JAX® NOTES Issue 512, Winter 2008
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In this issue...
Research tools for neurobiological research
Looking for Cre-, fluorescent protein-, FLP-FRT-, TET-, or lacZ-expressing mouse strains for your neurobiology research? Check out the Research Tools section of the JAX® Mice Database
New: JAX® Mouse Diversity Genotyping Array
A new, high-density mouse genotyping microarray will be available in January, 2009.
Looks aren't everything?
Gorgeous! Spectacular! Striking! Darling! Those are adjectives commonly used to describe the shiny-, long-, and silky-furred Angora Himalayan Satin mouse.
New JAX Field Representative
The Jackson Laboratory welcomes Rob Brankamp, the newest member of our Regional Representative team.
New Version of JAX® Mice Coat Color Poster
Whether you're a hard-core mouse geneticist or a discriminating mouse fancier, the latest version of the popular JAX® Mice Coat Color poster is guaranteed to please.
New JAX® Mice 14-day Pups Poster
Based on a customer request, the JAX pups poster, which originally illustrated three strains of pups from birth through day seven has been newly revised.
Ask for the J today and receive "Night Mice"
The first 100 people who request the NEW JAX® Most Popular Strains catalog will receive a complimentary "Night Mice" poster, part of the Limited Edition artwork series produced for The Jackson Laboratory by Maine artist M. Scott Duffy.
MGI Redesigns Alleles & Phenotypes pages
The Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) phenotype pages now contain powerful new options for exploring the relationships between genotypes and phenotypes.
Explaining the human calcium and sodium palates
Calcium and sodium are critically important minerals for a host of physiological processes in nearly every living thing.
JAX® Mice strain sheds new light on autism
JAX® Mice Strain BTBR T+ tf/J (002282) may shed light on the genetic causes of autism.
Newly available JAX® Mice Strains
Eleven newly available JAX® Mice Strains
DBA/2J, a multipurpose neurological disease model
The DBA/2J mouse (D2, 000671) not only has the distinction of being the oldest of all inbred mouse strains (Dr. C.C. Little began breeding it in 1909), but, along with the C57BL/6J (B6, 000664) strain, to which it is genetically disparate and often compared, it is one of the most versatile and widely used JAX® Mice.
NSG mouse used to test novel anti-HIV therapy
AIDS patients have a new friend — JAX® Mice strain NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (005557) — commonly called NOD scid gamma (NSG) is a promising new model that supports HIV-AIDS research.
New: JAX® Microinjection Service
Need a genetically modified mouse model that is not in our collection? Our new JAX® Microinjection Service can help you construct it.
New JAX® Mice & Services Resource Manuals Published
In keeping with our mission to share our resources with the wider scientific community, JAX® Mice & Services has just released three new and very useful tools for biomedical research.
Unique infertility-causing mutation
Approximately 15% of all couples, regardless of ethnic background, experience infertility. Given the tremendous progress in biomedical research, why is human infertility such a persistent problem?
Research that boggles the mind
It's no secret that the mammalian brain is by far the most complex organ in all of life. It consists of billions of neurons and trillions of synapses, specialized junctions through which neurons signal to each other and to non-neuronal cells, such as those in muscles or glands.
Courses and Conferences
Upcoming courses and conferences of interest to JAX® NOTES readers.
New resource illustrates divergence of C57BL/6 laboratory mouse substrains
Our new Divergence of C57BL/6 Laboratory Mouse Substrains poster illustrates the history and development of today's C57BL/6 (B6) substrains. Over 20 major B6 substrains are commercially distributed by various organizations worldwide, however that's only part of the story.
