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The ISTT at FELASA-2013 in Barcelona10 June 2013.
The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) is participating as exhibitor at the current FELASA-SECAL Congress, being held in Barcelona (Spain), on June 10-13, 2013. Alison Cameron, the ISTT administrative assistant, will be responsible for the ISTT booth. If you are attending this international conference on Laboratory Animal Science, please come to visit us. We'll be deligthed to welcome all of you at the ISTT booth (#230), at the FELASA-SECAL 2013 venue, in the beautiful ... read more
Farewell from council: See you soon Jan and many thanks!1 June 2013.
Today, on June 1st, 2013, Jan Parker-Thornburg, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, and Manager of the Genetically Engineered Mouse Facility (GEMF), has stepped down from the ISTT council, voluntarily, after having been part of the ISTT Executive Committee since the inception of this Society, in 2006, being elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010. With her most generous gesture... read more
Numerous ISTT events in June 201330 May 2013.
The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) will be participating and/or co-sponsoring numerous events during the month of June 2013. At first, on June 7, 2013, our ISTT colleagues from Nantes (France), Ignacio Anegon and Séverine Ménoret, experts in the generation of transgenic rats, will be holding their 2013 Nantes Transgenic meeting on "Technical advances in the generation of transgenic animals and in their applications". Next, on June 10-13, 2013, in Barcelona (Spain), ... read more
The new elected 2013 ISTT Vice-President and council members17 May 2013.
These are the official results of the 2013 ISTT elections, for choosing a new ISTT Vice-President and two new council members. Benoît Kanzler (Freiburg, Germany) has been elected ISTT Vice-President. Karen Brennan (Sydney, Australia) and Jorge Sztein (Rockville, MD, USA) have been elected new ISTT council members. All three candidates received the support of the majority of voting ISTT members. The official start of their four-year term will begin on January 1, 2014. However, they will be im... read more
TT2013 meeting report published in Transgenic Research30 April 2013.
The TT2013 meeting report, written by Douglas Strathdee (Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, Scotland, UK) and C. Bruce A. Whitelaw (Division of Developmental Biology, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, UK) has just been published, online, at the Transgenic Research journal web site. This review, entitled 'TT2013 meeting report: the Transgenic Technology meeting visits Asia for the first time'... read more
First transgenic sheep made in SouthAmerica announced in Uruguay by ISTT members26 April 2013.
Researchers at the Institute of Animal Reproduction in Uruguay (IRAUy), led by Alejo Menchaca (ISTT Member), in collaboration with members of the Transgenic and Experimental Animal Unit (UATE) of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, led by Martina Crispo (ISTT Member) and Ignacio Anegon's laboratory (ISTT Member), of the Transgenic Rats common facility, ITERT, INSERM, Nantes, France, working in Europe but born in Uruguay, have announced the generation of several green transgenic sheep made wi... read more
ISTT will be present at the FELASA-2013 Congress in Barcelona15 April 2013.
The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) will be present, as exhibitor, at the FELASA-2013 Congress that will be held in Barcelona (Spain), on 10-13 June 2013. The ISTT had already supported and participated as co-sponsor in previous FELASA meetings, but this time our Society will be represented officially by Alison Cameron, the ISTT administrative assistant, who will be responsible for the ISTT booth (#230) at the FELASA-2013 congress venue. We warmly invite all ISTT mem... read more
Mouse sperm cryopreservation: satellite workshop at the 2013 FELASA-SECAL Congress in Barcelona, Spain, 10 June 201326 March 2013.
The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) is pleased to announce the approved co-sponsorship of the Mouse Sperm Cryopreservation satellite workshop, organized by Jorge Sztein (NIH, Rockville, MD, USA) and Jesús Martínez Palacio (CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain), both ISTT members, in Barcelona (Spain) on 10 June 2013, within the activities associated to the 2013 FELASA-SECAL Congress in Barcelona, Spain, 10-13 June 2013. The main objective of this workshop is to acquaint students on... read more
EMBO Practical Course - Developmental neurobiology: From worms to mammals, 30 June to 13 July 2013 - London, UK25 March 2013.
The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) will be pleased to support the 2013 Edition of the EMBO Practical Course on Developmental Neurobiology: From Worms to Mammals, which will be held at the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London, UK, on 30 June to 13 July 2013, organized by Robert Hindges (ISTT member) and other colleagues. The ISTT will be promoted among lecturers, instructors and participants at this course and, at the same time, several IS... read more
In memoriam: Frank Ruddle15 March 2013.
"Yale scientist Francis Hugh (Frank) Ruddle, a pioneer in genetic engineering and the study of developmental genetics, died March 10 in New Haven. He was 83 years old". This is how a text in memoriam of Frank Ruddle, who passed away last Sunday, begins, at the Yale University web site. Frank Ruddle was Professor Emeritus at the Department of Molecular and Developmental, Yale University. In collaboration with Jon W. Gordon, from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, at the time one of... read more
The TT2013 meeting and the ISTT at the Chinese science web portal biodiscover.com12 March 2013.
The recent and most successful 11th Transgenic Technology (TT2013) meeting, held in Guagnzhou (China) on 25-27 February 2013 and organized by Prof. Ming Zhao (Southern Medical University)l, on behalf of the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT), has been reported, commented and covered by pictures, videos and TV- interviews at the most popular and visited Chinese science-oriented web portal biodiscover.com. Footage includes TV-interviews to Prof. Ming Zhao, Chair of the TT... read more
The TT2013 meeting in Guangzhou: the ISTT family gently bitten by the Chinese snake 3 March 2013.
Immediately after the Chinese Spring festival, the Chinese New Year's celebrations, the ISTT family was gently bitten by the Chinese snake. The 12th Transgenic Technology meeting, TT2013, held in Guangzhou, the capital of the province of Guandong, inaugurated the year of the snake, in the Chinese calendar. Ancient Chinese wisdom says a snake in the house is a good omen because it means that your family will not starve. People born in the Year of the Snake are keen and cunning, quite intellig... read more
CARD-CNB Mouse Sperm and Embryo Cryopreservation Practical Course, Madrid, Spain, 7-11 October 201322 February 2013.
The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) has agreed to co-sponsor the CARD-CNB Mouse Sperm and Embryo Cryopreservation Practical Course that will be held at the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), in Madrid, CSIC, during one week, on 7-11 October 2013, organized by Naomi Nakagata (CARD-Kumamoto University, Japan, Coordinator of CARD) and Lluis Montoliu (CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain, Coordinator of the Spanish EMMA node).
This course is open to anyone interested. P... read more
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IX UC Davis Transgenic Animal Research Conference (TARC)
Granlibakken Conference Center, Tahoe City, CA, USA
11-15 August 2013
Organized by: James D. Murray (Dep. Animal Science, UC Davis)
Registration deadline: 21 June 2013
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CARD-CNB Mouse Sperm and Embryo Cryopreservation Practical Course
CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
7-11 October 2013
Organized by: Naomi Nakagata (CARD-Kumamoto Univ.) and Lluís Montoliu (CNB-CSIC)
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Next TT Meeting: TT2014
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
6-8 October 2014
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