Core ARTH Animal Facilities
The Core ARTH Animal Facilities, a recognised facility of UGent, provides advanced infrastructure, services and expertise for conducting preclinical (bio)medical (laboratory animal) research.
It is an initiative of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and is coordinated by a core team led by prof. Robrecht Raedt.
Infrastructure, services and expertise
- Housing and care of laboratory animals before and during the experimental phase (including continuous veterinary supervision)
- Open cage housing
- Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) housing and experimental facilities
- Biosecurity class AII and AIII housing and experimental facilities
- Gnotobiotic housing (i.c.w. GermFree Facility)
- Anaesthesia
- Sample collection, processing and storage
- Semen freezing
- Irradiation
- In-vivo imaging (i.s.m. Core ARTH Infinity)
- Histological examination (i.s.m. Core ARTH Histology)
- Behavioural experiments
Terms of use
1. Come along first for an intake interview.
- Contact the Core ARTH Animal Facilities at management.animalarium@ugent.be or +32 9 332 08 36.
2. Follow a (basic) training.
- The Core ARTH Animal Facilities facilitates the necessary training and facilitates obtaining the necessary certificates.
3. For animal experiments, apply for approval from the Animal Experiments Ethics Committee.
- To conduct animal experiments, an application must be submitted to the Animal Experiments Ethics Committee. The Core ARTH Animal Facilities offers support in this regard. View the Ethics Committee Animal Experiments guidelines here.
4. Reserve the use of laboratory animals through the Anibio platform.
- The reservation of laboratory animals is done via the Anibio platform on Athena. You will get more info on this during the intake interview.
5. Pay a usage fee.
- Use of the Core Facility is possible against payment. Provide a cost centre for the user fee within your project application. Check the rates here.
6. Follow the agreement framework of the Core Facilities.
- Specific agreements apply to the use of the Core Facilities. View the agreement framework here.
7. Mention the Core Facility in your scientific output.
- To ensure the funding and continuation of the Core Facility, it is essential to mention it as a source. View the guidelines for acknowledgement of the Core Facilities in scientific output here.
Contact
- For logistical, animal welfare, financial and/or contract-related questions: management.animalarium@ugent.be or +32 9 332 08 36
- For questions regarding medication orders, billing and/or Anibio platform: secretariaat.animalarium@ugent.be or +32 9 332 55 07
- For questions concerning laboratory animals in MRB2: animalariummrb2@ugent.be
- For questions concerning laboratory animals in Block B: animalarium@ugent.be