The Department of Developmental Biology is home to one of the largest, most modern zebrafish facilities in the world. The Zebrafish Facility uses robotic feeding and cleaning systems and is home to almost 7,000 tanks, including a 2,000-tank nursery, to allow scientists to perform large-scale projects. The facility also has capabilities for obtaining, viewing, and manipulating fish embryos.
Core Description
The zebrafish is one of the premier model organisms for the genetic analysis of early vertebrate development, organogenesis and regeneration. It has also quickly established itself as an outstanding system in which to model human birth defects and diseases, including cancer.
Zebrafish research at WUSM is supported by the Zebrafish Facility with a nursery room for breeding and three large rooms for adult fish. The facility’s fish tanks are equipped with automatic feeders to dispense consistent amounts of food and with lighting designed to mimic a natural circadian rhythm.
The Zebrafish Facility also includes microscope rooms, a mutagenesis room, reverse osmosis room, environmental room, and case/glass wash facility.
Access
Service available to All entities, including for-profit organizations.
Priority service for No distinctions.
Services
- Fish housing and maintenance
- Shipping & receiving embryos and adult fish
- Rotifers
- Crossing fish
- Disinfection of embryos
- Cryopreservation and recovery
- Microinjection and training
- Experimental design consultation
Equipment
- VAST BioImager platform (Vertebrate Automated Screening Technology)
- Spinning Disk Confocal System Optimized for the VAST BioImager
Pricing
Pricing is subject to core verification
Please visit the Zebrafish Facility website for a full list of services and fees.
All requests for service must be made through iLabs.