The Mouse Genetics Engineering Center (Centre d’Ingénierie Génétique Murine, CIGM) is the Institut Pasteur’s transgenic mouse core facility. Since its creation in 2003, the CIGM aims to generate new models of transgenic mice by classical or targeted transgenesis. Classical (additive) transgenesis, which includes lentiviral transgenesis, is based on a random insertion of an exogenous gene. Targeted transgenesis consists in a deletion or a specific modification in an endogenous locus using homologous recombination in Embryonic Stem (ES) cells or, more recently, by directly using specific nucleases. Preferentially used by the Institut Pasteur scientific community, the services of CIGM are also available to outside customers interested in new transgenic, knock-down, knock-out (KO) or knock-in (KI) mouse/rat models. The core facility also provides expert advice regarding the design of gene constructs suitable for additive/targeted transgenesis and homologous recombination experiments.
Guidelines for users and core facility teams: Click here to obtain the guide
To find out more see the Technology Department brochure here.
