INFRAFRONTIER – the European Research Infrastructure for Modelling Human Diseases

INFRAFRONTIER, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing the understanding and the treatment of human diseases through state-of-the-art in-vivo and in-vitro models. Comprised of a network of over 20 cutting-edge biomedical research institutes across Europe and beyond, it enables the generation, phenotyping, archiving, and distribution of advanced mouse and rat models as well as derived in-vitro model systems and associated FAIR data resources. Moreover, INFRAFRONTIER offers the generation of germ-free animals for axenic and gnotobiotic experimentation in biomedical research.

Operating the largest mouse repository in Europe and one of the largest worldwide, INFRAFRONTIER empowers academia and industry scientists to accelerate their research on human health and disease. Committed to excellence, it adheres to rigorous scientific benchmarks and applies standardised protocols that prioritise animal welfare contributing to the refinement, reduction, and replacement of animal models. Furthermore, its collaboration with other European research infrastructures allows INFRAFRONTIER to contribute to the global sharing of FAIR research data and the provision of remote services. This collaboration creates a more interconnected European research community capable of reacting quickly, decisively and cooperatively to significant health challenges.

Starting in June 2024, the INFRAPLUS project, recently selected for funding by the European Commission, will further enhance INFRAFRONTIER’s capabilities by expanding human disease modelling, reducing animal usage, and developing alternative cellular models. Building on these strengths of disease model generation, characterisation and validation, collaborative research and data sharing and data integration, INFRAFRONTIER can make a significant contribution to the field of drug repurposing in Europe and beyond.

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Publisher: REPO4EU

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 28 May 2024

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[1 ] INFRAFRONTIER GmbH, München (Germany) ( https://ror.org/00vawn972)

[2 ] Helmholtz Zentrum, München (Germany) ( https://ror.org/00cfam450)

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Michael Raess https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8759-1186

Gema Valera Vázquez https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5411-7560

Martin Hrabe de Angelis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-2353

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DOI: 10.58647/REXPO.24005

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Conference name: RExPO24

Conference number: 3

Conference location: Munich, Germany

Conference date: 3-5 July 2024

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Ali Khan Asrar, Valera Vazquez Gema, Gustems Montse, Matteoni Rafaele, Song Fei, Gormanns Philipp, Fessele Sabine, Raess Michael, Hrabĕ de Angelis Martin. INFRAFRONTIER: mouse model resources for modelling human diseases. Mammalian Genome. Vol. 34(3):408–417. 2023. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]
Ehlich Hilke, Cater Heather L., Flenniken Ann M., Goncalves Da Cruz Isabelle, Mura Anne-Marie, Ntafis Vasileios, Raess Michael, Selloum Mohammed, Stoeger Claudia, Suchanova Sarka, Vuolteenaho Reetta, Brown Steve D. M., Hérault Yann, Hinttala Reetta, Hrabě de Angelis Martin, Kollias George, Kontoyiannis Dimitris L., Malissen Bernard, McKerlie Colin, Sedláček Radislav, Wells Sara E., Zarubica Ana, Rozman Jan, Sorg Tania. INFRAFRONTIER quality principles in systemic phenotyping. Mammalian Genome. Vol. 33(1):120–122. 2022. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]
Raess Michael, de Castro Ana Ambrosio, Gailus-Durner Valérie, Fessele Sabine, Hrabě de Angelis Martin. INFRAFRONTIER: a European resource for studying the functional basis of human disease. Mammalian Genome. Vol. 27(7-8):445–450. 2016. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]

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[1] Ali Khan Asrar, Valera Vazquez Gema, Gustems Montse, Matteoni Rafaele, Song Fei, Gormanns Philipp, Fessele Sabine, Raess Michael, Hrabĕ de Angelis Martin. INFRAFRONTIER: mouse model resources for modelling human diseases. Mammalian Genome. Vol. 34(3):408–417. 2023. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]

[2] Ehlich Hilke, Cater Heather L., Flenniken Ann M., Goncalves Da Cruz Isabelle, Mura Anne-Marie, Ntafis Vasileios, Raess Michael, Selloum Mohammed, Stoeger Claudia, Suchanova Sarka, Vuolteenaho Reetta, Brown Steve D. M., Hérault Yann, Hinttala Reetta, Hrabě de Angelis Martin, Kollias George, Kontoyiannis Dimitris L., Malissen Bernard, McKerlie Colin, Sedláček Radislav, Wells Sara E., Zarubica Ana, Rozman Jan, Sorg Tania. INFRAFRONTIER quality principles in systemic phenotyping. Mammalian Genome. Vol. 33(1):120–122. 2022. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]

[3] Raess Michael, de Castro Ana Ambrosio, Gailus-Durner Valérie, Fessele Sabine, Hrabě de Angelis Martin. INFRAFRONTIER: a European resource for studying the functional basis of human disease. Mammalian Genome. Vol. 27(7-8):445–450. 2016. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]