Mouse colony management: GA strain creation, validation, welfare and breeding

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Fee: £ 825

This course, held at the Francis Crick Institute in London, is aimed at colony managers, experienced/senior animal technicians, facility managers, and researchers (including PhD students). 

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This course, held at the Francis Crick Institute in London, is aimed at colony managers, experienced/senior animal technicians, facility managers, and researchers (including PhD students). 

Taking place across three days, a range of Crick experts will share a blend of current best practice theory and real-world challenges. Participants will have the opportunity to get hands on by planning and optimising breeding crosses, and analysing genetic background report data, as well as peeking behind the barrier with a facility tour.  

The course also offers valuable time for participants to discuss and share their own workplace challenges, and to learn from each other through conversation and active participation. 

Topics covered include: 

  • Mouse model types, application and availability  
  • Strain importation and rederivation  
  • Genetically altered strain creation  
  • Genetically altered breeding, good practice and breeding calculations
  • Strain welfare monitoring and phenotyping  
  • Caring for immunocompromised mice  
  • Health monitoring  
  • Genetic monitoring
  • Cryopreservation and assisted reproductive technologies   
  • Mouse microbiome 
     

The course has been developed by the Colony Management Services team, which sits within the Crick’s Biological Research Facility, providing a flexible and comprehensive package of support that enables the efficient and effective management of mouse colonies at the institute. Ensuring reliable and reproducible research, and best practice in animal welfare, is at the heart of everything the team does. 

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: 

  • Design and apply common colony planning tools and logic to real-world situations
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of genetic backgrounds and monitoring tools
  • Analyse genetic background report data – a cornerstone of any genetic stability programme
  • Apply basic barrier principles including those related to surgical rederivation and health monitoring
  • Explore new line welfare monitoring and phenotyping tools
  • Summarise the mouse microbiome and its influences on research

Place on this training are limited, and candidates are required to apply for a place by completing the form below. We will review applications in three rounds (w/c 1 June, 6 July and 3 August). Successful applicants who have applied before each deadline will be notified by the following week. Please note that applications will close once the maximum number of delegates has been reached, therefore consider applying early to avoid disappointment.

Registration fees are £825, though discounted registration fees of £660 are available to staff and students from Imperial College London, University College London (UCL) and King’s College London. 

This training is approved by the Royal Society of Biology. Training course approval is an independent review process that recognises relevant, high-quality training. Upon completion of this course, participants can claim 54 CPD points. 

By applying and/or registering to this course, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the Terms and Conditions.

Have a question?

Contact our technical training team at techtraining@crick.ac.uk

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This training event is sponsored by Transnetyx

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