The Jackson Laboratory, founded in 1929, is an independent nonprofit biomedical research institution specializing in genetics and genomics. The organization maintains a repository of over 14,000 mouse strains used by more than 2,400 organizations across 68 countries to study human disease. Its workforce comprises approximately 3,000 researchers, scientists, and support staff.
The laboratory operates across five locations: Bar Harbor, Maine; Sacramento, California; and Farmington, Connecticut in the United States, as well as Yokohama, Japan, and Shanghai, China. In addition to providing mouse models and research services, the institution offers comprehensive educational programs reaching thousands of learners annually.
As a nonprofit, the organization is dedicated to discovering precise genomic solutions for disease. Its core mission centers on advancing biomedical research through the study of genetics, making its findings and biological resources available to the broader scientific community worldwide.
