The Wallenberg laboratory animal facility (KM-W)

The facility

The Wallenberg laboratory is the first facility developed according to the barrier concept at KI. The barrier concept aims to standardize animal health status and facilitate collaboration between research groups at KI. There are at present three different barriers in the facility: Barrier A and B.

The facility comprises

• The core breeding unit (B2-barrier)
• The transgenic production unit (B1-barrier, read more about KCTT)
• The Import Portal, a unit for quarantine of imported living mice (A-barrier) 

Offered services

The facility provides a wide range of qualified services to the scientific community for work with different mouse strains. All mice in the facility are housed in individually ventilated cages (IVCs) in a strictly controlled environment.

Technical services such as tissue collection can be performed upon request pending the availability of the facility.

Core breeding

The core breeding unit provides a unique possibility to reduce breeding of animals in the research units, and aims to maintain the highest possible health standard. The core breeding unit is restricted for researcher access, and animals can only enter the core breeding after embryo transfer. Read more about core breeding at the Wallenberg laboratory.

For your work in the facility

If you have a KI ID, log in at KM facilities to find hands-on resources and forms to begin your research at the Wallenberg laboratory.