The Jackson Laboratory is committed to setting quality standards in animal care and ensuring that these standards are maintained throughout all of our mouse colonies.
JAX® Mice are bred within and shipped from multiple animal rooms. Click here for the most up to date health status reports for all rooms.
One of the most significant scientific advances of the last ten years, organoids have revolutionized research across several fields, and...
The microbiome plays a vital role in our health and wellbeing. Now researchers are using sequencing technology to better...
The Animal Health Program at JAX ensures the health of our mouse colonies by preventing the entry of pathogens and minimizing opportunities...
JAX provides you comprehensive resources to understand appropriate nomenclature for mouse strains including inbred, substrains,...
Learn what is in the name of genetically engineered and mutant mouse strains.
The definitive resource for anyone working with laboratory mice, this is the 6th edition of The Jackson Laboratory Handbook on Genetically...
Learn the highlights of mouse strain nomenclature with this poster.
This poster was inspired by the January/February image of our 2014 JAX® Mice, Clinical & Research Services Calendar, representing the NSG™...
General do's and don'ts, valuable tips and troubleshooting advice for genotyping research mice.
Check the most common PCR questions and answers regarding genotyping research mice.
The impact of Dr. Snell’s work laid the foundation for understanding how transplantation could be successful both in experimental animals...
Learn how the original BALB/c strain separated into two major substrains (BALB/cJ and BALB/cByJ) and how to decide which one...
Helpful hints for understanding hybrid strain nomenclature.
Learn about the barrier facilities maintained at The Jackson Laboratory and the husbandry restrictions that apply to each...
Helpful hints for understanding inbred strain nomenclature.
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