Center for Animal
Resources and Development
CARD is a founding member of the Federation of International Mouse Resources
(FIMRe).
Kumamoto University has been very active in mouse molecular genetics where gene knock out mice or transgenic mice have been widely generated and analyzed.
At the end of the 20th century, molecular genetics/biology has dramatically developed, and even the complex genomes of mice or humans are expected to be fully described.
Considering such vast progress, the next key research strategy lies in the functional analysis of genes at the whole body level.
This can be effectively done using transgenic/gene knock out mice.
This Center was established at the Honjo campus in 1998 and can hold about thirty to forty thousand mice and other experimental animals.
There are three divisions：Microbiology and Genetics, Reproductive Engineering, and Transgenic Technology.
With these unique divisions and modern, well-equipped facilities, it is expected to play a major role in biomedical science research in the 21st century.
 ORGANIZATION
Center for Animal Resources and Development,
Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811 Japan
TEL : +81-96-373-6550 FAX : +81-96-373-6552
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