FUNCTION: The Basic Services of the Beth Israel Deaconess Transgenic Facility are:

• DNA Injections

• Embryonic Stem Cell Injections

• Embryo Freezing

• Strain Rederivation

• Line Rescue

• Somatic Cell Injections

In addition to the services the Transgenic Facility provides, the following techniques are available to the BIDMC/HMS research community:

• Embryo Culture

• Embryo Transfer

• Embryo Micromanipulation

• Mouse In Vitro Fertilization

• Mouse Artificial Insemination

• Mouse Vasectomies

• Microtool Development and Preparation

HISTORY: The Beth Israel Deaconess Transgenic Facility (Transgenic Facility) opened in October of 1991. The first transgenic animal created in the facility was born in January of 1992. During that first year, (’91-’92) 15 constructs were injected.  Other significant dates include:

1992- Transgenic Facility becomes core for BONRC (Boston Obesity Nutrition and Research Center) .
1994- Satellite Transgenic Facility opens at Research North (Fireman Building).
1994- Transgenic Facility becomes the Cohen-Solomon transgenic laboratory.
1996- Transgenic Facility becomes core for "Abnormalites in Signal Transduction in Hematopoietic Disease".
1997- Transgenic Facility becomes transgenic core for "SCORS in Molecular Medicine & Atherosclerosis

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