BLS3 & Vivarium Facility

Contact Information

Jason Presutti
Phone: (973) 854-3180
Email: jasonp@ored.rutgers.edu

The International Center for Public Health (ICPH) houses 10,000 sq. ft. of Bio-Safety Level 3 (BSL3) vivarium and laboratory spaces dedicated to study infectious diseases and highly transmissible pathogenic agents.

Features of the facility:

• Air-handling and mechanical systems are dedicated and redundant for maximum safety
• Flow cytometry, HPLC and Mass Spectrometry for molecular analysis
• Glas-Col full body inhalation exposure systems located in the vivarium for studies involving animal models
• A Perkin Elmer multi-modal in vivo imaging system
• A CH Technologies aerosol exposure system
• Vivarium space consist of:
  • Nine rodent housing rooms
  • Six small animals housing rooms
  • Six tissue culture rooms
  • Nine procedure rooms
  • Six dedicated rooms for aerosol challenge
• Four animal holding rooms, four procedure rooms and two aerosol rooms can be dedicated for studies involving select agent.