drying) process that is used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostic products. Also provides lyophilization services. In Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
   http://www.phase-technologies.com/

Society for Cryobiology
   The primary scientific society in this field, founded in 1964 to promote research into the effects of low temperatures on all types of organisms and their constituent cells, tissues and organs.
   http://www.societyforcryobiology.org/