Animal Studies Core

Room: Thurston 1119A
Director(s): Dr. Bernard Weissman, Faculty Director

Hours: 7:00am - 4:00pm; After hours and weekends by prior arrangement
Phone: (919) 843-7843 or (919) 650-8724
Fax: (919) 966-3015
Email: cmross@unc.edu

Services:
THE ANIMAL STUDIES CORE MAKES AVAILABLE A CENTRAL FACILITY STAFFED BY SKILLED TECHNICIANS TO PROMOTE REPRODUCIBLE EXPERIMENTATION IN LABORATORY ANIMALS FOR UNC INVESTIGATORS.

Orthotopic Injections
Laboratory Coordinator Services
Tumor Passage
Tissue/Blood collection
Injections (s.c., i.p., i.v., i.d., i.m., i.c.v.)
Colony Management
Aseptic Surgery
Drug Dosing/Oral Gavage
Intra-cardiac Injections
IVIS Imaging
Animal Identification
Protocol Assistance

Use of the Core requires an approved animal use protocol from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and the completion of an application provided by the Core Director.

Charges:
Services are provided at a cost of $20.00 per hour to members of the UNC-Linberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Non-cancer center members can receive these services at a cost of $30.00 per hour

Staff:
Dr. Bernard Weissman: Faculty Director; Professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and pediatrics
Charlene Ross: Core Manager; RLATG, CMAR
Ricardo Cortes: Research Technician; LAT
Silmara Camargo: Research Technician, LAT
Guozhong Yu: Research Technician
Mark Ross: Research Technician
Carla Johnson: BRIC Animal Handler

Location:
Thurston Bowles

For More Information:

Animal Studies Core
(919) 843-7843 (Office)
(919) 650-8724 (Cell)

Web site:
http://cancer.med.unc.edu/research/cores/facility.asp?facilityID=1

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