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Resources Available to Assist with Animal-Related Literature Reviews, Exploring 3Rs Methods

Several tools and resources offered by both internal University of Michigan (U-M) partners and external organizations are available to assist with various aspects of conducting literature reviews, exploring veterinary medical databases and online journals, and finding additional information about the 3Rs principle of biomedical research – refine, reduce, and replace. U-M Library’s Laboratory Animal Medicine ...
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QA

New Ways to Connect with the QA Team

Need help solving a problem in your lab? The Quality Assurance (QA) Team is excited to announce TWO new ways for the research community to receive assistance. Virtual Office Hours The QA Team will be available for at least three hours each week via the Remote Office Hours Queue: New to the Remote Office Hours ...
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Facilities Safety SOP ULAM

Safe Animal Transport: What to Know Before You Go

All methods of transport must, first and foremost, provide for animal health and welfare. This includes, but is not limited to, avoiding exposure to potential pathogens, preventing injury or escape, and reducing environmental stressors (e.g., temperature extremes, odors, and excessive noise). Before and during ANY animal transport, please remember to:  *Note that different processes and ...
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New Quick Reference Sheet for Students and Short-Term Personnel

The Animal Care & Use (ACU) Program has created a new Quick Reference Sheet to provide basic information about the use of animals in research, training, and instruction at the University of Michigan (U-M), including: Although students and short-term personnel may not be required to complete certain mandatory training requirements, all individuals involved with the ...
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Facilities Safety

Summer Fashion in the Laboratory – What NOT to Wear

With the arrival of warm weather and many individuals returning to campus, now is the perfect time to review the basics of proper personal attire in the laboratory with your staff (including students). REGARDLESS of outdoor weather conditions, personal attire worn in the laboratory and/or animal care facility should ALWAYS provide full coverage of the legs, ...
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Don’t Delay, Set Up Your U-M DropBox Account Today!

If you have not yet done so, please create a U-M DropBox Account as soon as possible to ensure that you retain access to select documents shared by the Animal Care & Use (ACU) Program and the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM). Coinciding with the entire University’s migration of cloud storage from U-M Box ...
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Facilities Safety

Collaborating to Build A Safer, More Secure Animal Care & Use Community

As your partners in conducting responsible research to benefit both human and animal health, members of the Animal Care & Use Program and, by extension, our collaborators across campus, place the utmost importance on the safety and security of our U-M research community. To this end, we would like to draw your attention to two ...
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QA

Looking for High Compliance Confidence? The QA Team Can Help!

The Quality Assurance Team (QA)in the Animal Care & Use Office is a resource designed to instill a feeling of high compliance confidence in your laboratory! Did you know? Contact the QA Team today and take advantage of the many services offered! A standard meeting includes: Additional services offered upon request include: Questions? Questions or ...
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IACUC Policies

Tools to Learn More About Noncompliance Reporting and Escalation Processes

The Policy on Investigating Noncompliance and Animal Welfare Concerns, which describes the process that the U-M Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) follows when investigating reports and allegations of noncompliance or welfare concerns relating to the care and/or use of vertebrate animals and/or cephalopods, recently underwent a full review. The policy has been updated ...
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ULAM

What Comes Next? Initial Insights from Community Review of ULAM’s Strategic Plan

Earlier this year, members of the U-M animal care and use community were invited to provide feedback on the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)’s multi-year strategic plan. Feedback garnered from the survey will be used to help shape the future direction of ULAM’s strategic goals and operations in the areas of: The survey was open ...
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New OVPR Funding Program Aims to Support, Catalyze Research

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has developed a new funding program that aims to catalyze research and spur innovation across the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses. The Research Catalyst and Innovation (RCI) Program features four new funding mechanisms that will total more than $1.5 million in research ...
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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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