Models to Combat
Cancer & Aging
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Intervention and phenotyping facility
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3. Phenotyping

Intervention and phenotyping facility

Offering detailed phenotyping services and tailor-made intervention studies

What we study & facilitate

Complete phenotyping

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MicroCT 3D heart of wild type mouse model (Erasmus MC)
MicroCT 3D heart of wild type mouse model (Erasmus MC)

Our approach

A combination of behavioral, physical and metabolic tests

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Our goal

Provide novel intervention strategies that combat age-related disease

Our goal is to provide novel intervention strategies. We also intend to capture and share mouse data generated within the facilities to make these available to the larger research community, thereby limiting unnecessary repetition of animal experiments. 


our research and development

Standardized nutritional and pharmacological experiments

The services we provide are standardized nutritional and pharmacological experiments that combat age-related disease on unique models available, in a controlled setting to maximize output and minimize animal use. We offer a broad range of experimental set-ups.

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our Expertise, techniques & equipment

Behavior/cognition testing, body composition analysis, metabolic and physical parameters

Our current phenotyping pipeline includes

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Location & facility contact

How can we help with your research?
Do you need answers to your in-depth research question? Want more information about our expertise, research or facility? Looking for a quote or an answer to something else? Please feel free to contact the facility leaders.
Location(s) of this facility

All our facilities

Contact MCCA

For all general inquiries about MCCA, our facilities and services or how we can help with your research to combat cancer and aging, please contact Marieke van de Ven.
Marieke van de Ven
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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