ULAM, ACUO Announce Winter 2019 Holiday Hours

December 2, 2019

Snow covered pine treesSeveral service areas within the Animal Care & Use Program, including the Animal Care & Use Office (ACUO) and the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM), will be closed or operating at limited capacity during the upcoming holiday season.

Below is a list of operating schedules and plans for areas that may have a direct impact on researchers.

To ensure that your research needs are met quickly and efficiently before the end of the calendar year, please review and share these schedules with your team, plan ahead, and act early.

SERVICE AREA HOLIDAY HOURS
  Animal Care & Use Office  

The Animal Care & Use Office (ACUO) will be closed beginning Monday, December 23, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020.

Submissions to the IACUC will still be accepted through eRAM during this time period, but the ACUO will be unable to process them until the office re-opens on Thursday, January 2, 2020.

 
 
Animal Ordering and Deliveries
 

There will be no animal deliveries beginning Friday, December 20, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
Final animal deliveries will be received on Thursday, December 19, 2019.

The deadline for ordering animals to arrive during the first week of January (Thursday, January 2 through Friday, January 3, 2020) is Thursday, December 19, 2019.

 
    
Animal Surgery
Operating Rooms (ASOR)
 

The Animal Surgery Operating Rooms (ASOR) will be closed Wednesday, December 25, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020.

 
    
In-Vivo Animal Core (IVAC)
 
IVAC services will be closed Wednesday, December 25, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
 
    
ULAM Training Core
 

The ULAM Training Core will be closed Wednesday, December 25, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020, unless prior arrangements have been made with the ULAM Training Core.

 
    
ULAM Business Office
 

The ULAM Business Office will be closed Wednesday, December 25, 2019, through Wednesday, January 1, 2020.

The office will re-open at 8:00 AM on Thursday, January 2, 2020.

Questions?

  • Please contact the Animal Care & Use Office at acuoffice@umich.edu or (734) 763-8028 if you have any specific questions or concerns.
  • Questions or concerns about ULAM Holiday Hours should be directed to the ULAM Business Office at ulam-questions@umich.edu or (734) 764-0277.