The Mary Lyon Centre
The MRC Mary Lyon Centre is a new state-of-the-art mouse facility which carries out genome-wide ENU mutagenesis programmes to generate mouse models for monogenic and complex inherited human diseases, comprehensive first-line behavioural, neurosensory and clinical phenotyping, transgenic and gene targeting services, and pathology expertise. In addition, it operates as a mouse strain repository, animal production service and archives embryos, sperm and tissues.
Other services provided:
- Pathology and histology
- Transgenesis and knockout technologies
- Embryo and sperm archiving
- IVF and fast breeding
- Quarantine and import/export of animals and embryos
One-third of all of the resources in the Mary Lyon Centre are available to external research groups from other MRC units or universities. External groups also have the opportunity to establish collaborations with the MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, to take advantage of its expertise in systems biology, gene mapping, genomics, and mouse microarray and proteomic technologies.
For further information, please contact the unit
MRC Mary Lyon Centre
Harwell
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 0RD
Tel: 01235 841000
Email: marylyoncentre@mlc.har.mrc.ac.uk
Web: www.mlc.har.mrc.ac.uk
