Research Animal Support Facility - Houston (RASF-H)
Vanessa Jensen, D.V.M., DACLAM
Director
- Core Facilities and Services
- Advanced Microscopy Core
- Advanced Technology Genomics Core (ATGC)
- Assessment, Intervention and Measurement (AIM) Core
- Bioinformatics and Statistics - Smithville
- Biomolecular Structure and Function Core
- Bionutrition Research Core
- Biospecimen Extraction Facility
- Bone Histomorphometry Core Laboratory
- Characterized Cell Line Core Facility
- CPRIT Pediatric Solid Tumors Comprehensive Data Resource Core
- Cytogenetics and Cell Authentication Core
- Epigenomics Profiling Core
- Flow Cytometry and Cellular Imaging Core Facility
- Flow Cytometry and Cellular Imaging Core - Smithville
- Functional Genomics Core
- Functional Proteomics RPPA Core Facility
- Genetically Engineered Mouse Facility
- Gynecologic Cancer Tissue Bank
- High Resolution Electron Microscopy Facility
- Institutional Tissue Bank
- Laboratory Animal Genetic Services - Smithville
- Metabolomics Facility
- Molecular Biology Core - Smithville
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
- Monoclonal Antibody Core Facility
- Next Generation Sequencing Core - Smithville
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
- Pathology & Clinical Laboratory Reference Services
- Protein Array and Analysis Core - Smithville
- Proteomics Facility
- Radiation Dosimetry Services
- Research Animal Support Facility - Houston
- Research Animal Support Facility - Smithville
- Research Histology Core Laboratory (RHCL)
- Research Histology, Pathology and Imaging Core - Smithville
- Sequencing and Non-Coding RNA Program
- Shared Decision Making Core Facility
- Small Animal Imaging Facility
- SPORE Tissue Resources and Pathology Cores
- Transgenic Animal Core - Smithville
Investigators in MD Anderson’s Houston campuses perform clinical and basic cancer research involving laboratory animals including improved cancer treatments and diagnostic procedures, chemotherapeutic and immunologic agents, surgical procedures, radiotherapy and combinations of multiple modalities.
Basic cancer research is conducted in support of patient care in the above areas as well, but also includes other animal use areas such as cancer biology, genetics, biochemistry, molecular therapeutics, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, biomathematics, neurology, anesthesiology and veterinary medicine and surgery.
Services
The Research Animal Support Facility - Houston (RASF-Houston) provides animal husbandry services, veterinary care and consultation, surgical and technical support, health and genetic quality assurance, consultation and an assortment of technical services to support departmental and institutional research.
Regulatory compliance and training and education in animal care and use are additional functions of the facility, as are provision of animal health quality assurance testing and breeding colony management.
The resource receives partial operational support from the MD Anderson Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG, NIH CA16672).
Contact Us
DVMS-Info@mdanderson.org
Related Department
Contact Information
The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 63
Houston, TX 77030
Main Office Phone: 713-792-2780
Main Office Email: DVMS-Info@mdanderson.org
Vanessa Jensen, D.V.M., DACLAM
Chair, ad interim, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery department
Director, Research Animal Support Facility - Houston
Associate Professor
Attending Veterinarian
Phone: 713-792-7270
Email: VBJensen@mdanderson.org
Lori Hill, D.V.M., DACLAM
Chief IACUC Veterinarian – Houston
Phone: 713-792-7272
Email: LRHill@mdanderson.org
Stacy LeBlanc, M.S., M.B.A., CMAR
Research Department Administrator
Phone: 713-792-2761
Email: SALeBlanc@mdanderson.org