Incorporating an Ethological Perspective to Improve Animal Welfare and Data Quality
By Helen Kelly
According to animal welfare ethologists, animals should be evaluated based upon their natural behaviour to improve the quality of experimental data collected.
Neurobehavioral Core Facilities
By Teresa Micheli , James Thompson
Development of a core facility can encourage multi-disciplined research by providing equipment and expertise in a central location.
The Fish Room: A Machine for Research
By Austin Bailey
The new research facility “type” is aquatic — and with the introduction of water into the research environment, a new set of room design parameters is rising to the surface of the industry.
Imaging Looks to the Future
By Elizabeth Doughman
Emerging trends, techniques, and processes for the imaging field include optical and digital imaging.
Designing With Security In Mind
By Richard Connelly
Globalising animal rights issues and the targeting of secondary and tertiary targets means that all animal laboratory organisations must make security a top priority during the design/build process.
Isolation Technology as Applied to Lab Animal Research
By Patrice Cloué, Rich Apolinar, Randy Kray, AIA
Cost and process improvement within biocontainment space
3% Increase In Animal Studies In The EU
By Jim Wallace
The Fifth Report on the Statistics on the Number of Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes in the Member States of the European Union(1) was published in November 2007.
Issues in the Management of a Core Imaging Facility
By Judy Trogadis
The most important aspect of a multi-user core facility is that the data generated are accurate and useful for the goals of the researchers.
Small Animal Imaging Center Design
By David B. Stout Ph.D., Arion F. Chatziioannou Ph.D, Timothy P. Lawson DVM, Robert W. Silverman BS, Sanjiv S. Gambhir MD Ph.D, Michael E. Phelps Ph.D.
The UCLA Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging was designed and built to support the research interests of a wide range of investigators from multiple disciplines.
