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.
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Sponsored Tools Program
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Tools Consortium
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Preclinical Models
Learn more about the various in vivo models used in Parkinson's disease research.
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Human iPSC with HiBit-tagged GCase
Human iPS Cell
Human iPSC line with HiBiT tag on the GCase protein and inducible LgBiT expression for live cell imaging and quantitation. Cell line was developed and kindly shared by Dr. Tom Durcan at McGill University through 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.
Human iPSC with HiBit-tagged GPNMB*
Human iPS Cell
Human iPSC line with HiBiT tag on the GPNMB protein and inducible LgBiT expression for live cell imaging and quantitation. Cell line was developed and kindly shared by Dr. Tom Durcan at McGill University through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
Estimated Availability: Early 2025
Human iPSC with HiBit-tagged VPS13C*
Human iPS Cell
Human iPSC line with HiBiT tag on the VPS13C protein and inducible LgBiT expression for live cell imaging and quantitation. Cell line was developed and kindly shared by Dr. Tom Durcan at McGill University through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
Estimated Availability: Early 2o25
Human iPSC with HiBit-tagged VPS35*
Human iPS Cell
Human iPSC line with HiBiT tag on the VPS35 protein and inducible LgBiT expression for live cell imaging and quantitation. Cell line was developed and kindly shared by Dr. Tom Durcan at McGill University through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
Conditional R1441G KI Mouse*
Mouse Model
Mice designed for conditional knockin of the LRRK2 R1441G mutation. Model was generated and deposited by Dr Dario Alessi at the University of Dundee through the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
Estimated Availability: Late 2025
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
SNCA Triplication iPSC line set*
Human iPS Cell
iPSC line derived from a patient with the SNCA triplication mutation. Corrected lines with normal SNCA expression levels and TdTomato reporter KI versions of the lines will also be available. These lines were generated and kindly deposited by Vik Khurana into the MJFF Sponsored Tools Program.
Expected Availability: Late 2025
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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