The Jackson Laboratory

About The Jackson Laboratory

The Jackson Laboratory is a nonprofit biomedical research institution founded in 1929 and headquartered in Bar Harbor, Maine, with a genomic medicine campus in Farmington, Connecticut. It maintains the world’s largest collection of mouse models for human disease and provides scientific services, educational programs, and data resources to the global research community. JAX scientists use genetics and genomics to investigate cancer, aging, immunology, neurobiology, and metabolic disorders, translating discoveries into clinical applications. The institution also trains students and clinicians while operating mouse breeding, phenotyping, and cryopreservation facilities that support academic, pharmaceutical, and government research worldwide.