1. Introduction to the Lurie Animal Facility

2. Agenda Welcome Business Plan Overview of Lurie Facilities Location of your animals Logistics Accessing the animal facility Security and Training Presentation Dates

3. Welcome to Lurie!! This page will contain a picture of the Lurie Animal Care Staff

4. Business Plan Animals to be moved to Lurie Ward and Searle Renovations Window of opportunity while not all of Lurie space is occupied Survey to identify faculty needs

5. Lurie Facilities 67,706 square feet Two floors: - Basement: 33,873 square feet - Sub-basement: 33,833 square feet State of the art construction/materials/equipment

6. Basement Facilities Automated reverse osmosis watering system for animals Offices, locker rooms, receiving, quarantine, feed room, and necropsy 34 animal holding rooms 18 procedure rooms Transgenic suite- production and housing Core unit for behavioral phenotypic testing

7. Sub-Basement Facilities 28 animal holding rooms 16 procedure rooms Cage wash Tissue digester room Operating suite Gamma-cell irradiator Offices, locker rooms, receiving, quarantine and containment, feed room, and necropsy

8. Location of your animals Basement- Barrier rodents Sub-basement: - Conventional rodents - Amphibians - Large animals - Containment- Biohazard animal housing

9. Operating Room

10. Necropsy Room

11. Soiled Cage Wash

12. Clean Cage Wash with automatic bedding dispensers

13. A typical animal room

14. A typical Procedure Room

15. Logistics Sentinels- Environmental testing Establish a plan based on survey results- research driven Ordering new animals/new caging Moving animals- research driven Decontamination of existing lab spaces to avoid or minimize contamination of Lurie

16. Accessing the Facility This page will contain information about how to access the animal facility

17. Security This slide will contain information on the security measures employed in the Lurie animal facility

18. Training Prior to entering the new Lurie animal facility All research staff must attend Orientation - Tour - Training- new facilities, new equipment, new procedures

19. Question and Answer Session

20. Presentation Dates Tuesday, January 17 th at 3pm in the Hughes Auditorium in Lurie Wednesday, January 25 th at 10:30am in the Baldwin Auditorium in Lurie Monday, January 30 th at 1pm in the Hughes Auditorium in Lurie Friday, February 10 th at 1pm in the Hughes Auditorium in Lurie