Asian Mouse Mutagenesis Resource Association (AMMRA): mouse genetics and laboratory animal resources in the Asia Pacific

Hsian-Jean Chin; Michael S Dobbie; Xiang Gao; James E Hennessy; Ki-Hoan Nam; Je Kyung Seong; Toshihiko Shiroishi; Toru Takeo; Atsushi Yoshiki; Jing Zao; Chi-Kuang Leo Wang

doi:10.1007/s00335-021-09912-1

Asian Mouse Mutagenesis Resource Association (AMMRA): mouse genetics and laboratory animal resources in the Asia Pacific

Mamm Genome. 2022 Mar;33(1):192-202. doi: 10.1007/s00335-021-09912-1. Epub 2021 Sep 5.

Authors

Hsian-Jean Chin^#¹, Michael S Dobbie^#², Xiang Gao^#³, James E Hennessy^#², Ki-Hoan Nam^#⁴, Je Kyung Seong^#^{5

6}, Toshihiko Shiroishi^#⁷, Toru Takeo^#⁸, Atsushi Yoshiki^#⁷, Jing Zao^#⁹, Chi-Kuang Leo Wang^#^{10

11}

Affiliations

¹ National Laboratory Animal Center (NLAC), NARLabs, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Phenomics Australia, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
³ National Resource Center of Mutant Mice (NRCMM), Nanjing Biomedical Research Institute, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
⁴ Laboratory Animal Resource Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea.
⁵ College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
⁶ Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), Seoul, Korea.
⁷ RIKEN BioResource Research Center (BRC), Tsukuba, Japan.
⁸ Center for Animal Resources and Development (CARD), Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
⁹ GemPharmatech Co. Ltd, Nanjing, China.
¹⁰ National Laboratory Animal Center (NLAC), NARLabs, Taipei, Taiwan. cklwang@ust.hk.
¹¹ The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. cklwang@ust.hk.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The Asian Mouse Mutagenesis Resource Association (AMMRA) is a non-profit organization consisting of major resource and research institutions with rodent expertise from within the Asia Pacific region. For more than a decade, aiming to support biomedical research and stimulate international collaboration, AMMRA has always been a friendly and passionate ally of Asian and Australian member institutions devoted to sharing knowledge, exchanging resources, and promoting biomedical research. AMMRA is also missioned to global connection by working closely with the consortiums such as the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium and the International Mouse Strain Resource. This review discusses the emergence of AMMRA and outlines its many roles and responsibilities in promoting, assisting, enriching research, and ultimately enhancing global life science research quality.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Laboratory*
Asia
Australia
Biomedical Research*
Mice
Mutagenesis