Due to availability of comparable commercial alternatives and low utilization, the Mouse Assisted Reproductive Technologies (MART) Core will be closing at the end of 2025 on December 19, prior to intersession.
The Animal Science Center (ASC) will continue to assist in neonatal rederivations or caesarean rederivations, as needed, to meet health status requirements for our different vivaria.
For future projects requiring cryopreservation, microinjection or IVF, investigators are encouraged to utilize alternative vendors listed below. Taconic is currently offering a 35% discount on these services for academia, and JAX is offering 15-20%.
For details on these services, please reach out to ASC at buasc@bu.edu or directly to the alternative service providers.