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.
Helpful Resources
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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.
Find a Research Tool
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AAV2-CBA-eGFP
Viral vector (AAV2 serotype) encoding eGFP to serve as a control vector. Produced by the UNC Vector Core.
Characterization data for this viral vector can be found here.
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AAV2-CBA-Alpha-Synuclein
Unavailable. Viral vector (AAV2 serotype) encoding wild-type alpha-synuclein. Produced by the UNC Vector Core.
Characterization data for this viral vector can be found here.
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LRRK1 KO Mouse
Knockout of LRRK1 created by deletion of exons 24-29 of the LRRK1 gene in the C57BL/6N mouse strain. RRID:IMSR_JAX:016120
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DJ-1 KO Rat*
Homozygous rat knockout of DJ-1 created by 8 base pair deletion plus 1 base pair substitution in Exon 5 in the Long Evans Hooded rat strain. RRID:RGD_7241048
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Parkin KO Rat*
Homozygous rat knockout of Parkin in the Long Evans Hooded rat strain. RRID:RGD_7241052
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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