Use of Laboratory Animal Room
Guide of Laboratory Animal Room
- -The experimental animal facility in the Department of Life Sciences is equipped with state-of-the-art breeding systems and experimental facilities. The facility with a total area of 979.35m2, is divided into SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) animal rooms and general animal rooms, as well as separate areas for breeding and experimentation (Animal surgery, Animal experiments, cell culture, behavioral experiments / analysis).
- -The facility primarily focuses on the operation of experimental mice. To minimize internal contamination, the facility utilizes a ventilation system based on the Heat Exchanger method, UV sterilization for water supply, and the operation of an autoclave. These measures effectively control the internal contamination of the experimental animal facility.
Guide for using the Laboratory Animal Room
| Animal Room Location | Contact Person | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Science Building 3F | Kim Young-ki (General animal room, SPF animal room) |
manitou@postech.ac.kr | 054-279-5978 |
Breeding and Experiment Area
- -Life Science Building 2F : General animal room & Experimental area (Behavioral Experiment/Analysis, Cell Culture)
- -Life Science Building 3F : SPF Animal Room & Experimental area (Animal operating, Animal Experiment)
Facility composition
- -Breeding facilities: SPF breeding room, General animal breeding room
- -Experimental facility: Animal laboratory, Animal operating room, Cell culture Facility, Behavioral Experiment/Analysis Room
- -Management facilities: Breeding observation, Automatic control, Purification facilities, etc.
Animal laboratory foreground
Animal laboratory
- -Cell culture room
Here, there are equipment that can artificially raise embryo stem cells. Main equipment is clean bench, incubator, electroporator, electromicroscope, centrifuge, water bath. Since embryonic cells have the ability to produce normal individuals through cleavage processes, micro-manipulation of these cells into fertilized mouse embryos can create knock-out mice. This is a place where we keep the sterile cleanliness strictly and do the basic work to remove the various genes by raising the embryo cells separated from the mice. - -Operating room
This operating room is hygienically managed CIEAN ROOM. It has facilities to perform anesthesia with basic surgical tools to perform animal surgery. Micromanipulator that can carry out embryo transfer and gene manipulation is equipped. Transgenic / Knockout Mice are produced and used for experiments. - -Behavior Analysis Room
A laboratory that is responsible for the neuro genetics of behavioral science, which consists of various devices that perform spatial memory, motor ability, and fear memory test on various mice produced by genetic manipulation