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Research Tools Catalog

To save researchers time and resources, The Michael J. Fox Foundation has made a number of tools available to the scientific community at low cost, with rapid delivery.

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    Sponsored Tools Program

    Learn more about how MJFF can help share your tools.

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    Tools Consortium

    MJFF is working with industry to develop priority tools.

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    Preclinical Models

    Learn more about the various in vivo models used in Parkinson's disease research.

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  • SNCA Triplication iPSC line set*

    iPSC line derived from a patient with the SNCA triplication mutation. Corrected lines with normal SNCA expression levels and TdTomato reporter KI versions of the lines will also be available. These lines were generated and kindly deposited by Vik Khurana into the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program. 

    Expected Availability: Mid 2024

  • LRRK2 N2081D KI Mouse*

    Mice with the N2081D mutation in LRRK2. Model was generated and deposited by Dr Zhenyu Yue at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.  

    Estimated Availability: Late 2024

  • Parkin R275W KI Mouse*

    Mice with the R275W mutation in Parkin. Model was generated and deposited by Dr David Komander at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.  

    Estimated Availability: Late 2024

  • Parkin K161N KI Mouse*

    Mice with the K161N mutation in Parkin. Model was generated and deposited by Dr David Komander at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.  

    Estimated Availability: Late 2024

  • Conditional R1441G KI Mouse*

    Mice designed for conditional knockin of the LRRK2 R1441G mutation. Model was generated and deposited by Dr Dario Alessi at the University of Dundee through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.  

    Estimated Availability: Early 2024

  • Human iPSC with HiBit-tagged VPS35*

    Human iPSC line with HiBiT tag on the VPS35 protein and inducible LgBiT expression for live cell imaging and quantitation. Cell line was developed and kindly shared by Dr. Tom Durcan at McGill University through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program. 

    Estimated Availability: Mid 2024

  • Human iPSC with HiBit-tagged VPS13C*

    Human iPSC line with HiBiT tag on the VPS13C protein and inducible LgBiT expression for live cell imaging and quantitation. Cell line was developed and kindly shared by Dr. Tom Durcan at McGill University through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program. 

    Estimated Availability: Mid 2o24

  • Human iPSC with HiBit-tagged GPNMB*

    Human iPSC line with HiBiT tag on the GPNMB protein and inducible LgBiT expression for live cell imaging and quantitation. Cell line was developed and kindly shared by Dr. Tom Durcan at McGill University through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program. 

    Estimated Availability: Late 2023 

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"We have shown, thanks in part to MJFF, that researchers now have in their pantry the right ‘ingredients’, to... help to drive forward PD drug development.”
Heather Melrose, PhD Mayo Clinic
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