Introduction to the Lurie Animal Facility
Agenda Welcome Business Plan Overview of Lurie Facilities Location of your animals Logistics Accessing the animal facility Security and Training Presentation Dates
Welcome to Lurie!! This page will contain a picture of the Lurie Animal Care Staff
Business Plan Animals to be moved to Lurie Ward and Searle Renovations Window of opportunity while not all of Lurie space is occupied Survey to identify faculty needs
Lurie Facilities 67,706 square feet Two floors: - Basement: 33,873 square feet - Sub-basement: 33,833 square feet State of the art construction/materials/equipment
Basement Facilities Automated reverse osmosis watering system for animals Offices, locker rooms, receiving, quarantine, feed room, and necropsy 34 animal holding rooms 18 procedure rooms Transgenic suite- production and housing Core unit for behavioral phenotypic testing
Sub-Basement Facilities 28 animal holding rooms 16 procedure rooms Cage wash Tissue digester room Operating suite Gamma-cell irradiator Offices, locker rooms, receiving, quarantine and containment, feed room, and necropsy
Location of your animals Basement- Barrier rodents Sub-basement: - Conventional rodents - Amphibians - Large animals - Containment- Biohazard animal housing
Operating Room
Necropsy Room
Soiled Cage Wash
Clean Cage Wash with automatic bedding dispensers
A typical animal room
A typical Procedure Room
Logistics Sentinels- Environmental testing Establish a plan based on survey results- research driven Ordering new animals/new caging Moving animals- research driven Decontamination of existing lab spaces to avoid or minimize contamination of Lurie
Accessing the Facility This page will contain information about how to access the animal facility
Security This slide will contain information on the security measures employed in the Lurie animal facility
Training Prior to entering the new Lurie animal facility All research staff must attend Orientation - Tour - Training- new facilities, new equipment, new procedures
Question and Answer Session
Presentation Dates Tuesday, January 17 th at 3pm in the Hughes Auditorium in Lurie Wednesday, January 25 th at 10:30am in the Baldwin Auditorium in Lurie Monday, January 30 th at 1pm in the Hughes Auditorium in Lurie Friday, February 10 th at 1pm in the Hughes Auditorium in Lurie