Wellcome Trust Scientific Conferences, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
6-8 June 2012
Summary
This course is a collaboration between MRC Harwell, the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, the RSPCA and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Itaimsto introduce experienced technicians and scientific staff involved with the management of GM mouse colonies to best practice with respect to the 3Rs and animal welfare. The course looks at historical and current best practice in the maintenance of GM mouse colonies for scientific research and the differing disciplines involved in production, phenotyping and archiving.
Topics covered will include:
- Nomenclature
- Basic colony management
- Maintaining transgenic and gene-targeted lines
- Breeding for experimental purposes
- Maintenance of high health status colonies
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Organisers
James Bussell Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Neil Dear Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, UK
Nikki Osborne Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sara Wells Medical Research Council, Harwell, UK Confirmed Speakers
David Adams Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Cory Brayton Johns Hopkins University, USA
Arnaud Briat Animascope, France
Kevin Brindle University of Cambridge, UK
Steve Brown MRC Harwell, UK
Robert Cardiff UC Davis, USA
Ronald Demattos Eli Lilly, USA
Rik Lories UZ Leuven, Belgium
Andreas Popp Abbott, Germany
Aude Roulois GlaxoSmithKline, UK
Paul Schofield University of Cambridge, UK
Raj Thakker University of Oxford, UK
Piper Treuting University of Washington, USA
Vijay K. Yadav Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
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