User guidelines for the zebrafish core facility

Who can use the zebrafish core facility?

• Internal academic research groups from Karolinska Institutet
• External academic research groups from other Swedish and European Universities

• Corporate users

  If you want to start using the zebrafish core facility or have questions, do not hesitate to contact us by writing an e-mail to zebrafish-office@km.ki.se

Which permits are required to be able to use the zebrafish core facility?

• The zebrafish core facility provides all necessary permits so that you can immediately use zebrafish embryos up to 5 days old in your experiments. 
• The zebrafish core facility provides an ethical permit covering standard procedures in animals older than 5 days, e.g. breeding, establishing new transgenic lines, genotyping and pathology/necropsy. 
• If you would like to run other experiments in animals older than 5 days, a personal ethical permit may be necessary. We provide standardized templates for a number of procedures and can assist you in writing an ethical permit

Which education is required to be able to work with zebrafish?

• All researchers who wish to work in the zebrafish core facility need to get an introduction on site which takes about 30 min
• All researchers who wish to work with zebrafish older than 5 days need to obtain a Laboratory animal science education. This education consists of a theoretical part (online) and a practical education on site. The laboratory animal science course can be booked by emailing las-edu@km.ki.se.