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DLAR Town Hall Spring 2010

DLAR Town Hall Spring 2010. Director, DLAR. Overview . Cage card changes Berg G20 Staff updates Animal Ordering (not Topaz protocol software) Associate Director, Operations Facility Projects Update Associate Director, Operations Animal Health Update

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DLAR Town Hall Spring 2010

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  1. DLAR Town HallSpring 2010 Director, DLAR

  2. Overview • Cage card changes • Berg G20 • Staff updates • Animal Ordering (not Topaz protocol software) • Associate Director, Operations • Facility Projects Update • Associate Director, Operations • Animal Health Update • Associate Director; Chief of Vet Services

  3. Cage card changes • The number of animals used by NYUSoM must be reported to various regulating bodies and must be within IACUC protocol limits • Currently, this number is determined by the number of animals ordered • The number of animals ordered is deducted in Granite from the amount allowed in IACUC protocol.

  4. Problem • This system does not “count” animals that are bred and weaned in-house. • Theoretically, someone could purchase 1 breeding pair, produce a hundred offspring used in experiments, and their animal use for the year would be 2. • Currently, PIs order “manual” cage cards for weaned animals • Don’t reference a number of animals • No animals are recorded in Granite or deducted from the IACUC protocol

  5. Granite’s solution • Have PIs place a web animal order every time they need to wean animals • Unacceptable burden on both PIs and DLAR staff

  6. Better solution • Create “weaning” manual cards • Run a report of all new weaning cards for the month (by PI and protocol#) • Deduct the number of animals from the protocol based on an average number of animals per cage • Average number = 3.5 mice per cage at NYUSoM • Cards will also be created for “separation” that will not be deducted from protocol • System in place at Emory Univ. for years

  7. Gradual roll-out • Recognize that laboratory personnel training will be required to make sure people order the correct type of card (i.e. weaning vs separation). • Soon, we will implement the two new types of manual cards • Run reports and verify results without deducting from IACUC protocols until we’re certain system is working correctly

  8. Berg g20 grant • Awarded $9.3M from NIH to renovate Berg • An additional 10% match from NY State • 6 Specific Aims: • Create approx 4000 cage mouse barrier on 5th floor • State of the art individually ventilated caging • Create rodent neurobehavioral core on 8th floor • Create additional large animal housing on 6th floor • Create women’s locker room for staff on 6th floor • Improve quality of animal housing on 4th floor • Improve HVAC in cagewash area

  9. Berg g20 grant • Good News • Increase the amount of available animal housing space, including rodent barrier space • Increase the capacity for animal research at NYUMC • Bad News • There will be disruptions • In order to renovate each floor, animals must be moved • All moves will be communicated well in advance

  10. Staff updates • New Smilow Facility Supervisor joined DLAR in April. • Smilow supervisor • New Operations Manager will join DLAR in June 1st. • Operations manager

  11. Questions?

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