The UCL Fish Facility. (360G-Wellcome-078047_Z_05_Z)

£246,385

Zebrafish is well established as a leading model organism for studying the genetic basis of vertebrate development and is fast becoming an excellent model for human diseases, for studying nervous system function in vivo, for cell biological, pharmacological and physiological studies and for analysis of gene and genome evolution. The zebrafish research community at UCL is one of the largest and most productive teams of researchers in the field. Zebrafish research at UCL entirely depends upon the UCL Fish Facility, a resource that houses several hundred genetically distinct lines of fish in 2000 tanks spread between two independent systems. However, the success of the research groups at UCL coupled with the increased availability of transgenic and mutant lines of zebrafish means that the current Facilities no longer meet the demands of the user community. Furthermore, the older and larger of the two existing systems is at the point of collapse and urgently needs replacement to avoid potentially catastrophic loss of resources. This application requests funds to replace the existing old facility and to expand the resource through construction of a third system. This project will underpin and allow expansion of research both at UCL and in the wider international community

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 246385
Applicant Surname Wilson
Approval Committee Neurosciences And Mental Health
Award Date 2005-10-20T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2005/06
Grant Programme: Title Equipment & Resources: Inactive Scheme
Internal ID 078047/Z/05/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Stephen Wilson
Other Applicant(s) Dr Masazumi Tada, Prof David Whitmore, Prof Jon Clarke
Partnership Value 246385
Planned Dates: End Date 2009-11-30T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2005-12-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Greater London