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Latest news(2024 vol.07)
Experimental Animal Division
The relationship between CD103-positive DCs and oral tolerance
In the April 2024 "Mouse of the Month", we introduce B6.CD103-LSL-DTR mice (RBRC11949) and Tnfsf15 gene-deficient mice (RBRC11950) deposited by Katsuaki Sato, Ph.D. (University of Miyazaki).
Experimental Plant Division
New mutant and transgenic lines added to the Exp-Plant Catalog
Information on eighty-five individual seed lines has been added to the list of individual seed lines in the Exp-Plant Catalog (a total of 524 lines).
You can search for a line using the line information or the reference information (title etc.) associated with the line.
Cell Engineering Division
FY2024 Training course for human iPS cells
In this course, we will offer a lecture and practical training for human iPS cells including the overview of human iPS cell culture methods with passaging, freezing and resuscitation on feeder cells (vitrification method) as well as feeder-free culture methods in 1 day course.
Gene Engineering Division
Common marmoset cDNA Clone MMTD
Plasmids used for gene expression analysis by in situ hybridization in Marmoset Gene Atlas database project, promoted by the research team of Dr. Tomomi Shimogori, RIKEN CBS are currently distribution.
Microbe Division (JCM)
Legionella species causing legionellosis
Legionella is aerobic, rod-shaped and Gram-negative bacteria, and includes Legionella pneumophila, which causes legionellosis. In JCM, 18 strains belong to the 14 species,including Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila JCM 7571T, have been maintained.