January 31, 2012. The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) is pleased to announce that Professor Allan Bradley, Director Emeritus of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (WTSI), and leader of the Mouse Genomics Team at WTSI, will be awarded the next (9th) ISTT Prize for his outstanding contributions to the field of transgenic technologies. Professor Allan Bradley will receive the award at the next Transgenic Technology meeting (TT2013), which will be held in Guangzhou (PR China) on February 25-27, 2013. This award has been agreed upon by the ISTT Prize Committee, consisting of the ISTT President and Vice-President, the CEO of genOway, as the company generously sponsoring the award, and the previous ISTT Prize awardees. Read more...

January 28, 2012. The I International Scientific Meeting for the Optimization of Murine Models in Research was held last week in Valdivia (Chile), at the Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECs). This meeting, co-sponsored by the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT), was organized by Juan Manuel Baamonde (CECs) in collaboration with the Organizing Committee [Fernando Benavides (MD Anderson CC, USA), Jorge Sztein (NIH, USA) and Pablo Cid, Marisol Costa, Carlos Flores, Bredford Kerr and Marta Treimun from CECs] and with the support of the CECs Scientific Director, Francisco Sepulveda. Read more...

January 20, 2012. The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) is pleased to announce the Organizing and Advisory Committees established for the next Transgenic Technology meeting, TT2013, which will be held at the Baiyun International Convention Center (BICC), in Guangzhou, PR China, on February 25-27, 2013, organized by Prof. Ming Zhao (Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, PR China). A 3-day hands-on practical workshop on fundamental and specialized techniques in animal transgenesis will follow, after the TT2013 meeting, on February 28-March 2, 2013. Read more...

January 18, 2012. Today, the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) is six years old. We started to discuss the idea of founding this Society shortly after the 6th Transgenic Technology meeting (TT2005), held in Barcelona in September 2005, and, thereafter, it took us only a couple of months, with the great help of a few highly devoted and generous people, to find out what was required and, eventually, to register the Society in a country, Spain, at the International level. The official registration took place on January 18th, 2006, exactly six years ago. Read more...

January 12, 2012. The International Society for Transgenic Technology (ISTT) is most pleased to announce the co-sponsorship of the 2012 Edition of the popular training Course on Managing Mouse Colonies: Genetics, Breeding & Welfare, organized as a collaborative effort by four institutions: MRC Harwell, the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, the RSPCA Transgenic Training Working Group (TTWG) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. The course will be held at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK, on June 6-8 June 2012. Registration deadline: 29 February 2012. ISTT members are entitled to a reduced registration fee. Read more...

January 9, 2012. In about two weeks, the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) is co-sponsoring the I International Scientific Meeting for the Optimization of Murine Models in Research and III Practical Course CECs: Mouse sperm freezing according to JAX method, which will be held at the Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECs), Valdivia, Chile 24-27 January 2012. Read more...

January 1, 2012. The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) wishes you all a happy new year and all the best for 2012. Like every beginning of the year the renewal period for ISTT memberships is open. Please visit the join/renew page and follow the instructions therein. You may wish to download a year 2012 ISTT wall Calendar, created with free web resources. ISTT Members are entitled to a monthly calendar for 2012 with images from St. Pete Beach, Florida, where we held our last TT2011 meeting. Looking forward to receive and process all your renewals requests and registrations!. Thanks for your continuous support to the ISTT. Read more...

December 30, 2011. The second edition of the International Course on “Genetics of Laboratory Rodents” was held at the Institut Pasteur-Montevideo, Uruguay, from December 5 to 14, 2011, with the co-sponsorization of the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT). This course was organized by Martina Crispo, DVM – Head of the Transgenic and Experimental Animal Unit – Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay, and ISTT Member, and co-organized by Jean Jacques Panthier, PhD – Unité de Genetique Fonctionelle de la Souris – Institut Pasteur, France. The teaching team was composed by Scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Paris and Montevideo as well as other regional and international institutions, who are familiar with the topics, including several ISTT Members (Jean Jaubert, Fernando Benavides, Ignacio Anegon). Read more...

December 22, 2011. The International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT) wishes all of you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!. The 2011 ISTT Christmas Postcard prepared this year uses a wonderful chimeric mouse picture, obtained by Benoît Kanzler (Freiburg, Germany), almost brought back to life, while Seasonal Greetings are displayed using most of the languages currently used in the 40 countries of origin where our ISTT members work, world-wide. Read more...

December 21, 2011. Today, December 21st, 2011, the historical transgenic-list (tg-l), created by Peter Sobieszczuk more than 15 years ago, in July, 1996, has been moved and successfully transferred to its new home at the ISTT web server, following the agreement signed on September 30th, 2011, between Peter and the ISTT. All current subscribers have been transferred automatically and they will be able to continue using and enjoying this useful resource within the field of transgenic animals. Read more...

December 3, 2011. The TRAC 12:Transgenic Technology: Methods and Application Course is a four-day Biotechnology Training Courses at the National Institutes of Health that will be held on January 9-12, 2012. According to its web site: “This lecture/laboratory demonstration course is intended for those who wish to develop a strong background in transgenic techniques and applications. Read more...

November 12, 2011. Martina Crispo, Head of the Transgenic and Experimental Animal Unit of the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay and ISTT Member, along with Jean-Jacques Panthier (Inst. Pasteur, Paris) organize the 2011 Course on “Genetics of Laboratory Rodents“, that will be held at the Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 5-14. This course is co-sponsored by the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT). Read more...

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