Personnel

The Faculty Co - Directors of the Core are Dr. Klaus Kaestner and Dr. Tom Kadesch. Dr. Kadesch is the Interim Chair of the Dept. of Genetics.

The Founding Technical Director of PGT is Dr. Tobias Raabe, Ph.D, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Genetics. Dr. Raabe oversees the day-to-day operations and technical development of the Core.

The PI of the Penn Knock Out Mouse Project (KOMP) project is Dr. Klaus Kaestner. The Penn KOMP group consists of the Kaestner lab, the Pierce lab and PGT and its goal has been the characterization of newly derived C57BL6 ES cell lines as well as the development of improved growth conditions for these and other ES cell lines. The Penn KOMP group is itself part of the $55 million NIH-sponsored international KOMP team consisting of the Penn KOMP group, the Sanger Center, UK; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, New York; UC Davis, California and the Samuel Lunenfeld Institute Toronto.

The PI of the Penn Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (DERC) grant is Dr. Mitchell Lazar. Because PGT is in part supported by the DERC. DERC members enjoy substantial discounts for all PGT services.