The Specific Opportunist Pathogen Free (SOPF) and GM-Transgenic units are the highest health status bioscience units within the facility. SOPF and GM-Transgenic are minimal access units with wet shower entrances, each having its own dedicated staff group. The units house animals in positively pressured and providing excellent living conditions and high quality protection for both our genetically modified colonies and our core expansion colonies of background strains of mice.
The units have procedure rooms, and for surgical work and other routine procedures.
Explore the GM-Transgenic unit yourself with our self-guided virtual tour.
maximise pathogen exclusion
provide protection for animals, maintaining their health status and also provide protection to staff from animal allergens
provide high quality housing while allow maintenance of high health status