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Neuromuscular Defects

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Research HighlightSeptember 15, 2020

Defective protein quality control and neuromuscular disease

Search MagazineSeptember 07, 2020

Mighty Mice stay mighty in space

Search MagazineDecember 02, 2019

Mighty Mice in the classroom

Blog Post May 31, 2019

The Versatile Mouse Model for Rare Disease Research

Search MagazineOctober 09, 2018

Of mighty mice and men

Press ReleaseAugust 16, 2017

New $1.9M federal grant to fund JAX studies of microbiome’s role in multiple sclerosis

Press ReleaseAugust 04, 2017

$3.3M grant to JAX for study of new ALS candidate gene

Search MagazineJune 26, 2017

Meet the muscle man

Education Resources

Jul 17 - 28

Short Course

Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: The 64th 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 29 - 31

Workshop

Workshop on Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse

Sep 11 - 13

Workshop

Workshop on Vascular Catheterization in the Laboratory Mouse

Model Development, Genetic Tools, Genetics and Genomics, Resource Development and Dissemination

Oct 09 - 12

Short Course

The Short Course on the Application of Machine Learning for Automated Quantification of Behavior

Lungs Respiratory, Model Development, Resource Development and Dissemination

Oct 23 - 26

Hybrid Event

Short Course on the Genetics of Addiction

Mar 19 - 21

Workshop

Workshop on Stereotaxic Surgery in the Laboratory Mouse

Research & Faculty

The Cox Lab

Researches the molecular pathways of human degenerative muscle diseases.

Parkinson's Disease Mouse Model Resource

The Parkinson’s Disease Mouse Model Resource characterizes and distributes new mouse models of Parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease.

Mouse Genome Informatics

International database resource for the laboratory mouse, providing integrated genetic, genomic, and biological data.

Michael Sasner, Ph.D.

Michael Sasner, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist

Peripheral Neuropathy Resource

Serves as a centralized resource for mouse models and tools that have been validated for use in preclinical studies of peripheral neuropathy.