A site visit to a facility in the Midlands will take place at the beginning of October looking at novel husbandry and care practices and non-invasive techniques. This will be for a limited number of people only. Booking forms are available now; bone fide members may apply for a booking form by contacting lasa@btconnect.com

A joint meeting with the International Society for Transgenic Technologies was a two-day meeting held in June 2007in North London. The title was 'Transgenics - 'Back to basics ..... and beyond' . Topics considered included:

Day 1

• Mice under the microscope
• Cryopreservation and Assisted Reproduction
• Supplementary techniques and refinements
• Transgenics - construct design and microinjection technique
• Knockouts - Gene targetting, culture and injection
• Considerations and approaches to Phenotyping Genetically Engineered Rodent Models

Day 2

• RNAi and transgenics
• Nuclear transfer
• What's in a name? Understanding transgenic nomenclature
• ICSI - Piezo, Laser or both?
• Sperm mediated transgenesis - ICSI and YACS
• Producing mice fully derived from ES cells

A report on the event should be available shortly :