EMMA projects - EMMAinf - European Mouse Mutant Archive Infrastructure

EMMAinf was a project of 4.5 years duration (July 2004 - December 2008) and funded by the EC FP6 Infrastructures Program. Seven partners of the EMMA network participated in the EMMAinf project. The EMMAinf partners and their roles in the project are summarised in the table below. The EMMAinf objectives are described on the following page.

EMMAinf project partners	Tasks
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Biologia Cellulare (CNR-IBC) in Monterotondo	EMMA core facility, embryo cryopreservation, distribution, cryopreservation courses
CNRS Centre de Distribution, de Typage et d'Archivage animal (CNRS-CDTA) in Orléans	Embryo cryopreservation, distribution, cryopreservation courses
MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit (MRC-MGU) in Harwell	Sperm and embryo cryopreservation, distribution, cryopreservation courses
Karolinska Institute (KI) in Stockholm	Embryo cryopreservation, distribution, production of germ-free (axenic) mice
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG) in Oeiras	Production of germ-free (axenic) mice
Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Institute of Experimental Genetics (HMGU-IEG) in Neuherberg	EMMA Director, overall project coordination, sperm and embryo cryopreservation, distribution
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Hinxton	Maintenance and further development of the EMMA resource database and the public EMMA website

Objectives of EMMAinf