Company Profile
The Jackson Laboratory
Company Overview
Founded in 1929 The Jackson Laboratory is a nonprofit biomedical research institution. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life through discoveries arising from our own genetic research and by enabling the research and education of others. The Jackson Laboratory resides on Mount Desert Island, adjacent to the beautiful Acadia National Park. Mountains, ocean, forests, lakes, and trails are all within walking distance. To learn more, please visit: http://www.jax.org/about/index.html
Company History
Founded over 75 years ago, The Jackson Laboratory has been a pioneer in genetic research and the preservation and distribution of mutant mouse models of disease. Today, in addition to our world-renowned research program, we provide the global scientific community with more than 3,000 genetically defined JAX® Mice models of human disease as well as an array of JAX® Services from both our Bar Harbor, Maine, facility and our Jax West facility in Sacramento, California. These Services include such valuable resources as strain rescue, cryopreservation and recovery, drug efficacy testing, and on-site colony management. In addition, we facilitate biomedical research by offering comprehensive and up-to-date bioinformatics Web resources, expert and free technical advice from our Technical Support team, friendly service from our Customer Relations staff, an abundance of helpful educational publications, and widely acclaimed courses and conferences that train upcoming and update established research scientists. Today, we are paving the way to developing the most advanced resources and services to support genetic research both within The Jackson Laboratory and throughout the world.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
The contributions of Jackson Laboratory researchers, leaders, and employees over the past 75 years include such monumental accomplishments as awarding of the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology to Dr. George Snell. Please visit the following link for a few selected highlights of the Laboratory's remarkable history: http://www.jax.org/about/timeline/index.html
Benefits
The Jackson Laboratory offers many advantages both in lifestyle and competitive benefits. For more information on our benefits program, please visit: http://www.jax.org/careers/benefits.html