JAX® NOTES Fall 2007, No. 507
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In this issue...
New Physiological Data Summaries Available for Many Popular JAX® Mice Strains
We recently performed a comprehensive baseline characterization for the principal physiological phenotypes of many popular JAX® Mice strains.
Robert Braun PhD, New Jackson Laboratory Associate Director and Research Chair
The Jackson Laboratory has selected Robert Braun PhD, a distinguished scientist in the field of reproductive genetics, as the new Associate Director and Chair for Research.
JAX® In Vivo Services Drug Efficacy Studies: Standard DSS-Induced IBD Protocol
JAX® In Vivo Services uses a series of high-throughput, non-invasive, and highly customizable test platforms to validate drug targets and test drug efficacy on either investigator-supplied mice or any of our over 3,500 JAX® Mice strains, the largest mouse model collection in the world.
JAX® West: Supporting the West Coast Research Community with Local Access to JAX® Mice and Services
Some facts about JAX® West
New JAX® Histology Service
Our new JAX® Histology Service collects and processes tissues from either JAX® Mice or customer-supplied mouse strains that are part of JAX® Services breeding projects.
Sponsored Strain Distribution Service Improved by JAX® Sperm Cryopreservation and Recovery
The JAX® Services Sponsored Strain Distribution Program plays an important role in distributing unique mouse strains, saving you time, space, and money, and fulfilling the NIH requirement for sharing model organisms with the biomedical research community.
New STZ-induced Diabetes Service
We are pleased to announce that JAX® Services is now offering a streptozotocin-(STZ-)induced diabetes service.
The Jackson Laboratory Reproductive Genomics Program
The goal of The Jackson Laboratory Reproductive Genomics Program, an NIH-funded collaboration among Drs. John Eppig and Mary Ann Handel of The Jackson Laboratory and John Schimenti at Cornell University, is to produce, characterize, and map new mouse models of infertility and make them available to the wider scientific community.
Jackson Laboratory Researcher, David Serreze PhD, Honored for Diabetes Research
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the world's largest charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research, recently awarded the 2007 Gerold & Kayla Grodsky Basic Research Scientist Award to Jackson Laboratory Senior Staff Scientist David Serreze PhD.
Watching the Energy Flow in Neurons: Jackson Laboratory Scientist Helps Develop Two Fluorescent Mouse Strains
One of our scientists, Robert Burgess PhD, recently helped construct and import two transgenic strains with fluorescently-labeled neuronal mitochondria into The Jackson Laboratory.
Vision Cells Light Up in Blind Mice
Bo Chang MD, Jackson Laboratory Research Staff Scientist, and collaborators at the University of Florida and State University of New York Upstate Medical University recently reported that gene therapy can restore sight in mice (Alexander et al. 2007).
Jackson Laboratory Receives $749,000 Howard Hughes Education Grant
As part of a $22.5 million national initiative to help improve science education and connect research laboratories with their local communities, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded The Jackson Laboratory a 5-year $749,000.00 grant.
Mouse Phenome Project: Priority Strains List Revised
The Mouse Phenome Project (MPP) Priority Strains have been reviewed and revised based on strain availability, research trends, community input, and new resources, especially the recent release of the NIEHS-Perlegen SNPs for 8.27 million genome-wide locations in a set of inbred strains
New Jackson Laboratory Researcher Investigates Brain Development and Cancer
Associate Staff Scientist Kyuson Yun PhD is one of the newest members of our scientific staff. She and her laboratory are focusing on the biology of normal and cancer stem cells in the breast and brain.
Newly Available JAX® Mice Strains
Below is a partial list of newly available JAX® Mice strains.
Two Restored JAX® Mice Strains Now Available
In the Spring issue of JAX® NOTES (JAX® NOTES 2007), we indicated that two JAX® Mice strains were being restored with stocks derived from embryos cryopreserved early in the history of those strains. We are pleased to announce that the two strains have been restored and are now available for distribution.
New Strains Added to the Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model Resource
The Alzehimer's Disease Mouse Model Resource currently distributes 45 mouse strains for Alzheimer's disease (AD) research; 10 more models are under development. Below, 3 important new models are described.
JAX® Mice Shipping Containers: Comfortable, Clean, and Recyclable
We ship all JAX® Mice in state-of-the-art shipping containers designed for ultimate mouse comfort, and sterilized for maximum pathogen-resistance.
New MGI Batch Query Tool
The Mouse Genome Informatics site now offers a Batch Query tool for accessing information about many genes and markers all at once.
New JAX® Mice Database Functionalities
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the usability of the JAX® Mice Database, we recently implemented the following functionalities.
