Subscription level membership benefits

Dedicated Affiliates email hot line:

A special e-mail hotline exclusively dedicated to Research Affiliate members.  The hotline is one-touch away from any inquiry at The Jackson Laboratory. Customer service, technical service, or general questions about using your benefits will be handled within one business day.

New mouse model alerts:

The Research Affiliate members are provided with information on new mouse models, as they are received by The Jackson Laboratory's Induced Mutant Resource. Affiliates will learn when new mouse models have been accepted by the IMR, when they go into production, and when they are ready to order.  Feedback from our Affiliates will be used to help us plan the size of the production colony, improve the availability of these models and, help us reduce the incidence of back orders.

Discovery Strategies Conference series:

This conference series is designed specifically for topics of interest to scientists in biomedical industry.  Members will receive advanced notification about registration before it is open to public.

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Scientific courses & conferences:

The Jackson Laboratory is committed to promote the latest scientific knowledge in mouse genetics and genomics, and encourage the free exchange of ideas among various disciplines.  To fulfill this commitment, The Jackson Laboratory has a long history of hosting educational programs.

Each Subscription member can send its employees, at the non-profit rate, to participate in many of the Laboratory's world-renowned educational programs (for those programs that offer such rates).  All applicants have to be accepted by The Course and Conferences organizing commitees. 

Information offered by The Jackson Laboratory:

The Jackson Laboratory is the acknowledged international repository for mouse genomic/genetic information.  Research Affiliates receive facilitated access to the vast amount of information available from The Jackson Laboratory including:

  1. Disease model information:
    1. International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR): The IMSR is a searchable online database of mouse strains and stocks available worldwide, including inbred, mutant, and genetically engineered mice. The goal of the IMSR is to assist the international scientific community in locating and obtaining mouse resources for research.
    2. Mouse Mutant Resource (MMR): MMR is the primary repository and characterizes new spontaneous mutations in mice that occur within the large breeding colonies of The Jackson Laboratory.
  2. Genomic/genetic database information:
    1. Mouse Genome Database (MGD)
    2. Gene Expression Database (GXD)
    3. Mouse Tumor Biology Database (MTB)
  3. New mouse model alerts:
    Email alerts will be sent out when:
    1. New mouse models have been accepted by The Jackson Laboratory,
    2. Mouse models go into production, and
    3. Mice are ready to be ordered.
  4. Printed information:
    1. Notice of upcoming Jackson Laboratory courses and conferences.
    2. Copies of written materials distributed during Jackson Laboratory courses and scientific meetings.
    3. Lists of titles published papers authored by The Jackson Laboratory scientists.
    4. Scientific Report: an annual report summarizing the most recent research studies and progress of all Jackson Laboratory research groups.

Program registration and confidentiality form

For more information about becoming a member of The Jackson Laboratory Research Affiliates Program, please contact:

Teresa Chu, Ph.D.
Scientific Liaison, The Research Affiliates Program
The Jackson Laboratory
610 Main Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Tel: (207) 288-6775
Fax: (207) 288-6152
Email: tchu@jax.org