Transgenic Facility
Head: Dr. Hubert H.M. Van Tol
Advances in molecular and genetic research have increased our need to
analyse the function of genes in physiological contexts. New technologies
can easily modify genetic material in the germ line of mice or introduce
new genetic material in selected tissues or organs through viral-mediated
gene transfer. These technologies have given us new opportunities to study
the function of genes in whole animals, extending the molecular and genetic
revolution to the realm of behavioural research.
The Transgenic Facility provides services for breeding and maintaining
transgenic mice strains for the researchers at CAMH. In addition, the
facility is equipped to help the scientists create their own transgenic
mice strains or to employ viral-mediated gene transfer experiments. The
facility lent its services this year to researchers in the Molecular Neuroscience
and Biopsychology Sections.
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