Equipment
All equipment supporting the GNAC are housed in rooms approved for ABSL2 studies.
- 5-ft flexible film isolators
- 20 total isolators
- 12-15 cage capacity per isolator
- For breeding and maintenance of germ-free mice
- 3-ft flexible film isolators
- 2 total isolators
- For germ-free rederivation
- Tecniplast Isocage P system
- Hermetically sealed, positive pressure cages with individual HEPA filters
- 3 total Tecniplast racks
- 35 cage capacity per rack
- For short term experimental studies and colonization experiments
- Biosafety cabinets
- 2 total BSCs
