What is an Expedited Process MTA?
The most common concern we encounter when distributing plasmids relates to the complexity of MTA processing and the long delays that this causes. We have sought to implement procedures that simplify and expedite the MTA process. The concept for our Expedited Process is that we obtain an institutional MTA signature for the collection in advance. This pre-signed MTA covers the vast majority of our collection of materials that has no appreciable intellectual property or liability issues. Once signed, any researcher from that recipient institution can request anything from the collection and receive it immediately because the institutional signature is already in place. We have implemented this expedited process successfully for the past 3 years amongst 66 institutions, and members of our network routinely request plasmids and receive them without delay.
