日本RBRC

RIKEN BioResource Research Center (RIKEN BRC)於2001年1月成立，是一個全球性的非營利生物資源中心，其小鼠資源是日本國家生物資源計畫 (National BioResource Project, NBRP) 的一部分，NBRP由日本文部科學省創立，此項計劃涵蓋了超過20個物種，包括動物、植物、微生物、細胞系和DNA。

RIKEN BRC的實驗動物部門挑選並收集對生物醫學研究界重要的小鼠品系，將小鼠重新培育到特定無病原體(SPF)、凍存配子、凍存胚胎、執行genotyping / phenotyping / 傳染病監控以確保小鼠品質，並分讓活體小鼠、凍存胚胎、凍存精子給研究人員。

The RIKEN BRC was established in January 2001 as a global not-for-profit bioresource center providing biological materials, technical services, and educational programs to private enterprises and academic organizations around the world. The mouse resource is part of the National BioResource Project (NBRP) for more than 20 species including animals, plants, microbes, cell lines and DNA. NBRP was founded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

The mouse is the most useful and important experimental animal in biomedical research and is one of the major resources in RIKEN BRC. The overall goal of the experimental animal division is to collect valuable mouse strains and distribute high-quality, well-characterized inbred, mutant and genetically engineered mice to investigators. To this end, we shall select and collect mice strains important to the biomedical research community; rederive mice to a specific pathogen-free state; cryopreserve gametes and embryos; perform genotyping, phenotyping and infectious-disease monitoring to ensure the quality of the mice; and distribute mice to investigators as live mice, cryopreserved embryos or sperms.