| The ISTT Prize: a piece of art created by Bela Rozsnyay
February 8, 2010. The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) has established a “Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of Transgene Technologies“. The ISTT Prizes are awarded at each Transgenic Technology (TT) Meeting and are generously sponsored by genOway. The ISTT Prize is a unique piece of art and represents a mouse blastocyst created in silver by the Hungarian artist Mr. Bela Rozsnyay. Read more...
Mouse Welfare Terms
February 5, 2010. Mouse Welfare Terms is a website dedicated to standardising the way we describe different characteristics of laboratory mice which may impact on their welfare. The team who have developed the listing of terms is lead by mouse care staff and have worked with veterinarian advice to compile a list of controlled language for cage-side descriptions of any mice that may cause concern while being used for scientific research. Read more...
Course on Managing Mouse Colonies: Genetics, Breeding & Welfare
February 2, 2010. The RSPCA and EUMODIC will be holding a two-day course entitled: Managing Mouse Colonies: Genetics, Breeding & Welfare. The course, a collaboration between MRC Harwell, the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, the RSPCA and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, will introduce experienced technicians and scientific staff involved with the management of GA mice, to current best practice in the maintenance of GA mouse colonies for scientific research, with an emphasis on the 3Rs and animal welfare. Read more...
2010 ISTT Elections for Officers and Council Members
January 29, 2010. In 2010, and according to ISTT bylaws, we have to renew some members of the ISTT Executive Commitee (Council), whose term of service is due on December 31st, 2010. Read more...
From fibroblasts to neurons without ES or iPS cells
January 28, 2010. Today, Nature publishes an interesting article by Vierbuchen et al. where authors demonstrate that only three transcription factors (Ascl1, Brn2 (also called Pou3f2) and Myt1l) suffice to efficiently convert mouse embryonic and postnatal fibroblasts into functional neurons in vitro. Read more...
Registration for the TT2010 meeting has been closed
January 28, 2010. Registration for attending the next TT2010 meeting is no longer possible. We thank for your interest. We have reached the maximum number of participants that are allowed at the MDC venue. Read more...
Updated preliminary agenda of the TT2010 Meeting
January 25, 2010. An updated preliminary agenda for the forthcoming 9th Transgenic Technology meeting, TT2010, to be held at MDC in Berlin (Germany), on March 22-24, 2010, has been released. This updated program includes all scheduled sessions and the short oral presentations selected among the submitted abstracts. Read more...
Transgenic-List Archive now available from the ISTT web server (members-only section)
January 21, 2010. The archived messages distributed since 1996 by the transgenic-list, the official list of ISTT, created in July 1996 by Peter Sobieszczuk, and the reference channel for discussing any scientific or technical issue related to the generation and the analysis of transgenic animals and transgenic research in general, are now available for ISTT Members from the members-only section of the ISTT web site. Read more...
Happy fourth anniversary ISTT!
January 18, 2010. Happy Birthday ISTT! Four years ago, on January 18th, 2006, the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) was formally registered in Madrid, according to the Spanish law for non-profitmaking associations. Read more...
TT2010 meeting: January 17, deadline for “Early registration at reduced fees”
January 7, 2010. Deadline for registering to attend the TT2010 Meeting at early reduced fees is January 17, 2010. Please, visit the TT2010 meeting Registration page to benefit for a reduced fee early registration. January 17, 2010 is also the last day to submitting your expression of interest to attend the hands-on workshop on Basic Techniques in Animal Transgenesis. Read more...
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