StereoMouse
Reusable animal-free training models for mouse handling and surgery.
StandardMouse includes
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A mobile head
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Ventral and dorsal pockets for practicing sutures and injections
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A detachable tail to practice tail vein sample and injections
What is PhantoMouse?
PhantoMouse is a line of anatomically accurate mice designed in silicone to replace mice in the initial training of handling and surgical skills. We currently have two models: a StandardMouse and StereoMouse
StereoMouse
is an enhanced version that includes real-time feedback for training of stereotaxic surgeries
What are out goals?
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To replace the use of mice for the training of stereotaxic surgeries and other common laboratory practices, including mice handling, subcutaneous injections, and suturing.
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To refine the quality of animal research by providing animal-free alternatives to train new researchers and providing new basic standards for animal work for IACUCs.
How can PhantoMouse help?
Research group leaders
PhantoMouse can help you train new personnel for mouse handling and surgical work anytime, anywhere, without requiring regulatory approval or specialized facilities.
IACUC and institutional ethic units
PhantoMouse can help you provide hands-on training for new investigators while reducing animal use and improving institutional standards for animal work
Undergraduate and graduate teaching
PhantoMouse has been implemented in laboratory courses to provide students with hands-on experience and create opportunities for discussion about the need to reduce, improve, and reuse animals in research.
Who is behind PhantoMouse
PhantoMouse is being developed by researchers at Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, led by Claudio Perez-Leighton. You can check our institutional websites here.
We'd love to know you're interested in PhantoMouse
Register now if you are interested in receiving more information about this proyect or to contribute to it by testing StereoMouse