Mouse Genetics Research Facility
Operating Hours and Performance
The Mouse Genetics Research Facility, an ORNL User Facility, is
located in the William L. and Liane B. Russell Laboratory for Comparative
and Functional Genomics, a state-of the art research vivarium.
The facility has a large a large collection of mouse strains that
propagate mutations induced, over a period of nearly 6 decades,
by radiation and chemical in various stages of male or female gametogenesis.
The facility opened in January of FY 2004, and is just beginning
to develop a research user base.
Scheduled operating hours are based on staffing available for
users and mouse care. The facility, located at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, functions and is monitored 24 hours per day in accordance
with requirements of the American Association for Accreditation
of Laboratory Animal Care.
Period |
Scheduled Operating Hours |
Actual Hours
of Operation |
% Operation |
Off-site*
Users Per FY |
On-site*
*
Users Per FY |
Annual
Totals |
FY 2003 |
Construction |
|
|
|
|
|
Jan – Mar
2004 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
8 |
1 |
|
Apr-
Jun 2004 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
4 |
6 |
|
Jul – Sep
2004 |
884 |
884 |
100%
|
3 |
_ |
|
Summary
FY 04 |
2652 |
2652 |
100% |
15 |
7 |
22 |
Oct – Dec
2005 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
3 |
3 |
|
Jan – Mar
2005 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
4 |
_ |
|
Apr – Jun
2005 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
3 |
1 |
|
Jul – Sep
2005 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
7 |
2 |
|
Summary
FY 05 |
3536 |
3536 |
100% |
17 |
15 |
32 |
| Oct-Dec 06 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
3 |
4 |
|
| Jan-Mar
06 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
5 |
4 |
|
| Apr-Jun 06 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
7 |
3 |
|
| Jul-Sep 06 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
8 |
- |
|
>
| Summary FY06 |
3536 |
3536 |
100% |
23 |
11 |
34 |
| Oct-Dec 06 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
6 |
2 |
|
| Jan-Mar 07 |
884 |
884 |
100% |
5 |
2 |
|
| Apr-Jun 07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jul-Sep 07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
>
Summary
FY 07 |
|
|
|
|
|
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*Off-site Users
are those to whom mice, tissues, nucleic acids, or other
reagents are sent.
**On-site Users are those for whom experiments or training are
performed on-site, or those who come on-site as Guest Investigators.
Operating hours PEP: The MGRF operated at 100% for Q2 of FY 07.
The
new “Mouse
House” was
officially commissioned May 7, 2004. The rodent facility
has five distinct areas:
- 15
animal housing rooms and a Quarantine suite with 6 cubicles
- Research
Support space to include 3 procedure rooms, a behavioral suite,
and a microinjection room
- Personnel
areas to include 2 locker rooms, 3 offices, and one Training
and Conference room.
- Support
space consisting of a cage wash area, storage rooms, and a
shipping and receiving site.
- Mechanical
and Systems Operations include 4 utility chases, an environmental
monitoring room, automatic watering system and a waste disposal
area.
