ANIMAL CONFINEMENT AREA
Instrument description
The Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC) and Smart Flow. A revolutionary home-cage monitoring system, in particular: 24/7 monitor food and water availabilities of any home-cage; Daily assessment of litter conditions; 24/7 monitoring and analysis of animal spontaneous locomotion; 24/7 animal loss prevention due to unexpected water flood; Streamline and balance Facility workload; Real-time cage tracking system
Access procedures
Internal users (CNR / affiliated institutions)
Access is available through the institutional intranet portal: [intranet link].
The use of the facility must be arranged in advance with the facility manager, subject to approval by the Ministry of Health (francesco.denuccio@unisalento)
External users
External access is possible under the following agreements:
1.Scientific collaboration – use of the instrument within a joint research project or bilateral collaboration agreement.
2.Training – hands-on sessions supervised by qualified laboratory staff.
3.Use under technical assistance
4.Service – measurement and analysis performed by the facility staff on samples provided by the user.
Indicative fees
Scientific collaboration
To be defined
Training and self use
Includes technical support and independent use of the instrument with on demand technical support.
To be defined
Technical supervision
To be defined
Service
To be defined
Experimental surgery laboratory
Instrument description
Two fully equipped operating rooms, provided with all necessary surgical instruments for procedures in general surgery, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, and musculoskeletal surgery. The operating rooms are equipped with: Gas anesthesia system; Operating microscope; Stereotactic apparatus and Impactor; Surgical instrument kit; Smart Animal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Surgical ventilator; Blood Pressure Analysis System; Virtual polygraph for ECG/EKG, EOG, EMG, NEURO AMP
Access procedures
Internal users (CNR / affiliated institutions)
Access is available through the institutional intranet portal: [intranet link].
The use of the facility must be arranged in advance with the facility manager, subject to approval by the Ministry of Health (francesco.denuccio@unisalento)
External users
External access is possible under the following agreements:
1.Scientific collaboration – use of the instrument within a joint research project or bilateral collaboration agreement.
2.Training – hands-on sessions supervised by qualified laboratory staff.
3.Use under technical assistance
4.Service – measurement and analysis performed by the facility staff on samples provided by the user.
Indicative fees
Scientific collaboration
To be defined
Training and self use
Includes technical support and independent use of the instrument with on demand technical support.
To be defined
Technical supervision
To be defined
Service
To be defined
Preclinical studies laboratory
Instrument description
Vega Preclinical Ultrasound System is an automated, hands-free preclinical ultrasound imaging system with high reproducibility, providing high-resolution 2D and 3D images within minutes. It is equipped with two types of integrated transducers (Wobbler and Linear Array) for Brightness Mode, Motion Mode, 2D, 3D, and 4D imaging, as well as Acoustic Angiography and Shear Wave Elastography.
Quantum GX3 microCT System is an X-ray imaging system capable of acquiring high-resolution 3D images. It can be used for tumor detection and monitoring, bone remodeling studies, cardiac function assessment, and evaluation of the biodistribution of novel drug delivery vectors (e.g., gold nanoparticles). The system provides a spatial resolution of 5 µm, with acquisition and reconstruction Fields of View (FOVs) of 8 mm, 18 mm, 36 mm, 72 mm, and 86 mm.
In Vivo Imaging System IVIS Spectrum 2 is an in vivo optical imaging system with 2D bioluminescence, 2D fluorescence imaging, and 3D optical tomography combined in a single platform. It performs optical imaging from 400 to 850 nm with various modalities: photographic, bioluminescence, fluorescence, 2D, 3D topographic, and Cerenkov imaging.
Access procedures
Internal users (CNR / affiliated institutions)
Access is available through the institutional intranet portal: [intranet link].
The use of the facility must be arranged in advance with the facility manager, subject to approval by the Ministry of Health (francesco.denuccio@unisalento)
External users
External access is possible under the following agreements:
1.Scientific collaboration – use of the instrument within a joint research project or bilateral collaboration agreement.
2.Training – hands-on sessions supervised by qualified laboratory staff.
3.Use under technical assistance
4.Service – measurement and analysis performed by the facility staff on samples provided by the user.
Indicative fees
Scientific collaboration
To be defined
Training and self use
Includes technical support and independent use of the instrument with on demand technical support.
To be defined
Technical supervision
To be defined
Service
To be defined
Behavioural research laboratory
Instrument description
Novel object recognition test/ open field test
Its application is not limited to a field of research and enables that various issues can be studied, such as the memory and learning, the preference for novelty, the influence of different brain regions in the process of recognition, and even the study of different drugs and their effects.
Behavioral labyrinths
Many contemporary studies based on two-alternative-forced-choice (2AFC) tasks observe only slow or incomplete learning. As an alternative, we study the unconstrained behavior of mice in a complex labyrinth and measure the dynamics of learning and the behaviors that enable it.
Access procedures
Internal users (UniSalento / affiliated institutions)
Access is available through the institutional intranet portal: [intranet link].
The use of the facility must be arranged in advance with the facility manager, subject to approval by the Ministry of Health (francesco.denuccio@unisalento)
External users
External access is possible under the following agreements:
1.Scientific collaboration – use of the instrument within a joint research project or bilateral collaboration agreement.
2.Training – hands-on sessions supervised by qualified laboratory staff.
3.Use under technical assistance
4.Service – measurement and analysis performed by the facility staff on samples provided by the user.
Indicative fees
Scientific collaboration
To be defined
Training and self use
Includes technical support and independent use of the instrument with on demand technical support.
To be defined
Technical supervision
To be defined
Service
To be defined
Histological processing laboratory
Instrument description
Novel object recognition test/ open field test
Its application is not limited to a field of research and enables that various issues can be studied, such as the memory and learning, the preference for novelty, the influence of different brain regions in the process of recognition, and even the study of different drugs and their effects.
Behavioral labyrinths
Many contemporary studies based on two-alternative-forced-choice (2AFC) tasks observe only slow or incomplete learning. As an alternative, we study the unconstrained behavior of mice in a complex labyrinth and measure the dynamics of learning and the behaviors that enable it.
Access procedures
Internal users (UniSalento / affiliated institutions)
Access is available through the institutional intranet portal: [intranet link].
The use of the facility must be arranged in advance with the facility manager, subject to approval by the Ministry of Health (francesco.denuccio@unisalento)
External users
External access is possible under the following agreements:
1.Scientific collaboration – use of the instrument within a joint research project or bilateral collaboration agreement.
2.Training – hands-on sessions supervised by qualified laboratory staff.
3.Use under technical assistance
4.Service – measurement and analysis performed by the facility staff on samples provided by the user.
Indicative fees
Scientific collaboration
To be defined
Training and self use
Includes technical support and independent use of the instrument with on demand technical support.
To be defined
Technical supervision
To be defined
Service
To be defined
