GERMFREE MOUSE UNIT

Germfree Mouse Unit

Established in 2022, the germfree mouse unit is a part of Biological Resource Centre and serves to provide germfree and gnotobiotic mice services to researchers in Biopolis and Singapore.

The unit handles in-house colony of inbred and outbred germfree mice, and host reserchers' studies involving host-micorbiome interactions, infectious disease, etc.

BRC germfree staff are able to perform research and training in gnotobiotic technology and methods. 

 

Germfree Mice

Germfree mice can be use at the BRC facility
Available strains include:

• C57BL/6
• Swiss Webster

Housing

The germfree unit currently has semirigid, flexible film and surgical isolators available for short-term, long -term germfree or gnotobiotic housing.

Technical Services

• Inoculation (oral and parenteral)
•  Sample collection
• Technical consultation
• Other services may be available on request.

Professional Services
Consultation:

• Experimental design
• Pathology Services
• Histologic interpretation

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