Facilities & Services
Centre for Laboratory Animal Research (CLAR)
Integrated BSL-II laboratory animal research facility inaugurated on 5 February 2020.
The state-of-the-art facility Centre for Laboratory Animal Research (CLAR) has been established at the Institute. This 846 m2 integrated facility offers provisions for housing and breeding of rat, mice, rabbit, guinea pig and hamsters, as well as conducting experiments on them. The facility included animal rooms, holding and quarantine room, surgery/dissection theatre, modern research laboratories and auxiliary rooms under one roof. The centre was inaugurated by Hon'ble Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, the Secretary, DARE Govt. of India and the Director General ICAR on 5th Feb 2020. The Hon'ble DDG (AS) and DDG (Fys.) graced the occasion.
Features of CLAR
- Cost of the facility: About Rs. 8.5 crores
- An 846 m² integrated BSL-II facility.
- Double corridor movement through clean and dirty alleys.
- Directional air movement with pressure difference of 10 pascal between corridors and animal rooms.
- Centrally air-conditioned animal rooms.
- Dedicated animal rooms with individually ventilated cage system (IVC) for rat and mouse.
- Dedicated animal rooms with traditional cage system (IVC) for rat and mouse.
- Dedicated animal room for rabbits/ hamsters/ guinea pigs.
- Dedicated room for animal holding and quarantine.
- Small animal surgery/dissection theatre.
- Auxiliary rooms for washing and autoclaving, storage for clean and non-clean materials, storage of tissue/dead animals.
- Visitor lounge and office area.
- Dedicated laboratories for conducting experiments on laboratory animals with facilities for molecular biology and proteomic work, culturing of oocytes, embryos and cells, genetic manipulation of oocytes, embryos and cells and production of recombinant proteins and antibodies.
Intended use of CLAR
- Conducting experiments on laboratory animals in the area of bioavailability of nutrients, developmental biology, production of genetically modified animals, stress-induced alterations in reproductive and immune functions, developing metabolic disease models and association of gut microflora with reproductive and immune functions.
- Breeding and supply of mouse/rat strains for own and external uses.
- Production of important antibodies in laboratory animals for own and external uses.
- Sharing the facilities with the other sister organizations.
- Conducting trainings on the breeding and management of laboratory animals.