Planning Your Project
There are several things to consider while planning your project including timeline and budget.
General considerations:
- What mouse strain do you need?
- How many mice do you need?
- How many male mice are needed are need? How old should they be?
- How many female mice are needed? How old should they be?
- Will you be conducting microbial colonization?
- If colonized, are the organisms aerobic, anaerobic or mixed?
- Does your research require that your colony receive specific day-to-day or periodic treatments or manipulations? For example: a special diet or stool collection.
- How many isolators will you need for breeding and research?
- Is there flexibility in any of the items listed above?
Timeline:
- What is the availability of the mouse strain need for your research? In general, for wild type mice, BALB//c and 129S6/SvEv are more readily available than C57BL/6.
- What is the availability of isolator space? This is dependent on the number of isolators needed and the length of time they will need to complete your research.
Budget:
- Please refer to our price list when preparing your budget as it includes, isolator fees, cage day per diem and the cost of technical time.
- Think about the list of things to consider and complete the Request a New Project form so we can assist you with your project plan and help you meet your research objectives.