Federation of International Mouse Resources

Federation of International Mouse Resources

The Federation of International Mouse Resources (FIMRe) is a collaborating group of Mouse Repository and Resource Centers worldwide whose collective goal is to archive and provide strains of mice as cryopreserved embryos and gametes, ES cell lines, and live breeding stock to the research community.

Please take our Survey of User Needs for Mouse Resources

This survey is intended to assess research needs and to better understand how repositories for mouse resources can better serve the scientific community.

Goals of the Federation of International Mouse Resources:

Coordinate repositories and resource centers to:

archive valuable genetically defined mice and ES cell lines being created worldwide
meet research demand for these genetically defined mice and ES cell lines

Establish consistent, highest quality animal health standards in all resource centers
Provide genetic verification and quality control for genetic background and mutations
Provide resource training to enhance user ability to utilize cryopreserved resources

FIMRe Charter
FIMRe publication: FIMRe Board of Directors. FIMRe: Federation of International Mouse Resources: Global Networking of Resource Centers. 2006. Mammalian Genome 17: 363-364. PubMed

Resources for mouse researchers

Search IMSR (International Mouse Strain Resource) for strains or mutants
(find the mice you are seeking from this worldwide catalog)
Search MGI (Mouse Genome Informatics)
(find information on phenotypes, mutations & genes of the laboratory mouse)
Check Mouse Nomenclature Guides for Strains and Genes
(consult the official nomenclature guidelines for mouse strains, genes, and mutant alleles)
Check Trans-NIH mouse page
(find additional information resources and NIH mouse program updates)
Deposit Strains
(link to public repository sites for contributing your strains)

Members of the Federation of International Mouse Resources:

North America:

The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (TJL)
Mouse Mutant Resource Regional Centers (MMRRC), includes

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
University of California, Davis, CA
University of Missouri and Harlan, Columbia, MO

Mouse Models of Human Cancer Consortium, Frederick, MD (MMHCC)
Canadian Mouse Consortium (CMC)
Canadian Mouse Mutant Repository, Toronto, Ontario (CMMR)
Europe:

European Mouse Mutant Archive (EMMA), includes
CNR Istituto di Biologia Cellulare in Monterotondo, Italy
CNRS Animal Transgenic Institute, Orleans, France
MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit in Harwell, UK
Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia in Oeiras, Portugal
GSF Institute of Experimental Genetics in Munich, Germany
EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, UK

Japan:

RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba (RBRC)
Center for Animal Resources and Development (CARD), Kumamoto University, Kumamoto
Australia:

Australian Phenomics Facility, Canberrra (APF)