On-Line Resources
UCI Sites
- Office of Research
Home page for the UCI administrative unit containing University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR) and the TMF. - Animal Care and Use Program
Information about initiating and conducting animal research at UCI - IACUC Forms and Applications
All forms needed for approval to use animals in research at UCI. - University Laboratory Animal Research (ULAR)
- UCI-MouseUsers email list subscription page
- UCI Mouse Strain Database
- Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Developmental Biology Center
- Arthur Lander Homepage
- UC Irvine Home Page
- UCI Directory
- UCI Campus Map
Mice and Transgenics
- Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI)
This site is run by The Jackson Laboratory (Jax), whose home page is listed in the next section. - Mutant Mouse Regional Resource Centers (MMRRC)
Established by NIH to rederive, cryopreserve, breed, distribute, and phenotype genetically modified mouse strains. - CreXMice (Cre transgenic mouse line database)
database of transgenic lines expressing Cre recombinase; maintained by Andras Nagy. - University of Michigan Transgenic Animal Model Core
Website for one of the premier transgenic cores in the world and a treasure trove of information, protocols, and references. Contains a comprehensive list of transgenic core facilities. - The Microinjection Workshop
A stunning website devoted to transgenics. Designed and maintained by Gary A. J. Brown. - Sources of mutant ES cell lines:
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (formerly Lexicon Genetics)
Owner of Omnibank, a library of over 270,000 ES cell clones created using gene trapping technology. - BayGenomics
- German Gene Trap Consortium
- TIGEM-IRBM Gene Trap Project
- Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (formerly Lexicon Genetics)
- Specific information about mice on the Jax website:
- Groups and email lists:
Animal Research
- Approved vendors of research animal stocks and services, including transgenic rodent lines:
- Charles River Laboratories
- Harlan Sprague Dawley
- Taconic
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