RARC- RESEARCH ANIMAL RESOURCE CENTER

研究动物资源中心(RARC)支持MSKCC动物模型的开发和使用。 在MSKCC，动物模型用于基础和应用调查研究。动物受雇于 不同领域，包括开发新的癌症诊断和治疗方法，以及 阐明肿瘤形成的基本生物学机制。RARC由六个部分组成： 1)畜牧业和运营；2.)动物健康服务(AHS)；教育和质量保证 (EQA)；4.比较病理学实验室(LCP)；基因工程小鼠表型鉴定 (创业板)核心；以及，6.)行政和金融，为老年人提供住房和人文关怀 99个研究实验室每天使用90,000只动物。RARC对MSKCC的AAALAC的监督认证， 集中管理的动物护理和使用计划确保有效利用可用空间 以及人力资源，并允许对体内(动物)研究计划进行密切的专业监测。 RARC运营着三个专业的最先进的设施，总面积超过66,000平方英尺 提供关键环境和维护所需的专门设备的空间 并使用了各种动物模型。RARC董事会认证的专业和准专业工作人员(83 FTE)作为MSKCC调查人员关于以下所有事项的咨询和技术资源 动物研究，AHS的兽医和兽医技术人员确保所有动物的 适当的临床护理，并确保MSKCC的啮齿动物群体常规保持无病原体 调查种群健康状况，隔离来自非典型商贩的所有传入啮齿动物。此外，AHS工作人员 为研究人员执行技术程序，以支持他们的动物研究项目。LCP和 创业板核心提供临床和解剖病理服务，确保居民的健康。 但也被广泛用于支持个别实验室的研究计划。RARC‘s 广泛的教育计划由为研究人员提供培训的EQA部门管理 通过授课和实践课程以及各种书面教学材料。 RARC还为兽医提供实验动物医学和 科学和比较病理学与康奈尔大学韦尔医学院合作 洛克菲勒大学和动物医学中心。

The Research Animal Resource Center (RARC) supports animal model development and use at MSKCC. At MSKCC, animal models are used in basic and applied investigational studies. Animals are employed in diverse areas including the development of new methods for diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and the elucidation of the basic biological mechanisms resulting in neoplasia. RARC is comprised of six sections: 1.) Husbandry and Operations; 2.) Animal Health Service (AHS); 3.) Education and Quality Assurance (EQA); 4.) Laboratory of Comparative Pathology (LCP); 5.) Genetically Engineered Mouse Phenotyping (GEM) Core; and, 6.) Administration and Finance, which provide housing for and humane care to over 90,000 animals daily utilized by 99 research laboratories. RARC's oversight of MSKCC's AAALACaccredited, centrally managed, animal care and use program ensures the efficient use of available space and staff resources and allows for close professional monitoring of the in vivo (animal) research program. RARC operates three specialized state-of-the-art facilities encompassing over 66,000 net square feet of space which provide critical environments and the specialized equipment necessary for the maintenance and use of a variety of animal models. RARC's board-certified professional and paraprofessional staff (83 FTE) serve as a consultative and technical resource for MSKCC investigators on all matters related to animal research, The AHS's veterinary and veterinary technical staff ensure that all animals' receive appropriate clinical care and ensure that MSKCC's rodent colonies remain pathogen free by routinely surveying colony health and quarantining all incoming rodents from atypical vendors. Additionally, AHS staff perform technical procedures for research staff in support of their animal research programs. The LCP and the GEM core provide clinical and anatomic pathology services which ensure the health of the resident colonies but are also used extensively in support of individual laboratory's research programs. RARC's extensive educational program is administered by the EQA section which provides training to research staff via didactic and hands-on sessions as well as various written instructional materials. RARC also provides post-graduate training to veterinarians in both Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science, and Comparative Pathology in conjunction with the Weil Medical College of Cornell University, the Rockefeller University, and the Animal Medical Center.