The South Cambridge rodent facility level 2 houses mice. It has an SPF status making it suitable for studies requiring a high health status. Level 2 is the main experimental floor within the South Cambridge rodent facility and is suitable for longer studies.
There is a broad range of research that takes place at this facility including the following:
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Developmental Biology
- Immunology
- Cardiovascular Science
- Nephrology
- Respiratory Science
- Metabolic Science
- Genetics
- Haematology
The following facilities and equipment are available for use:
- Holding rooms
- Breeding rooms
- Procedural rooms
- Perfusion rooms
- Behavioural suites with specialist equipment and imaging suites
- Microscopes and rotarods
- Containment level 3 (CL3) room including Iso cages
- Digital ventilated cages
- Specialist Containment Level 2 (CL2) Surgical space
- CL2 space including animal holding space, procedural space, behaviour space and prion room
- Irradiator
- Heat cabinets (owned by DMC group)
- DigiGait (owned by Surgery)
- Behaviour rooms with behavioural equipment (equipment owned by Neuroscience)
- ERG/Dark adaption cabinet
- Choice boxes (owned by Neuroscience/Metabolic Science)
- IVIS imaging equipment (owned by Cancer Research)
- Echo (owned by Medicine)
- Echo-MRI (owned by DMC group)
- Night Owl (owned by Surgery)
- Promethian (owned by DMC group)