Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement.  The Jackson Laboratory distributes Parkinson’s disease models that are useful for the study of the basic pathophysiology of PD, and for testing new therapies.

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Mar 19 - 21
Workshop

Workshop on Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse

Apr 15 - 18
Hybrid Event

Short Course on the Genetics of Addiction

May 06 - 10
Hybrid Event

Principles and Techniques for Improving Preclinical to Clinical Translation in Alzheimer's Disease Research

May 17 - 23
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Workshop on Techniques in Modeling Human Cancer in Mice

Endocrinology, Genetic Tools, Rare Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disease, Cancer/Tumors, Genetics and Genomics, Cancer
Jul Aug 22 - 02
Short Course

Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: The 65th McKusick Short Course

Precision medicine, Ethics, Stem cells, Microbiome, Infectious Disease, Immunology, Model Development, Rare Diseases, Aging, Cardiovascular, Cancer/Tumors, Developmental Biology, Diabetes, Genetic Tools, Optogenetics and Pharmacogenetics, Autoimmunity, Inflammation, Lupus, Addiction, Dermatology, Autoimmune Diseases Information, Metabolic Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disease, Reproductive Biology, Down Syndrome, Fragile X, Rett Syndrome, Breast Cancer, Neurodevelopmental Defects, Metabolic Defects, Cystic Fibrosis, Genetics and Genomics, Reproductive Disorders, Complex Traits, Developmental Disorders, Diabetes and Obesity, Neurodegenerative and Neuromuscular Diseases, Immune Disorders, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Cancer
Aug 20 - 22
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Workshop on Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse (Aug 20-22, 2024)