Name of resource
FinMIT laboratories, IBT Tampere
Name of Principal Investigator
| Title | Professor |
| First name | Howy |
| Last name | Jacobs |
Address of institution where award is held
| Institution | University of Tampere |
| Street Address | University of Tampere |
| City | University of Tampere |
| Postcode | 33014 |
Country
Finland
Website
finmit.org
Contact email
Summary
We have various Drosophila strains created to study the effects of expressing alternative respiratory chain enzymes on flies. Because Drosophila strains are freely available to the global research community after publication, and archived in flybase, we do not list them here in any special way.
1a. The resource holds animal models relevant to the study of the following neurodegenerative diseases
Neurodegenerative disease in general
1b. The resource holds:
Animals Genetic material (DNA, RNA, vectors etc)
2a. The resource acts as a centre for access and distribution to external groups (who are not the PIs of the resource)
2b. Procedures and rules for access
International access
3a. Does the resource develop animal models for external groups
1
3b. Types of models provided
Not applicable
4a This activity is supported as:
Not applicable
4b. The supplied material deposited in a central repository
2
5a Disease models available
| Disease | Species | Available to external user (Y/N) | Full phenotypic character (Y/N or partial) | Phenotypes | Genotypes or other subtypes |
| All | Drosophila | Y | Partial | published | published |
6. European or international consortia or networks to which the resource is linked
| Jackson Laboratories, USAInternational mouse knockout consortium |
| Bloomington and other global stick centres |
7a. Maintenance of the resource is dependent on continued funding
2
7b. End date of current funding period
2013
7c. Expected lifespan of the resource (in years)
20