AN IMPROVED ANIMAL RESOURCE FACILITIES

改进的动物资源设施

• 批准号: 6763452
• 负责人: Ann S Henderson
• 金额: $ 62.48万
• 依托单位: HUNTER COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-15 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6763452
• 关键词: animal colony; biomedical facility; building /facility design /renovation; genetically modified animals; laboratory mouse; laboratory rat; nonbiomedical equipment

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hunter College is a unique institution because it is a long existing urban university with a history of educating populations whose access to higher education has been historically limited. For decades, over 60% of Hunter College undergraduates have been underserved students and currently about 75% of our students are women. Throughout the years we have demonstrated a strong commitment to educate our unique population of students, providing a full range of academic programs, from undergraduate classes to doctoral dissertation research through the CUNY's Graduate Center. We have a long-standing RCMI program that includes topnotch scientists who use animals in their programs of research. Each of these scientists is productive and most hold NIH funding. This research effort is supported by an active IACUC committee and very well run Animal Facility. The Facility maintains a variety of vertebrate animal species and has undergone a number of improvements over the past decade with funds from both NIH, the State of New York, and Hunter College. Nonetheless, the age of the current ventilation system and the enormous growth of our research efforts have resulted in increasing down time for repairs and an increasingly desperate need for more space. Thus the overall purpose of this application is to provide funds to replace and repair the existing ventilation system and to renovate new space recently made available to the Facility by the College. To accomplish this goal, we propose to: I. Replace the existing HVAC units and renovate the current HVAC duct distribution such that airflow is improved and made more reliable; 2. Improve the limited electrical service; 3. Repair and provide access to important mechanical systems for which access is now limited; and 4. Renovate the new and contiguous space for the Facility. This latter space, currently unusable, will be subdivided for animal housing, multi-user testing and general surgical use. To meet increased demands for animal housing, additional self-contained and ventilated cage units are requested. When these alterations and renovations are completed, the Animal Facility will be able to accommodate the needs of the current and future research faculty at Hunter College, and allow this faculty to continue to compete successfully for federal funds. Further, it will allow us to maintain our outstanding record in mentoring underserved populations in science.

描述（由申请人提供）： 亨特学院是一个独特的机构，因为它是一个长期存在的城市大学，具有教育人口的历史，他们接受高等教育的机会在历史上一直受到限制。几十年来，超过60%的亨特学院本科生一直是服务不足的学生，目前约75%的学生是女性。多年来，我们已经证明了一个坚定的承诺，以教育我们独特的学生群体，提供全方位的学术课程，从本科班到博士论文研究，通过纽约市立大学的研究生中心。我们有一个长期的RCMI计划，其中包括顶尖的科学家谁使用动物在他们的研究计划。这些科学家中的每一个都是富有成效的，大多数都持有NIH的资金。这项研究工作得到了积极的IACUC委员会和运行良好的动物设施的支持。该设施饲养着各种脊椎动物物种，在过去十年中，在国家卫生研究院、纽约州和亨特学院的资助下进行了一些改进。尽管如此，当前通风系统的年龄和我们研究工作的巨大增长导致了维修停机时间的增加和对更多空间的迫切需求。因此，这项申请的总体目的是提供资金，以更换和修理现有的通风系统，并翻新学院最近提供给该设施的新空间。为实现这一目标，我们建议：更换现有的HVAC装置，并改造现有的HVAC管道分布，以改善气流并使其更可靠; 2.改善有限的电力服务; 3。维修和提供进入目前限制进入的重要机械系统的通道;以及4.为该设施改造新的连续空间。后一个空间目前无法使用，将被细分用于动物饲养、多用户测试和一般外科手术。为了满足对动物住房日益增长的需求，需要增加独立通风的笼舍。当这些改建和翻新完成后，动物设施将能够满足亨特学院当前和未来研究教师的需求，并允许该教师继续成功地竞争联邦资金。此外，它将使我们能够保持我们在指导科学服务不足人群方面的出色记录。