Core ARTH Animal facilities
Organisation
Mission
The Core ARTH Animal Facilities, a recognized core facility of Ghent University, offers advanced infrastructure, services and expertise for performing preclinical (bio)medical (animal) research.
This is an initiative of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and is organized by a core team led by Prof. Robrecht Raedt.
Expertise, services & infrastructure
- Housing and care of laboratory animals before and during the experimental phase (including continuous veterinary supervision) - open cage housing, Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) housing and experimental facilities, Biosafety class AII and AIII housing and experimental facilities, Gnotobiotic housing (in collaboration with GermFree Facility)
- Anesthesia
- Sample collection, processing and storage
- Semen freezing
- Irradiation
- In vivo imaging (in collaboration with Core ARTH Infinity)
- Histological examination (in collaboration with Core ARTH Histology)
- Behavioral experiments
Several user conditions apply, such as an intake meeting, training, an approval by the Ethical Commission for animal experiments, reservation rules & usage fees. For an overview, please visit this webpage.
Team
- Prof. Robrecht Raedt - scientific supervisor
- Karlijn Debusschere - veterinary doctor
- Benedicte Descamps
- Frederic Clement - core facility manager at the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Contact & links
- webpage of the Core ARTH Animal facilities
- For logistical, animal welfare, financial and/or contract related questions: management.animalarium@ugent.be or +32 9 332 08 36
- For questions about medication orders, invoicing and/or Anibio platform: secretariaat.animalarium@ugent.be or +32 9 332 55 07