Harwell Connect @ Mary Lyon Centre, MRC Harwell

We’re pleased to announce the next Harwell Connect host – the Mary Lyon Centre at Medical Research Council (MRC) Harwell.

Date: Tuesday 4th March 2025

Time: 11:00 – 13:00

Venue: Advance Training Centre

Come along to this event to meet members of the team, find out how they work, and take a short tour of the facility.

Further agenda details will be made available closer to the time. For restrictions and entry procedures relating to a tour of the facility, please click here.

If you wish to attend, please register on the campus app via the button below, stating your interest in a joining a tour.

The Mary Lyon Centre (MLC) at MRC Harwell is the UK’s national facility for mouse genetics and the use of mouse models for the preclinical study of human disease, and the site of the UK National Mouse Archive.

Most human diseases have a significant genetic component. Many variants in our DNA predispose us to disease, yet our knowledge of these changes in our DNA, and how they cause disease, is limited. Studying genes in mice can reveal important insights into the functions of genes in humans since mouse models of disease can be remarkably similar to their human equivalent, helping us to investigate how a disease develops and how we may be able to treat or prevent it.

The MLC offers a wide range of services to researchers, including free archiving of mouse lines, distribution of mouse lines from the Archive, breeding and phenotyping of genetically altered mice, and genome engineering services to generate new mouse models.

MRC Harwell is also home to the Advance Training Centre which delivers our world-class practical and theoretical training courses and has labs and training rooms available to hire.

If you experience problems registering on the app, please contact the team here for assistance.