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Jason Beckwith, M.S.

Jason Beckwith, M.S.

Director of Strain Acquisition and Curation

JAX Repository’s Director of Strain Acquisition and Curation manages the team of scientific curators associated with addition of new mouse models to the JAX public portfolio.

JAX Repository’s Director of Strain Acquisition and Curation is responsible for the team supporting JAX’s strategic initiatives such as sustainability expansion. This is done by retaining and strengthening JAX’s position as the preeminent source of mouse models and related services to the global research community by identifying, acquiring, curating and distributing biomedically important mouse strains. The acquired models serve as a primary source of new additions to JAX‘s portfolio of public offerings, and thus are critical to achieving revenue goals, as well as maintaining JAX’s well-respected position as global steward for making novel mouse lines available to the scientific community.

JAX Repository

JAX Repository is dedicated to the maintenance and public distribution of mouse models to the global biomedical research community. Mouse lines considered for JAX Repository are critically reviewed monthly by the Genetic Resources Committee. Acceptance into the collection is based on criteria such as novelty, characterization, scientific utility, and demand.

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