Vivarium

Vivarium operations and speciality programs include IACUC support, animal husbandry, cage management, veterinary review, technical assistance in surgery techniques and imaging, and other services that support all of your animal R&D goals.
Smartlabs is responsible for all infrastructure and compliance, allowing you to focus on accelerating your research efforts.

NO UPFRONT COSTS

Don’t tie up your capital in security deposits and buildout costs.

GREATER FLEXIBILITY

No buildout means your lab space can be ready in as little as 1 to 3 weeks.

AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK

Smartlabs will help facilitate relationships with a wide variety of partner companies who will help you with everything from technology to branding.

LAB OPERATIONS

Our facilities operation is unparalleled, allowing you to focus on the science while we take care of the details.

Best-in-Class Animal Program

The vivarium offers both private holding and receiving rooms, as well as shared holding and procedure rooms. 

Our small animal vivarium has the holding capacity for more than 1800 cages.

The vivarium caters to the needs of companies of all sizes. A six month agreement is required for use.

Shared Equipment Access

Our Scaling Lab Suite Members also have access to our shared equipment rooms. The equipment available includes:

  • Floor-standing centrifuge
  • Microvolume spectrophotometer
  • Plate reader
  • PCR machines
  • Balances
  • Fluorescent microscope (filter cubes for GFP, DAPI, and RFP)
  • Flow cytometer
  • Shaking incubator
  • Gel imaging system
  • Water baths and thermal blocks
  • Stirrers and shakers
  • Quantitative PCR machine
  • Water purification system (point of use)
  • Emergency back-up cold storage freezers