Training
Transgenic Certificate courses now available on the AALAS Learning Library (ISTT members were deeply involved with the writing of these courses.)
MRC-Harwell Institute Transgenic Training Courses: Click HERE for information on various courses.
MRC Harwell Advanced Training Center
Genome Engineering and Validation by Long Read Sequencing
January 27, 2026
This interactive training session explores the use of long read sequencing (LRS) technologies for validating engineered alleles in both cellular and embryonic genome engineering contexts. Participants will learn the principles of genome editing design, how LRS compares to traditional validation methods, and how to select the appropriate sequencing modality for different allele types and experimental materials.
Click here for more information.
The 2nd Midwest CRISPR Animal Modeling Symposium (M-CAMS) will again be hosted by the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research-Transgenic and Genome Editing Facility (TGEF) and held in West Lafayette, Indiana on March 13, 2026
We had so much fun last time, we are doing it all again: a morning of talks by some of our most beloved ISTT members-Guru, Zach Freeman, Tristan Kempston, Masato Ohtsuka and special guest Mark Budde, founder of Plasmidsaurus, a lunchtime workshop on designing animal models and an afternoon dedicated to tech talk.
The afternoon Protocol Parade and Technical Roundtable will again cover all our standard protocols (superovulation, microinjection, electroporation, embryo transfer, cryopreservation, IVF rederivation) and will also feature 2 focus sessions this year One on zygote electroporation/AAV/GONAD and another on Sequencing/Bioinformatics for Genotyping.
We will talk about What we do the same, what we do differently and why. What's not working, what's working really well and why. What's tried and true, what's new and what's been around but we've been afraid to try. Tricks we are delighted to spread tips we are happy to share and secrets we are willing to divulge. And then we will keep the conversation going and the good times rolling at our CRISPR Mixer!
REGISTER HERE FOR THE MIDWEST CRISPR ANIMAL MODELING SYMPOSIUM MARCH 13, 2026
ISTT Educational Initiatives series
Past workshops:
Recordings are available for ISTT members among videos
A selection of presentations is available for ISTT members among methods/protocols/workshops
Exploring the New Ensembl Genome Browser - two part workshop
This two part tutorial is an introduction to the new Ensembl genome browser
(beta.ensembl.org), which presents genomic features for over 3,000 species
with a new user interface. Participants had the opportunity to learn
about the range of data currently available through the new platform, gain
hands-on experience in navigating the new Ensembl website to retrieve and
interpret data and learn about how this data might be informative for their
research.
Workshop I, July 14th, 2025
Workshop II, July 16th, 2025
October 29, 2024
Presenters: Marie-Christine Birling, Guillaume Pavlovic and Lydia Teboul
Highlights:
- Principles of genotyping and genomic validation
- Validating random integrations
- Validating targeted alleles
- Validating edited alleles
July 23th and 24th, 2024
- Fernando Benavides, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
- Lauryl MJ Nutter, The Centre for Phenogenomics, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
Global Shipping of Rodents & Cryopreserved Materials: A European & US Perspective
May 28th 2024
- Auke Boersma, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA) –INFRAFRONTIER
- Abby Chott, MMRRC and RRRC
Mating, Timing, Superovulation and Implantation
- Optimized workflow for efficient generation of large knock-in mouse models using a combination of IVF and CRISPR-mediated genome editing in C57BL/6 mice.
- Improving superovulation efficiency and implantation rates
March 25th and 26th, 2024
- Mitra Cowan, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Judy Hallett, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Non-surgical Embryo Transfer and Use of Cervical Manipulation for Induction of Pseudopregnancy in Recipient Mice (exclusively for ISTT-members!)
July 18th and 20th, 2023
- Barbara Stone, Director of Animal Research and Director of Assisted Reproduction Sciences at ParaTechs Corporation, USA
- Philip Damiani, Vice President of Laboratory and Scientific Operations at Embryotech Laboratories, USA
Gene Editing via Mouse Embryo Electroporation Workshop
May 24th and 25th, 2023
- Fabien Delerue, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Fatima El Marjou, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Embryo Transfer in mice, oviductal and uterine, surgical and non-surgical
March 23rd and 30th, 2022
- Thomas Kolbe, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Biomodels Austria, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- Rahmen Bin Ali, Animal Modeling Facility (AMF) NKI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands .
Designing mouse models
Nov - Dec 2021
- CB Gurumurthy Mouse Genome Engineering Core Facility, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA