To save researchers time and resources, The Michael J. Fox Foundation has made a number of tools available to the scientific community at low cost, with rapid delivery.
Helpful Resources
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Sponsored Tools Program
Learn more about how MJFF can help share your tools.
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Tools Consortium
MJFF is working with industry to develop priority tools.
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Preclinical Models
Learn more about the various in vivo models used in Parkinson's disease research.
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TH- GFP Rat (X-linked)
Rat Model
FYN Protein*
Protein
Human FYN Protein. This protein was generated and shared by Drs Paul Brennan and Karolina Rygiel at Oxford University though the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
GAK Protein*
Protein
Human GAK Protein. This protein was generated and shared by Drs Paul Brennan and Karolina Rygiel at Oxford University though the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
GPNMB Protein*
Protein
Human GPNMB Protein. This protein was generated and shared by Drs Paul Brennan and Karolina Rygiel at Oxford University though the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
INPP5F Protein*
Protein
Human INPP5F Protein. This protein was generated and shared by Drs Paul Brennan and Karolina Rygiel at Oxford University though the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
STK39 Protein*
Protein
Human STK39 Protein. This protein was generated and shared by Drs Paul Brennan and Karolina Rygiel at Oxford University though the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
HdAd5 3xFLAG-LRRK2 (G2019S)
Viral Vector
Helper-dependent Adenovirus 5 viral vector with human synapsin promoter driving the expression of 3XFLAG-tagged LRRK2 with the G2019S mutation. HdAd5 FLAG-TK available as a control in Control section.
Parkin K161N KI Mouse*
Mouse Model
Mice with the K161N mutation in Parkin. Model was generated and deposited by Dr David Komander at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
Estimated Availability: Late 2024
DJ-1 KO Rat*
Rat Model
Homozygous rat knockout of DJ-1 created by 8 base pair deletion plus 1 base pair substitution in Exon 5 in the Long Evans Hooded rat strain. RRID:RGD_7241048
Parkin R275W KI Mouse*
Mouse Model
Mice with the R275W mutation in Parkin. Model was generated and deposited by Dr David Komander at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
Estimated Availability: Late 2024
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"We have shown, thanks in part to MJFF, that researchers now have in their pantry the right ‘ingredients’, to... help to drive forward PD drug development.”
Heather Melrose, PhD
Mayo Clinic