Sourcebook of Models for Biomedical Research (Hardcover)

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-Universitat MainzGENERAL 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,