Laboratory Animal Shared Resources Linda Siracusa, PhD Linda.Siracusa@jefferson.edu BLSB 719 215-503-4536 http://www.jefferson.edu/cancer-center/research/shared-resources.html Mission, Goals, Capabilities Cryopreservation and ARTS Services This shared resource provides cryopreservation of valuable mouse strains and recovery of mice from frozen germplasm as well as a range of assisted reproductive techniques that can be applied to maintaining mouse strains in a cost- and time-effective manner. Services To provide a centralized, state-ofthe-art service for cryopreservation of mouse germplasm To preserve useful mouse models To disseminate cryopreserved germplasm, as requested by Jefferson investigators To recover mouse strains from cryopreserved specimens To provide breeding and colony maintenance expertise to faculty