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Transgenic techniques have revolutionized biological science research. This technique allows scientists to introduce or eliminate a gene of choice from an organism to interrogate the role of the gene in the physiology of the animal. BSBE department had infrastructure to conduct such experiments in worms, flies and birds but not in fish or mice. The equipments obtained through the CARE proposal (2012-13) lays the foundation to eventually achieve these.
The acquired facility integrates two platforms which together makes transgenesis (genetic manipulation) in fish and mice feasible: namely,
The items under component (1) is a set of three stereo-binocular microscope while those under component (2) includes set up for (a) aquaculture with sanitized, temperature- and oxygen-regulated circulated water system and culture tanks for Zebrafish and (b) individually-ventilated caging system for post-operative sterile housing of the transgenic animals.
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