JAX® NOTES Issue 510, Summer 2008
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In this issue...
The Jackson Laboratory Expands Focus on Diabetes Research
Diabetes is one of the world's most serious diseases. In America alone, it affects 20.8 million people (seven percent of the population), burdening our economy with approximately $132 billion a year in related health costs.
JAX® Services for Diabetes Research
JAX® Services offers four highly successful services that facilitate diabetes research.
The Scientist: Postdocs Rank The Jackson Laboratory Among Top Ten Best Places to Work
The life sciences magazine The Scientist recently released the results of a yearly international survey it conducts to determine which research institutions and universities provide the best experience for postdocs. In 2008, postdocs ranked The Jackson Laboratory as ninth among U.S. research institutions.
In Vivo Imaging Capabilities Expanded With Xenogen’s IVIS® Lumina Imaging System
Imagine having the ability to monitor cellular events such as tumor progression and metastasis in live mice! Well, thanks to a newly installed image monitoring system at The Jackson Laboratory — West, that concept is now a reality.
The Jackson Laboratory Steps Up to Green Initiatives
In a world where "going green" is become an increasingly integral part of the collective consciousness, it is also one of the top priorities at The Jackson Laboratory.
The Joslin Foundation and JAX® Services
The Joslin Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Center for Immune Tolerance in Diabetes at Harvard (CITDH), a collaborative group of eight laboratories based at Harvard Medical School is working with JAX® Services on an innovative breeding project which supports diabetes research.
BKS.Cg-m +/+ Leprdb/J (000642), One of the Most Widely-used Diabetes Models at JAX
Who would have thought that a black mouse with a chance mutation would one day become one of the most requested mice in diabetes and obesity research?
Investigator Finds Lost Mouse – 30 Years Later
We all know how it feels to lose something – a favorite book, CD, tool, reference publication, data - and find it again. The thing may pop up in the most unusual and unexpected place and time, sometimes a week, a year, or, as was recently the case with Dr. Yash Kanwar of Northwestern University in Chicago, over 30 years later and half a continent away. Dr. Kanwar’s lost item was a mouse, and he recently found it in one of our freezers. And now, here’s the rest of the story.
New MGI Web Interface
The Mouse Genome Informatics website (MGI) has been recently redesigned to enhance navigation.
New Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Therapeutic Discussion Area Online Web Forums Planned
As we mentioned in the Spring issue of JAX® NOTES, plans are underway for two interactive therapeutic area discussion forums to encourage researchers to share their experiences using JAX® Mice in disease research.
New Autoimmune Disease Resources Manual Available
In June, JAX® Mice & Services is releasing a new Autoimmune Disease Resources Manual.
A Guide to Unpacking and Working with C57BL/6J Diet-induced Obesity (DIO) Mice
JAX® Mice and Services provide both "DIO-on-Demand" inventory and custom DIO mice.
Newly Available JAX® Mice Strains
Newly Available JAX® Mice Strains
Brainbow Mice: a Rainbow of Colors in the Brain
Brainbow mice are an exciting new tool for color-identifying subsets of neurons involved in the brain's circuitry.
Dr. Ed Leiter — Nearly 35 Years Devoted to Diabetes Research
Contributions to diabetes research by Jackson Laboratory scientist Dr. Ed Leiter are universally recognized.
Cancer and Aging Research Specialist Dr. Rick Maser Joins The Jackson Laboratory
Rick Maser, Ph.D., a geneticist specializing in cancer and aging, will soon be the latest addition to The Jackson Laboratory's scientific staff.
One More Piece of the Type 1 Diabetes Puzzle Solved
Preventing diabetes is one of today's most pressing medical challenges. Thanks to Jackson Laboratory researchers Drs. David Serreze and Yi-Guang Chen, along with collaborators at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, N.Y., and Rockefeller University in New York, N.Y., medical science is one step closer to meeting that challenge.
The Jackson Laboratory Adopts New Titles for Research Faculty
The Jackson Laboratory is changing its research faculty titles to better align them with those of comparable research institutions.
