2009 TURNKEY CONFERENCE — Register by December 31st and Save $300
The 2009 TurnKey Conference will be held April 14-15, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas. Register today to ensure your attendance at this event. This two day conference focuses on all aspects of building, renovating, or operating a laboratory animal facility. It delivers useful information on the latest technology and trends in facility construction, renovation, and equipment. For more details go to www.turnkeyconference.com. Register Now and Save $300!
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TurnKey Conference Program Announced
The program of sessions for the 2009 TurnKey Conference has recently been announced. Presentations on vivarium design, build, and operation will fill the conference to be held April 14-15, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas. Architects, engineers, and lab planners will join with facility managers and biosafety officers to deliver valuable information and lessons learned from projects ranging from new facilities to renovations to expansions.
A TurnKey tradition, we will once again offer the half day AAALAC Accreditation Seminar presented by Jim Swearengen of AAALAC International and Ron Banks of Duke University. Anyone looking at preparing for an AAALAC visit will want to check out this session.
Zebrafish Housing
The M3 Line of three new interchangeable sizes of tanks permit mixing and matching for maximum lab capacity and flexibility. One 6.0 liter tank can be replaced by three 1.8 liter or three 0.8 liter tanks (or two 2.8 liter tanks). The lower profile allows for seven shelves in the same elevation of six shelves on racks to maximize square feet of lab space. Aquaneering, Inc.
Develop a System for the Legal, Safe, and Ecologically Acceptable Disposal of Chemical Wastes
We recommend the establishment of a chemical management system. This system provides for the safe procurement, storage, use, and disposal of chemicals. The system begins with the assumption of responsibility. Management needs to have written policies for the safe use and disposal of chemical and biological materials.
Dynamic Variation of Laboratory Air Change Rates By Gordon P. Sharp
A New Approach to Saving Energy and Enhancing Safety
Over the past five to ten years, research facility design has been adapting to changing laboratory practices. Today’s modern laboratory, especially in the life sciences, operates with fewer fume hoods due to the prevalence of microchemistry, or the use ofminute quantities of chemicals, and computational chemistry.
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