2009

Konrad Hochedlinger, PhD, receives the ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award

July 10, 2009

HSCI Principal Faculty member Konrad Hochedlinger, PhD, received the ISSCR Outstanding Young Investigator Award at the ISSCR 7th Annual Meeting in Barcelona. The award, which recognizes the exceptional achievements of an investigator in the early part of his or her independent career in stem cell research, includes a $7,500 personal award and complimentary registration to the ISSCR Annual Meeting where he was honored.

Cover of 2009 HSCI Annual Report.

2009

April 18, 2009

MGH establishes new express quarantine policy for importing mice from the GMF

April 17, 2009

HSCI investigators at MGH will now have expedited access to mouse models made by the Genome Modification Facility (GMF). This is what Steven Niemi, DVM, Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM) at MGH announced in a recent email after completing an extensive review of the pathogen monitoring process at the Harvard facilities and the GMF. By adopting the Express Quarantine process, MGH will move GMF mice into their barrier facilities by 6 weeks of age, which effectively will eliminate any delays in setting up research colonies.

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