Skip to main content
Go to the home page of the European Commission (opens in new window)
English English
CORDIS - EU research results
CORDIS
Content archived on 2024-06-18

Coordination of resources for conditional expression of mutated mouse alleles

Objective

This proposal describes CREATE, an internationally based Coordination Action directly addressing a large scale data gathering activity for systematic conditional mouse mutagenesis. Advances in the sophisticated manipulation of the mouse genome has established the mouse as the premier organism for developing models of human disease. Internationally coordinated initiatives have established for the systematic generation of conditional mouse mutants on a large scale employing the Cre-lox binary system. Production of mutant mouse ES cell lines, each of which carries an altered or “floxed” allele of a single gene allows the creation of somatic mutations in defined genes. The full power of conditional mutants can only be exploited with the availability of well characterised mouse lines expressing Cre-recombinase in tissue, organ and cell type-specific patterns. Although several privately curated and locally held databases currently provide a limited catalog of existing Cre driver strains, these are not well integrated, and published data on Cre driver mice do not always capture critical details. CREATE will address these these combined shortcomings - inaccessibility to existing Cre driver strains, their incomplete characterisation, and an inadequate coverage of cell and tissue types in which they are active – which will soon constitute the major bottleneck for the future development of targeted conditional mutant models for the worldwide mouse mutagenesis initiative. Its main deliverables will be a well-annotated and integrated data resource of Cre driver strains, and coordination of the expansion of the resource, both necessary components of the international mouse mutagenesis effort. By enlisting major mouse stakeholders dedicated to collecting, integrating and curating, expanding and disseminating Cre driver mouse databases through a unified web portal, CREATE will provide the necessary structure for worldwide access to these critical resources.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

You need to log in or register to use this function

Keywords

Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)

Programme(s)

Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.

Topic(s)

Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.

Call for proposal

Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.

FP7-HEALTH-2007-B
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.

CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions

Coordinator

EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
EU contribution
€ 349 750,00
Address
Meyerhofstrasse 1
69117 Heidelberg
Germany

See on map

Region
Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis
Activity type
Research Organisations
Links
Total cost

The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.

No data

Participants (7)

My booklet 0 0