At the German Mouse Clinic (GMC), Helmholtz Zentrum München, the existing micro-CT system is to be modernized with the latest imaging technology in order to be able to continue implementing the demanding research project…
s of the GMC and to realize projects within Helmholtz Munich as well as collaborations with external research partners. The projects cover a range of different research topics that require the acquisition of high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) image data of rodents, both ex-vivo and in-vivo, as w
ell as biological samples. In addition to phenotyping as part of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC), research focuses on the effect of genetic changes on metabolism (e.g. body composition), on the morphology of the skelet