Transgenic Core Facility
Transgenic Core Facility
The Transgenic Core Facility (CCMR TCF), being a part of the Centre for Comparative Medicine Research, supports the LKS Faculty of Medicine in research by not only preserving valuable transgenic mouse lines through embryo/sperm cryopreservation, and re-derivation and rescue of mouse colonies using assisted reproductive technology; but also generation of novel transgenic and gene targeted mice for researchers to study various disease models. The facility also maintains a repository of reagent mouse lines for principal investigators to generate mutant/ transgenic mice in research to study disease pathogenesis and gene interaction in vivo. The mission of TCF is to provide an efficient centralized service to support the HKU’s cutting-edge research involving genetically modified animals.
News
Transgenic Core Facility (TCF) has started to provide centralized services in August 2018. Services for phase one (Aug–Dec 2018) include embryo / sperm cryopreservation, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo / sperm rederivation of mouse colonies. Phase two services including generation of genetically modified animals will be provided tentatively in Jan 2019, following development and validation of procedures.
Resources
We maintain a repository of reagent mouse lines for principal investigators to generate mutant/ transgenic mice in research to study disease pathogenesis and gene interaction in vivo. The available reagent mouse strains are as below.
Services and Price List
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