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Colony management: quality assurance and validation
- Date
- 29.09.25 - 01.10.25
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- Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, London, NW1 1AT
A course aimed at laboratory animal professionals such as colony managers and coordinators, senior animal technicians, and facility managers
Overview
The training will cover the best practice elements of running a Colony Management (CM) programme, from sourcing and validating your mouse models (via genotyping, and genetic monitoring), to optimal management and performance of the lines, as well as breeding cohorts, health monitoring, archiving and rederivation strategies.
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the aspects that should be considered to ensure mouse lines are characterised thoroughly and can be managed as efficiently as possible for scientific best practice and providing stakeholder value. We will cover the theoretical principles of Colony Management, and attendees will have the opportunity to analyse and discuss case studies and ask questions to a panel of subject matter experts, in order to acquire essential skills and knowledge to apply in their daily practice relevant to their own institute.
The course will be run by the Colony Management Services (CMS) team from the Francis Crick Institute's Biological Research Facility (BRF), who provide a, flexible and comprehensive package of support that enables the efficient and effective mouse management of colonies at the Crick. The team places an emphasis on optimising breeding efficiency with a focus on genetic integrity and reducing breeding surplus. The Crick also provide genetically altered (GA) breeding support and training to Crick's scientists. Ensuring reliable and reproducible research and best practice in animal welfare is at the heart of what the Crick does.
The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the aspects that should be considered to ensure mouse lines are characterised thoroughly and can be managed as efficiently as possible for scientific best practice and providing stakeholder value. We will cover the theoretical principles of Colony Management, and attendees will have the opportunity to analyse and discuss case studies and ask questions to a panel of subject matter experts, in order to acquire essential skills and knowledge to apply in their daily practice relevant to their own institute.
The course will be run by the Colony Management Services (CMS) team from the Francis Crick Institute's Biological Research Facility (BRF), who provide a, flexible and comprehensive package of support that enables the efficient and effective mouse management of colonies at the Crick. The team places an emphasis on optimising breeding efficiency with a focus on genetic integrity and reducing breeding surplus. The Crick also provide genetically altered (GA) breeding support and training to Crick's scientists. Ensuring reliable and reproducible research and best practice in animal welfare is at the heart of what the Crick does.