Mouse pathology workshop Sept. 10-16 in Weintraub

Brief

The Center and The Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor, Maine, will co-sponsor the "Fifth Annual Workshop on the Pathology of Mouse Models for Human Disease," Sept. 10-16 in the Weintraub Building, B1-072/074/076. The workshop is designed to assist pathologists and pathology residents in making the transition from human or animal diagnostic work to characterizing mouse models for human disease.

The workshop will feature talks from prominent mouse pathologists and geneticists, including several Center researchers. Dr. Robert Hackman, director of pathology, is one of the workshop organizers. Session topics will include the following:

• Nomenclature, basic mouse genetics and approaches to working up mutant laboratory mice
• Concepts of mouse models and immune-system pathology
• Pathology of infectious diseases, hematopoietic and respiratory systems and gene expression analysis
• Comparative histopathology, mouse phenotyping, pathology of embryonic development and ophthalmic system
• Dermatopathology and neuropathology

There also will be hands-on laboratory sessions in mouse necropsy and laser-capture dissection. Registration is limited to those with prior training in pathology. There will be room for a small number of auditors who make arrangements with Bob Hackman, at rhackman@seattlecca.org or (206) 288-1353, by Sept. 1. For more information, visit the Web site at www.jax.org/courses/events/coursedetails.do?id=232&detail=scope.

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