Comprehensive Mouse and Cancer Core
Overview
The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Comprehensive Mouse and Cancer Core (supported by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) within the Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology
- provides animals from specific inbred mouse strains primarily used in cancer and hematopoietic research (like nude, NOD/SCID and C57BL/6CD45.1).
- offers animal and cell irradation services.
- offers cell transplant and hematopoietic cell harvest services.
- offers handling of animal cancer model systems involving xenotransplant procedures.
Service Requests:
To inquire about availability of time slots for services please contact Jeff Bailey or Victoria Summey. at 513-636-5879 or via email Jeff.Bailey@cchmc.org or Victoria.Summey@cchmc.org.
To inquire about Mouse Orders please contact Victoria Summey via email Victoria.Summey@cchmc.org
To place a request via fax: 513-636-3768
The core has to obtain signed forms with valid account statements before animals can be transferred out or services performed. All services require a valid service request form.
Safety and Animal Protocol Requirements
Please be advised: Before the core can accept to perfom animal handling and treatment for research purposes, we have to ensure that the technician from the core handling the animals is on the animal protocol of the individual principal investigator requesting these services. This is a 5 minute procedure, and we are more than willing to provide all the necessary information. Please just add your protocol number(s) on the two personnel sheets in the link box and submit to Veterinary Services.
Cost
Mouse strains and services are charged as indicated on the service request form. Please be advised that we have to charge additional fees for services provided outside regular working hours ( 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday), excluding CCHMC holidays. If you have to cancel an experiment, please allow a 24 hour advanced notice. to avoid being charged for services requested.
Irradiation
Due to homeland security concerns, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Centerl limits the access of individual investigators to the irradiator and places the responsibility of irradiating cells as well as animals exclusively with this Core.
The Core will work closely together with individual investigators to meet their "irradiation needs". We prefer to irradiate animals and cells preferably twice a day, either form 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. or from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., although we will try to accommodate any schedule that is necessary for a specific experiment. Please review the Irradiation/Transplantation Guidelines.
Contact Us
For information regarding the Comprehensive Mouse and Cancer Core, please contact Jeff Bailey at 513-636-5879 or Hartmut Geiger, Director, at 513-636-1338. Additional information about the Division of Experimetnal Hematology and Cancer Biology can be obtained from Dr. Yi Zheng at 513-636-0364. The office of the Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology can be found in room 7.205 of Location S (Research Foundation Building).
