Editor's Note: This is the media tour postponed from May 23 due to construction delays. To obtain a copy of the symposium schedule or reserve a space in the tour or symposium, contact Patricia Bailey at (530) 752-9843. What: The University of California, Davis, Mouse Biology Program and The Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor, Maine, will mark the beginning of their new collaboration in mouse genomics with a daylong symposium and media tour of a new state-of-the art facility with the capacity to house and breed up to 20,000 research mice. Media representatives are invited to attend the symposium, featuring dozens of researchers from UC Davis and Jackson Laboratory, then tour the building before it is closed to all but a few caretakers. Entry to the mouse facility is restricted to protect the mice, which are bred with specific genetic characteristics for research on diseases that afflict humans and animals. When: Monday, June 26 8 a.m. -- for symposium and background information on mouse biology 9:30 a.m. -- vans will transport media to the mouse facility 10:30 a.m. -- vans will return to the symposium, which runs until 4 p.m. Where: The symposium will be in 170 Schalm Hall in the Health Sciences Complex on the west side of the main campus. The facility tour will be at the Animal Research Services complex on Old Davis Road, UC Davis. Visuals: Once at the mouse facility, a brief discussion of current biomedical research and description of the mouse-breeding operations will be provided. Media then may tour the $1.4 million facility, which includes a state-of-the art ventilation system to protect the mouse colonies from outside contamination. A sample habitat of research mice will be available to photograph and videotape. Directions and To get to the symposium, take Interstate 80 to Highway 113 and drive Parking: north toward Woodland. Exit onto Hutchison Drive and go east (right) toward campus. At the first opportunity, turn right onto Health Sciences Drive, then immediately turn left onto East Health Sciences Drive. Park in Lot 54 and place a media business card on the dashboard of your vehicle. Schalm Hall is the single-story complex of buildings south of the parking lot. If you want to drive directly to the mouse facility, take Interstate 80 to the UC Davis exit and drive south on Old Davis Road, away from the main campus. Turn left into the first driveway on the left and park near the Animal Resources Service. Place a media business card your vehicle's dashboard.