Mauro Giacca, ICGEB, Trieste -  ITALY speaks on "Disease Models and Translation 8: The mouse as a tool for the development of novel biotherapeutics for cardiovascular disorders". This seminar has been recorded at ICTP Trieste by ICGEB Trieste

ICGEB annual course held in Trieste, Italy, covering topics including basic principles of mouse genetics, mutagenesis approaches, archiving, phenotyping, informatics and databases, quantitative traits, examples of disease model discovery and the use of mouse disease models as a therapeutic tool. (Artwork G. Bortolussi ICGEB Lab. Skeletal muscle fibers transduced with AAV vector expressing green fluorescent protein (eGFP). Nuclei are stained in blue (Hoechst).