The Art of the Zebrafish
How a Charles River scientist’s images and movies are helping to inform our understanding of vascular development Continue reading
The Microbiome and CRISPR
Modulating the microbiome to treat disease, and employing sophisticated tools to ensure that CRISPR edits the right target. Hot topics to look for in 2018. Continue reading
Spotlight on Parkinson’s (Video)
What's percolating in the field of Parkinson's disease research? Scientists from Charles River and the Michael J. Fox Foundation discuss therapeutic advances, animal models and reproducibility Continue reading
The Synergy between CRISPR and RNAi
A recent article in Drug Discovery World describes how two tools are working together to build better mouse models. Continue reading
The “Silent” Confound that Biomedical Research Ignores
As we bring more technology into the vivarium we are inadvertently creating more noise and vibration, which could be harming our animals and disrupting our research! Continue reading
What’s In a (Viral) Name?
A new murine virus may be an old story retold. Read why Charles River scientists think that a novel herpesvirus has actually been studied for decades. Continue reading
Outsourcing Services In House
How an alternative business model helps companies retain visibility and increase speed to market but remove day-to-day struggles. Continue reading
Translating Cognitive Decline in Mice
How touchscreen-based assays can change the way cognitive impairment is tested in Alzheimer’s disease mouse models. A Q&A with Dr. Maksym Kopanitsa Continue reading
Cut and Paste (Video)
How the gene editing system known as CRISPR-Cas9 is transforming how we create animal models of disease. Continue reading
Whole-Exome Sequencing
Mouse-specific bioinformatics tools identify somatic mutations in mice. Our ongoing coverage of AACR 2017 Continue reading