Preface- P. Michael Conn, PhD- connm@ohsu.edu- ONPRC/OHSU- INTRODUCTORY- 1- Animal models for human diseases: an overview- Jann Hau- JHAU@emed.ku.dk- Panum Instituttet- 2- Selection of biomedical animal models- Michael S. Rand, DVM, DACLAM- mrand@email.arizona.edu- University of Arizona- 3- Improved models for animal research- Ernesto Bockamp, Dr.rer.nat. Leonid Eshkind, PhD Jan Hengstler, MD Rolf Sprengel, Dr. rer.nat.- bockamp@mail.uni-mainz.de- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS- 4- The ethical basis for animal use in research- James V. Parker, PhD- culligank@comcast.net- 5- Bibliographic searching tools on disease models to locate alternatives for animals in research: A website companion- Lynette A. Hart Mary W. Wood- lahart@ucdavis.edu- University of California - Davis- 6- NIH policies on sharing of model organisms and related research resources- Norka Ruiz Bravo, PhD Charlene Cho, PhD JP Kim, JD, MBA, MSc, MALS- ruizbran@od.nih.gov- NIH- 7- Databases for biomedical animal resources- Richard L. Crawford, DVM Tim Allen, MS- AWKC@val.usda.gov- UDSA- 8- Psychological enrichment for animals in captivity- Kristine Coleman- colemank@ohsu.edu- ONPRC/OHSU- WELL-ESTABLISHED MODELS- - Yeast, Worms, Flies, Sea Animals and Birds- 9- Integrated network modeling of molecular and genetic interactions- Gregory W Carter, PhD Vesteinn Thorsson, PhD Timothy Galitski, PhD- gcarter@systemsbiology.net- Institute for Systems Biology- 10- The sponge as a model of cellular recognition- Xavier Fernandez-Busquets, PhD- xfernandez_busquets@ub.edu- University of Barcelona- 11- Sea urchin embryo a model system for analyzing a variety of cellular activities during early development- Tetsuya Kominami Hiromi Takata- tkom@sci.ehime-u.ac.jp- Ehime University- 12- C. elegans models of human neurodegenerative deseases: a powerful tool to identify molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets- Richard Nass, PhD Lihsia Chen- richard.nass@vanderbilt.edu- Vanderbilt University Medical Center- 13- Zebrafish as a model for development- Brian A Link, PhD Sean G. Megason, PhD- blink@mail.mcw.edu- Medical College of Wisconsin- 14- Zebrafish as a model for studying adult effects of challenges to the embryonic nervous system- Elwood A. Linney, PhD Nicole Marie Roy, PhD- elwood.linney@duke.edu- Duke University Medical Center- 15- Modeling cognitive and neurodegenerative disorders in Drosophila melanogaster- Minoru Saitoe Junjiro Horiuchi- saitoe@tmin.ac.jp- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience (TMIN)- 16- Biomedical research with honey bees- Michelle M. Elekonich, PhD- michelle.elekonich@unlv.edu- University of Nevada Las Vegas- 17- Establishing and maintaining a Xenopus laevis colony for research laboratories- Michael Levin, PhD Punita Koustubhan Debra Sorocco- mlevin@forsyth.org- The Forsyth Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and Harvard School of Dental Medicine- 18- The chicken as a model organism- Janice M. Bahr, PhD- jbahr@ansc.uiuc.edu- University of Illinios- Rodents- 19- Rat knockout and mutant models- Bart M G Smits, PhD Jill D. Haag, MS Michael N. Gould, PhD Edwin Cuppen, PhD- bsmits@wisc.edu- University of Wisconsin...
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Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Humana Press
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Author(s): Conn, P. Michael