Training course for cryopreservation of mouse sperm and embryos
∼BRC-new-ovulation method and points of improvement in fertilization and birth rates∼

1Overview

We will provide hands-on training of basic laboratory techniques to produce and maintain specific mouse strains, including highly efficient superovulation, in vitro fertilization, cryopreservation of mouse sperm and embryos. We will also demonstrate micro-insemination operation and nuclear-transplantation cloning.

[Schedule]

2Host Division

Bioresource Engineering Division

3Date

* We may stop accepting applications earlier when the number of applicants reaches our maximum capacity.

4Place

BioResourse Research Center main building, RIKEN Tsukuba Branch
(Tsukuba, Ibaraki) Access

5Eligibility

Those who have experience in handling of mammalian embryos are eligible.

6Capacity of enrollment

3-4 people

7Tuition

25,000 JPY

8How to apply

Please download, fill out, and submit the application form with an appendix including required information to the secretariat by post (see " For your application and inquiry ").
* Please ask the person holding an administrative position to sign in the " Responsible person " column in the application form.

9Notes

• For technical training that includes handling experimental animals, you will be required to take educational training (e-learning) conducted by RIKEN Tsukuba Branch Safety Center in advance.
• There are no accommodations at the RIKEN Tsukuba campus, so please make your own arrangements.

For your application and inquiry

Secretariat of the technical courses at RIKEN Tsukuba Institute
3-1-1 Koyadai,Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0074 Japan
FAX:+81-29-836-9100
E-Mail:brc-kensyu@ml.riken.jp