MUGEN Mutant Mice Database
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MUGEN Mutant Mice Database [1] : a database containing information about mutant mice as provided by the MUGEN NoE [2] consortium’s participating institutions.
MUGEN NoE is a research consortium of twenty four European organizations constituting a Network of Excellence (MUGEN NoE) on 'Functional Genomics in mutant mouse models as tools to investigate the complexity of human immunological disease' funding under the Sixth Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development of the European Union and is coordinated by Alexander Fleming BSRC.
MUGEN aims to structure and shape a world-class network of European scientific and technological excellence in the field of 'murine models of human immunological disease', to advance understanding of the genetic basis of disease and to enhance innovation and translatability of research efforts.
MUGEN's specific mission is to bring together different expertise from academic and industrial laboratories in order to study human immunological disease by integrating the participant's strengths in immunological knowledge with new approaches in functional genomics. In this way MUGEN expects to bring Europe a competitive advantage in the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic tools. In concert, MUGEN promotes training of young researchers and exploitation, dissemination and communication of scientific and technological excellence both within and outside of the network, to include all interested stakeholders in the area of human immunological diseases.
