Jackson Laboratory
The Jackson Laboratory (often abbreviated as JAX) is an independent, non-profit biomedical research institution which was founded by Clarence Cook Little in 1929. It employs over 3,000 employees in Bar Harbor, Maine; Sacramento, California; Farmington, Connecticut; Shanghai, China; and Yokohama, Japan. The institution is a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and has NIH Centers of Excellence in aging and systems genetics. The stated mission of The Jackson Laboratory is "to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating and curing human diseases, and to enable research and education for the global biomedical community."
Aerial view of The Jackson Laboratory campus in Bar Harbor, Maine | |
| Established | May 4, 1929 |
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| Founder | C. C. Little |
| Type | Nonprofit organization Research institute |
| Headquarters | Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. |
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| Products | Mice, C57BL/6J Model Organisms Laboratory Animals |
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| Leader | Lon Cardon |
Budget (2022) | $578M |
Staff | 3,000 |
| Website | jax |
The laboratory also provides more than 13,000 strains of mouse models to more than 2,400 organizations in 68 countries around the world. Additionally, JAX is the home of the Mouse Genome Informatics database, and an international hub for scientific courses, conferences, training and education.