March 3, 2010. The program and abstracts of the forthcoming 9th Transgenic Technology meeting (TT2010), to be held in Berlin, at the MDC, on March 22-24, 2010, have been just published in the April issue (19:2) of the scientific journal Transgenic Research, associated to the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT). Read more...

March 1, 2010. These are the results of the 2010 ISTT Elections: Lluis Montoliu has been re-elected President of ISTT, Carlisle Landel has been re-elected Secretary of ISTT, Manuel Sanchez-Martin has been elected Treasurer of ISTT, Shirley Pease and Jan Parker-Thornburg have been re-elected ISTT Officers and Elizabeth Williams has been elected ISTT Officer. Their terms of service will start on January 1st, 2011, till December 31st, 2014. Read more...

February 20, 2010. At the TT2010 meeting, to be held in Berlin, on March 22-24, 2010, there will be several social amenities organized, prior the conference itself. On Sunday 21, 2010, there will be a Sightseeing boat-trip. The sightseeing boat trip will start on the river Spree, close to Friedrichstraße, around 3 pm on Sunday, March 21 and will be a two to three hour guided tour through the historical center of Berlin and some more recent quarters. Read more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...