Other Meetings of Interest

Meetings, courses and workshops listed here are not directly affiliated with the ISTT, but members and others interested in transgenesis may find them useful.

UPCOMING MEETINGS, COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

The Francis Crick Institute is running a 3 day course on "Colony management: quality assurance and validation", 29th September -1st October, 2025. This in-person course is aimed at laboratory animal professionals running or involved in the management of a large number of rodent colonies, such as colony managers and coordinators, senior animal technicians, and facility managers. More details and registrations links can be found here: https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/colony-management-quality-assurance-and-validation


Course for Cryopreservation, Embryo Transfer and Assisted Reproduction in Mice (in English) September 29 - October 3, 2025, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Advanced training course for postgraduates and technicians working in the field of mouse reproduction and cryopreservation. The aim of this course is to offer theoretical background information with practical training in the techniques required for successful assisted reproduction and cryopreservation in laboratory mice. More information and registration: https://www.vetmeduni.ac.at/in-vivo-und-in-vitro-modelle/kurse/cryo-embryo-transfer-course


Virtual workshop on "Cryopreservation and Other Preservation Approaches for Animal Models," organized by the NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP). This workshop will be held as a series of virtual sessions starting September 6, 2024, and will continue into 2025. This workshop offers a valuable platform for experts to discuss the needs and challenges of cryopreservation and other preservation approaches for widely used animal models in biomedical research. The focus will be on current and emerging technologies aimed at advancing the preservation, maintenance, and sharing of these essential models, ultimately enhancing the infrastructure that supports groundbreaking research. The event is free to attend. You can register for specific sessions or the entire series at the following link: https://www.scgcorp.com/Cryopreservation2024/Default


MRC-Harwell Institute Transgenic Training Courses. Click HERE for information on courses


 
PAST MEETINGS, COURSES, WORKSHOPS
 
The first-ever Midwest CRISPR Animal Modeling Symposium (M-CAMS) was hosted by the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research – Transgenic and Genome Editing Facility (TGEF) and held in West Lafayette, Indiana on October 11, 2024.   Talks by some of our most beloved and “seasoned” ISTT members – Thom Saunders, Guru, Elizabeth Bryda, Daniel Davis and more; a lunchtime workshop on designing an animal model; and then an afternoon just for us to talk tech! We will look at all of our standard protocols – superovulation, microinjection, electroporation of zygotes, AAVs, embryo transfer, sperm cryo, embryo cryo, IVF, rederivation, ICSI, RATS!
 

The Texas A&M University Genome Editing Symposium, October 13, 2023 An annual symposium organized entirely by graduate students with a keen interest in genome editing technologies. We are encouraging applications from graduate students at U.S. institutions conducting research in genome editing, which may include, but is not limited to, basic research in sequence-specific nucleases, delivery method optimization, gene function analysis, and crop improvement, across the tree of life. The speakers will include Dr. Thom Saunders, Dr. Jeffrey Barrick, Dr. Matthew Burg, and Dr. Washington da Silva.


Transgenic Animal Research Conference (TARC) XIV : Aug. 13-17, 2023 in Granlibakken, Tahoe City, CA 
 Scientists working in the fields of genetic engineering and gene editing in agricultural species, federal regulators and livestock producers


Genome engineering: CRISPR/Cas from cells to mice 17 - 22 September 2023, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany and virtual

The 26th ASGCT Annual Meeting  of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) May 16–20, 2023.  Plenary speakers include Nobel laureate Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. David Liu

 


The 3rd Large Animal Genetic Engineering Summit 5 - 9 June 2022, The Chateaux Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, USA