The ICS is a large - scale facility open to the community that ensures the generation of mouse
models à la carte, the
validation of genetic
models, the expansion and preservation and distribution of
models with the housing
department, and offers in its phenotyping
department a series of standardized functional analysis of mouse
models that can be performed in a comprehensive pipeline or on demand, as well as for more specialized studies, that cover the major functions and key physiological systems.
The three highly interactive
departments Genetic Engineering and
Model Validation, Phenotyping and Mouse Supporting Services generate approximately 200 genetically modified mice per year.