Workshop on Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse

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This workshop is currently full. Please feel free to sign up for the waiting list in case a space opens, or if you prefer there are spaces available in the June 19-21st session being held in Paris, France and the November 5-7th session being held in Bar Harbor, Maine.

This is a one-of-a-kind workshop on stereotaxic surgery in the laboratory mouse. This three-day intensive hands-on workshop is for those wishing to obtain training in the use of stereotaxic surgical techniques for brain manipulation. In addition to learning about different types of stereotaxic devices, this workshop also covers: 

• Survival surgery standards
• How to Read a Vernier scale and Brain Atlas
• Animal Positioning (ear bar placement)
• How to Define Bregma
• Intracranial Drilling
• Intracranial Injections
• Brain Cannulation (Including ICVC and Bi-Lateral)
• CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) collection

Additional procedures may be covered upon request and as time and ACUC approval permits.

This workshop may be used for continuing education units for AALAS re-certification.

The registration fee is $1,500.00 and includes all workshop materials, meals and shared lodging at Highseas Conference Center.