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IBF Newsletter 2nd Quarter 2021
Dear
Users,
the
year proceeds really fast and already leaving half of 2021 behind, it
is time to send the 2nd Newsletter in 2021 to inform you about organizational
issues as well as topics related to animal welfare.
Obligatory
restrictions of mouse-stock due to the critical situation of the
building
Reality
cannot be ignored. Since years it is well-known that there are
numerous shortcomings with regard to maintenance and repair of the
building. Meanwhile there are weekly damages that limit our operant
procedures, which leads to mandatory cutback of the animals stock to
be able to handle the situation.
In
this context, we have to ask for your cooperation regarding
prioritization where animals and contingency may be saved. In the
following you find the options listed, that can be considered:
· Cryopreservation
· Ranked coordination of import and projects
· Stop breeding on stock
· Sorting out “old animals”, which are indicated on a regular
basis
· Timely Ordering of weaned animals into the experimental areas
Beside
extensive repairs of our waterpipe-system in all areas where animals
are housed, there will be a “maintenance task” affecting the
sterilization procedures for at least 12 weeks, which will massively
restrict the day-to-day business in autumn. This could therefore
force us to transfer animals to commercial housing facilies.
To
prevent this scenario we should strive for a reduction of animals
around 20-25%!
The
animal welfare officers will get in touch with you to discuss the
need of mouse lines, from which no animals were used for experiments
within the last years. The same applies for the import of mouse
lines.
Before
import of new mouse lines the respective animal welfare officer has
to give the go-ahead for the import!
Breeding
of inbred animals
The
breeding of inbred animals is not the business of the IBF since these
may be ordered from commercial breeders, which guarantee genetic
standardization. Some research groups established, initially
temporary, later continuous breedings of inbred strains. These
breedings must be closed and inbred mice needed have to be supplied
by commercial providers.
Mouse
Taxi
The
mouse taxi used to be a popular additional service provided by the
IBF, which by 1st of august has to be shut. Condition of
the vehicle, staff shortage plus additional animal facilities do not
allow us to continue providing this service. This means that transportation
has to be self-organized – of course considering animal welfare in
appropriate manner, which has to be indicated in project proposals.
Mosaic
Vivarium
As
announced in our last newsletters, there will be a step-by-step
change from Tierbase to Mosaic Vivarium. This process takes some
time. Update on this issue: first trainings will soon be initiated
involving some selected research groups.
Frog
Housing at the IBF
The
demand of frog capacity has drastically decreased during the last years.
Beside space problems due to the necessity to move animals between
places, operating efficiency has to be taken into account, because
less research groups work with frogs. An additional aspect is, that
our frog provider will not be at our disposal anymore. Since it is
possible to directly order oocytes, we would like to advise you that
future projects should resort back to this solution (it furthermore
eases the approval procedure since surgery does not need to be
requested).
Option
to purchase: Dr. Lohmann Diaclean GmbH – EcoCyte Bioscience
Senior
Caretaker-Team
There
were some changes in the team of senior caretakers: instead of only
one contact person, now there are two on each floor. Responsible for
the ground floor are Mrs. Katharina Wacker and Mrs. Martina Hühn,
responsible for the first floor are Mr. Kai Lorenz and as before Mr.
Philipp Fischer.
Billing
form
Since
some weeks you receive a billing form after acceptance of an animal project.
The information asked here is about the origin of financing, which
leads to respective billing of the service. For internal conditions
it is decisive to have information about public funding and billing
within the university as institution. This procedure is required by
our central university administration.
The
return of forms is not satisfying. Please keep in mind the form for
the unblocking of the project in the database! Only after submission
of the form the project can be activated.
Announcement
of seminars:
·
06.07.2021, 10 a.m.
From
3R to 6R: Improved ethics for the use of animals towards narrowing
the translational gap in preclinical research. (english)Dr. Marcus Meinhardt
Koordinator 3R-Zentrum Rhein-Neckar
ZI Mannheim / Universitätsmedizin Mannheim / Universität Heidelberg
For registration, please click this link: HIER
·
28.09.2021, 03.00
p.m. Uhr
Selecting
Immunodeficient Mice for Oncology and Immuno-Oncology Research. (english)
Jutta Davidson, Dipl. Biol.
Technical
Manager
Charles River Deutschland, Sulzfeld
For
registration, please click this link: HIER
We appreciate your understanding and
support.
Stay happy and healthy.
Best wishes,
Sabine Chourbaji
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