Mouse Model Pathobiology and Phenotyping
Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen
This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD Students from NorDoc member faculties. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from NorDoc member faculties. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.
Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
1. Describe different approaches to phenotyping various mouse models (knowledge)
2. Analyse and reflect on pitfalls in induction of mouse models (skills)
3. Understand and evaluate possibilities and limitations in the translation from findings in mouse models to relevance for human diseases (skills)
4. Have insight in how to perform necropsy and histopathological analysis in mice (knowledge)
Content
The aim of the course is to teach and train the participants in approaches to efficient phenotyping of mouse models, and provide a deeper understanding of possibilities and limitations in the translation from findings in mouse models to relevance for human diseases.
The course consists of lectures on various mouse models and phenotypic evaluation of these with a special focus on pathology; seminars and group work with critical review of translational research; and practical exercises in phenotyping and pathological evaluation of mice.
Participants
PhD students who are using, or are about to start using, mice in their research. It is mandatory that participants have passed a course equivalent to Laboratory Animal Science, EU function AD or ABD.
Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:
All graduate programmes
Language
English
Form
Lectures, seminars, panel discussions, group-work, and hands-on practicals with animals
Course director
Klas Abelson, Professor, PhD
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
klasab@sund.ku.dk
Teachers
Dr. Cory Brayton, Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology and Phenotyping Core Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, DM, USA
Dr. Klas Abelson, Professor, PhD, University of Copenhagen
Dates
1-5 December 2025
Course location
Frederiksberg campus
Registration
Please register before 10 November 2025
Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.
Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.