Animal Research Services

• Division of Laboratory Animal Resources provides an AAALAC-accredited, state of the art, virus-free animal research facility.
• The Transgenic & Gene Targeting Core provides state-of-the-art mouse genetics technologies to the investigators from the University and its affiliated institutions.
• The Rodent Behavior Analysis Core (RBAC) is a new core facility at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences. The purpose of the RBAC is to facilitate characterization of the behavioral phenotype of rat and mouse models studied by investigators throughout the University of Pittsburgh and its affiliated centers, institutes, and hospitals. To that end, the RBAC provides: (1) advice on the choice and design of behavioral test batteries; (2) training in the application of behavioral protocols and associated data collection; (3) access to a wide range of state-of-the-art behavioral testing equipment and paradigms; and (4) advice on basic data management, analysis, and interpretation. For more information about the RBAC, please send an inquiry to RBAC@neurobio.pitt.edu.