Center on Human Development and Disability

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Facilities

The IPRL currently occupies approximately 7,000 square feet of space on the -1 floor and the 1st floor of the CHDD’s Medical Research Tower. The current resources and environment that support around-the-clock animal care and testing facilities for CHDD Research Affiliates are described below.

Minus One Floor Facilities

The minus one floor facility houses a kitchen, a newborn nursery for up to 20 animals, a single cage housing room for up to 80 animals and two playrooms, a group-housing room, a treatment room, a cage washer, five testing rooms, four offices, and a storage room. Click here for details.

First Floor Facilities

The 1st floor facility houses a BSL 2/3 laboratory, a time-mating program which ensures the availability of healthy, gestation-known infants for investigators, a maternity room for remote-viewing of pregnant females and testing rooms for continued evaluation of animals after 1 year of age. Click here for details.

Renovations

During the past year, the Primate Center and the CHDD received 10.5 million dollars to renovate the IPRL as part of the University of Washington’s program to update the animal care and research facilities on campus. The primary goal of the renovation is to establish an even more effective 24-hour/7 days a week facility that can provide support for nonhuman primate research on children’s health and development for several decades to come. Renovation plans include upgrades in facilities for staff health and safety, as well as animal health, safety, and enrichment that will meet current and anticipated new codes and regulations guiding nonhuman primate research. The renovation will also provide upgrades in facilities to increase flexibility in meeting the varied research needs of investigators. Renovation is scheduled to begin in the early part of 2009 and it is estimated that the renovation will take approximately 12 months to complete. During the renovation, IPRL services will continue to be provided to investigators. For questions regarding IPRL facilities, contact IPRL staff at iprl@u.washington.edu

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