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Agenda• Welcome
• Business Plan
• Overview of Lurie Facilities
• Location of your animals
• Logistics
• Accessing the animal facility
• Security and Training
• Presentation Dates
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
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
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