The Research Affiliates Program
Launched in 1993, the Research Affiliates Program is designed to provide investigators in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and biotech industries with facilitated access to comprehensive scientific information and research expertise uniquely available from The Jackson Laboratory. Over the years, our program has fostered exciting collaborations and interactions between scientists at The Jackson Laboratory and investigators from our Affiliate companies. Most of these collaborations facilitate decisions about the choice of mouse models for a specific disease or drug efficacy testing initiative. The goal is to enhance the validation of potential targets and/or better test the efficacy of the compounds, thereby shortening the time between finding a target and providing a safe, small molecule for the affected human population.
Gold level members:
| AstraZeneca PLC Member since March 1996 |
Merck & Co., Inc. Member since June 1994 |
| Biogen Idec Member since June 2001 |
Novartis Member since June 2001 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Member since November 2007 |
Pfizer Global R&D Member since April 1994 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Member since September 1994 |
sanofi aventis Member since January 2000 |
| J & J Pharmaceutical R&D, L.L.C. Member since January 1996 |
Wyeth |
Subscription level member:
| Bar Harbor Biotechnology Member since December 2006 |
A program designed with your specific research needs in mind
The Research Affiliates Program provides members with facilitated access to comprehensive scientific information and research expertise uniquely available from The Jackson Laboratory. Your membership in this program will help you keep pace with one of the most rapidly moving fields today — mammalian genomics and genetics.
Membership levels:
Subscription level benefit highlights:
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Exclusive "Easy Access" web link to various research resources provided by The Jackson Laboratory
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Facilitated access to genomic and genetic information
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Reduced registration rate to attend The Jackson Laboratory’s courses and conferences
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A dedicated 24-hour turnaround email hotline
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For more information: Subscription Level Benefits
Subscription level program registration and confidentiality form
Gold level benefit highlights:
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All benefits for Subscription-level members
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One free on-site seminar
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Facilitated scientific interactions with The Jackson Laboratory research and resource scientists
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Complimentary and discounted registrations to attend The Jackson Laboratory’s courses and conferences
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Complimentary registrations for Discovery Strategies, a conference designed specifically for topics of interest to scientists in the biomedical industry
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For more information: Gold Member Benefits
Gold level program registration and confidentiality form
Discovery Strategies Conference series:
Discovery Strategies Conference is a yearly conference focused on the laboratory mouse as a tool for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry research. Conference size is limited to encourage the exchanges of ideas and networking between participants. All members of the Research Affiliates Program receive advance notification of the conference before it is opened to non-Affiliate scientists. In addition, Gold members may be able to register for free. All invited speakers are renowned investigators in the biomedical field, including Nobel Laureates.
2008 Discovery Strategies Conference (Spring): "Modeling Human Autoimmune Diseases in the Laboratory Rodent"
Past Conferences:
- 2007 Discovery Strategies Conference (Summer): "Modeling Human Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes in Rodents"
- 2007 Discovery Strategies Conference (Spring): "The Laboratory Mouse in the Development of New Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Neurological Disease"
- 2006 Discovery Strategies Conference: "The Laboratory Mouse in Translational Cancer Research and Discovery"
- 2005 Discovery Strategies Conference: "Improving the Predictive Value of Mouse Models in Drug Discovery and Development"
- 2004 Discovery Strategies Conference: Mouse Genetics: "Accelerating Drug Discovery and Development"
- 2002 Discovery Strategies Conference: "Integrated Approaches to Unraveling Complex Disease: Phenotype to Genotype and Back Again"
- 2001 Discovery Strategies Conference: "Novel Mechanisms for Regulating Gene Expression in vivo"
- 2000 Discovery Strategies Conference: "Emerging Technologies for Phenotyping New Mouse Models"
- 1999 Discovery Strategies Conference: "Incorporating Mouse Models in Target Discovery and Validation" (How to choose 'em—How to use 'em)
- 1998 Discovery Strategies Conference: "Mammalian Genomics in Target Discovery"
Scientific courses & conferences:
Subscription level members can register at the not-for-profit rate, for those conferences and courses that offer such rates. Gold level members enjoy a number of complimentary registrations.
All applicants have to be accepted by the course/ conference organizing committees.
More information offered by The Jackson Laboratory:
The Jackson Laboratory is the acknowledged international repository for mouse genomic/genetic information. Research Affiliates receive facilitated access to the vast amount of information available from The Jackson Laboratory.
More disease model and genomic/genetic database information
For more information about becoming a member of The Jackson Laboratory Research Affiliates Program, please contact
Teresa Chu, Ph.D.
Scientific Liaison, The Research Affiliates Program
The Jackson Laboratory
610 Main Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609
Tel: (207) 288-6775
Fax: (207) 288-6152
Email: teresa.chu@jax.org
