EMMA partner
KI - Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB)
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden
The Karolinska Center for Transgene Technologies (KCTT), founded by Professor Urban Lendahl and
under the direction of Dr. Johannes Wilbertz, is a core facility for generation and banking of genetically
modified mice. KCTT performs quality assured core facility functions in the above areas, and is linked to
the cryobank unit and portal for export and import of mice to and from the Karolinska Institute. The
cryobank unit is the Scandinavian node for the EMMA consortium.
The mouse mutant bank today contains embryos from over 300 stocks. Principal staff involved are MSc Hanna Karlsson, who is coordinating the core facility functions, and Dr. Mona Fartoo. Karolinska Institutet has also the capacity to rederive mutants under germ-free conditions (performed at the Laboratory of Gastrobiology; MTC, KI under the supervison of Professor S. Pettersson). Such gnotobiotic mutant strains are important e.g. for the study of compromised immune systems.