Colony Management: Principles and Practices

This course provides training in the theory and practice of maintaining mouse colonies for production and research. This program is designed for scientists, colony managers, animal care technicians and students requiring an understanding of issues relating to the management of animal research and production colonies.

Topics include:

• Mouse genetics
• Gene and strain nomenclature
• Breeding strategies
• Genetic background effects on phenotype
• Reproductive biology of the laboratory mouse
• Using assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs)
• Cryopreservation
• Colony health
• Importation
• Recovering from disease outbreaks
• Production colony construction and maintenance
• Nutrition
• Genetic quality control
• Public resources for mouse researchers
• Cre-LOX Technology in Mouse Models of Disease 
• JAX Colony Management System (JCMS) Computer Software

Speakers included:

Jennifer Corrigan, M.S., The Jackson Laboratory
Peggy Danneman, V.M.D., M.S., DACLAM, The Jackson Laboratory
Charles Donnelly, B.S., The Jackson Laboratory 
Melissa Osborne, M.S., The Jackson Laboratory 
John Macauley, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Melissa Osborne, M.S., The Jackson Laboratory
Janice Pendola, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Kristi Thompson, Ph.D., Purina Mills, Inc

Registration Fee: $500.00

Website: http://courses.jax.org/2010/colony_fl10.html

Register online using our secure contracted registration service at Regonline.com.