Announcements

Predatory Journals: What Researchers Need to Know

By Sara M. Samuel, Informationist, Taubman Health Sciences Library Compared to more reputable scientific publications, fraudulent or predatory journals exist solely to profit from researchers’ desire to get their work published. These journals often use email solicitations to invite researchers to join the editorial board or submit their work. Publishing in, or joining the editorial ...
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ULAM Technical Services Team Available to Support Your Research

The ULAM Technical Services Team recently completed a re-organization, re-structuring, and re-strategizing process in order to continue providing the same high-quality technical services the U-M research community has come to expect. A few areas where you can expect to see these changes: Visit the Technical Services webpage for more information, and to learn about the many ...
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ULAM Relaunches Program for Rat Donation and Redistribution

As part of our long-standing commitment to the 3Rs principles of biomedical research, the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) is pleased to announce the return of the Animal/Rodent Redistribution Program. If you have worked with rats at the University of Michigan in the past decade you have likely heard of this Program (formerly the ...
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Obtaining Veterinary Care Signage

The “How to Obtain Veterinary Care” sign is posted outside each facility’s animal vivarium to provide information for research personnel needing to report animal health concerns. The sign has recently been updated and improved to more readily identify veterinary care team contacts throughout the day. During normal business hours, as defined by the sign (pictured ...
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AAALAC

U-M Receives Full AAALAC Accreditation

A Message from the Animal Care & Use Program Leadership Team We are pleased to announce that the University of Michigan has received full continued accreditation from AAALAC International. In the notification letter that we received on November 30, the AAALAC Council commended staff at all levels of our institution for the tremendous amount of ...
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Winner of Inaugural Excellence in Research Animal Care & Use Award Announced

The Animal Care & Use Program is pleased to announce that Hadrian Kinnear, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, is the recipient of the inaugural Excellence in Research Animal Care & Use Award. Established in 2019, the Award celebrates staff excellence within the research community in the categories of Excellence in Animal Welfare, ...
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ULAM

ULAM Introduces New Behavioral Welfare Group

The newly-formed Behavioral Welfare Group, part of the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM), consists of a team of laboratory animal professionals who meet monthly to discuss our animals’ welfare and behavioral health needs. Specific areas of focus include animal enrichment, social housing, and acclimation to procedures. This group replaces the previous Animal Enrichment Committee ...
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ULAM Welcomes Two New Faculty Members

The Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) has recently welcomed two new faculty veterinarians: Gerry Hish, DVM, DACLAM Gerry Hish, DVM, DACLAM, joined ULAM as a Faculty Veterinarian in June. He also currently serves as the Program Director for the ULAM Postdoctoral Clinical Training Program. Dr. Hish brings a great deal of experience to U-M, ...
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Guidelines Husbandry ULAM

Changes to CO2 Flow Rates

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently updated the Guidelines for Euthanasia of Animals. An important feature of the changes in the AVMA Guidelines includes updates to recommended carbon dioxide (CO2) flow rates for rodent euthanasia. Subsequently, the University of Michigan (U-M) has updated our practices and guidance documents to ensure that we are compliant with ...
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Lucy Kennedy Named U-M’s Assistant Attending Veterinarian, Assistant Director for Clinical Services in ULAM

Lucy Kennedy, DVM, DACLAM, has been appointed to the roles of Assistant Attending Veterinarian for the University of Michigan and Assistant Director for Clinical Services in the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM). Both appointments were effective May 1, 2020. As Assistant Director for Clinical Operations, Dr. Kennedy will have managing oversight of veterinary clinical ...
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AAALAC Forms IACUC

IACUC Develops New Self-Guided Evaluation of Animal Activities & Protocol Content Form

To help mitigate the risk of protocol non-compliance and, more importantly, demonstrate our individual and collective commitment(s) to sustained programmatic excellence, the Animal Care & Use Program has created a new Self-Guided Evaluation of Animal Activities & Protocol Content Form (available via PDF download).  Developed by the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC), this assessment ...
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