Animal Research Center for Tropical Infectious
The center makes it the principal aim to ensure the safety of animal experiments which deal with the pathogenic microorganisms and to build up the successful generation of experimental animals, microorganisms and parasites. The building consists of 7 breeding rooms for experimental animals, 2 laboratories, one breeding room for snails and insects, and two P 3-level biohazard laboratories. The air pressure is kept to be always negative to avoid outflow from inside even at entrance to building. Since the building has the most thorough ventilation through HEPA filter, any microbe cannot leak out to outside of the building. The used water is given chlorination and drained off. The breeding animals and experiments are done according to the Regulation for Animal Experiment edited by Nagasaki University. The laboratory animals bred in the center are mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, snails and mosquitoes.
Members
- Professor Shinjiro Hamano
- Research Associate Tetsuo Yanagi
- Technician Junko Kawashima
