Core Facility
Center Overview
The Laboratory Animal Center (referred to as "LAC") is one of the key technical cores of SZBL, providing standardized research services such as experimental animal breeding, animal experiments, and embryo purification and cryopreservation for life science and biopharmaceutical research in the Greater Bay Area.
In July 2022, the center received the "Experimental Animal Use License" from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology. It has a total area of about 3,600㎡, with 1,500㎡ of barrier facilities. Specifically, on the 23rd floor, the barrier facilities cover 720㎡ and the auxiliary area 400㎡; on the 24th floor, the barrier facilities span 780㎡ and the auxiliary area 400㎡. It can house 2,000 cages of SPF - grade rats and 12,000 cages of mice.
Committed to building a comprehensive, full - process professional technical service core, the center comprises four technical cores: experimental animal welfare and quality control, experimental technology support, facility and equipment operation and maintenance, and animal breeding management. It now offers a range of professional services, including rats and mice breeding, fostering and management, mice biological purification, sperm/embryo cryopreservation and revival, in - vitro fertilization, gene editing, experimental animal quality testing, small - animal imaging and behavioral experiments, animal experiment operations and training, and experimental design and consultation.
Under the guidance of the Experimental Animal Management Committee and the Experimental Animal Ethics Committee (IACUC), the LAC complies with national and local laws and regulations on experimental animals. It continuously improves animal quality, refines management systems, enhances technical service levels, and regularly organizes academic activities and technical training related to experimental animals. These efforts aim to provide high-quality animal services for research and strongly support SZBL's goal of becoming a world-class hub for technological innovation.
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