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Training Course: Mouse Genetics and Colony Management for Researchers

26th February 2025, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

This course explores more complex genetic topics, including multiple allele crosses, complex disease models and will inform breeding strategies and experimental design rather than give a complete guide to the molecular biology.

Our team of experienced trainers will support you to examine how different modifications lead to different breeding strategies, the importance of genetic consistency and integrity and different modes of inheritance. There will be multiple workshops throughout the course and a focus on troubleshooting unexpected issues when looking after Genetically Altered (GA) mouse lines.

Date: Wednesday 26th – Friday 29th February 2025

Time: 10:00 – 17:00

Cost: £1,250.00 (cost is inclusive of accommodation, however, other pricing options are available)

After this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand genetic drift and how to maintain the genetic integrity of simple and complex GA lines.
  • Understand GA nomenclature and why it is important.
  • Predict the outcomes of genetic crosses involving multiple alleles, including chromosomal linkage and sex-linked genes.
  • Perform multiple allele inheritance and breeding calculations.
  • Understand the fundamentals of different methods that five rise to GA mouse strains.
  • Troubleshoot breeding and colony maintenance issues.
  • Know the basics of breeding conditional transgenic models.
  • Discuss blinding and randomising GA experiments.

This course is designed for Colony Managers, Researchers, and PhD Students.