Donate a strain to The Jackson Laboratory Repository
Submitting your strain(s) to the Repository offers you several benefits:
- Reduces the costs incurred by maintaining strains your lab is not actively using for research.
- Reduces the time and costs associated with lab personnel having to ship mice to colleagues.
- Provides the peace of mind that comes with knowing that a contingency source of your mice exists.
- Resupplies up to 3 breeder pairs, so long as we have live mice available.
- Fulfills NIH obligations to share mice.
After submitting strain information using the online submission form, your strain will be evaluated at monthly meetings of the Genetic Resources Committee (GRC). The GRC is made up of staff scientists and resource managers from The Jackson Laboratory. The GRC recommends which strains are most appropriate to include in the Repository using several criteria:
1. Importance of its current use for research, publication history, and current demand
2. Importance of its anticipated or potential future use
3. Difficulty of maintenance relative to scientific value
4. Existence and reliability of other resources that would ensure its survival
5. Difficulty of re-creating the strain relative to the time and effort required for its importation and preservation
