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Blastocyst injections such as the one illustrated in this photo are among the procedures done in the Mouse Genome Engineering Core Lab. |
Core facilities, sometimes called shared resources, provide sophisticated, expensive technology and expertise that no single lab would have the financial resources to purchase and learn.
These fee-for-service resources help investigators maximize productivity by providing access to technologies, services and scientific consultation at a reasonable cost.
Core facilities also provide stability, reliability, cost-effectiveness and quality control that would be difficult to achieve otherwise.
Facility name: Mouse Genome Engineering Core Lab
Location: The lab presently is in the Munroe-Meyer Institute but will soon move the Durham Research Center II.
Services offered: Transgenic and knockout mouse service production, mouse ES Cell targeting or electroporation, mouse embryo and sperm cryopreservation, rederivation of cryopreserved as well as lines carrying mouse pathogens.
Featured equipment: Microinjection stations, ES cell culture and state-of-the-art cryopreservation storage
Manager contact information: Judith Stribley at jstrible@unmc.edu or 559-3338
Core facility managers wishing to have a focus piece done on their facilities can send an e-mail to today@unmc.edu with the facility’s name, location, services offered, featured equipment, testimonials, manager contact information and a photo of the facility.