Who We Are

It may be an overstatement to call ourselves MouseJ Team or even using the pronoun "We", because the Team consists of only one person (it's me writing this paragraph). However, I did get support from numerous people thoughout the development of this software, who will be acknowledged later in the section.

We are scientists who are motivated to contribute resources for the scientific community, especially in the field of research that use rodents as the model organism. Rodents are extremely difficult to organize and maintain, as they may require different living environment at different developmental stages. Furthermore, in most laboratories, they are housed at a separate facility under animal laws and regulations, so researchers cannot readily fetch the most updated information.

This is why MouseJ was born. It is a revolutionary innovation in the market of colony management software. First, most commercial softwares are not free, requiring additional expenses. Second, most software aims to handle every details about mouse colonies, thus creating unnecessarily complex user interface and unmanageable amount of data. Third, most software has a spreadsheet-based interface and is not easy to use. MouseJ aims to resolve all these shortcomings. It is free, maintains only the "core information" about mice, and has a graphics-based user interface.

About Author

• Tatsuhiro Koshi M.Eng.
• Software Engineer
• Apple Inc.
• tk474@cornell.edu