Communication with the lab animal facility

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Here you will find much useful information. Please let us know if there is something you miss information on.

Newsletter

We started the Newsletter in December 2006 in order to reach out with current information, and are glad to see that this has been very well received! Both within the faculty, and within the researchers using our facilities. In the beginning we invited all of you to contribute with issues you wanted us to feature in the newsletter. Please continue to do so!

E-mail

It is important for us to reach out with current information to the researchers working at our unit. Most of us find that we receive often more e-mail than we can manage. Therefore we try to limit the use of group distribution to important information that cannot wait. All reseachers with approved projects, and everybody with admittance to the unit, have their e-mail adresse in our distribution list. If you believe you are not in this list, please contact us at post@viv.uib.no 

To make as effective use of our days as possible, we prefer that as much communication as possible come through e-mail.

The veterinarian

The vet can often be difficult to reach, this because of varied work tasks, meetings, research, lectures, seminars, journeys etc. To improve accessibility, all phone calls to the vet are canalized through Vivariums executive officer. She can answer some of the inquiries, book meetings with the vet, or pass on messages. In most cases, it is easier to reach the vet by giving the message to call you back. Give the executive officer your name, phone number and what it concerns, and she will pass this on to the vet as soon as she is available. You can also send an e-mail to post@viv.uib.no

Research Technicians

The research technicians can answer questions about animal care, handling of animals, the order of animals, room reservations, and other factors directly related to the animals. You can meet the technicians in the facility, or by phone Vivarium 55 97 37 88, Gade 55 97 26 21, and BBB 55 58 63 15.

Operational managers at Vivarium, Gade and BBB are responsible for the monthly invoice basis, and can answer questions about the price calculations. Please let us know also about failure of machinery and equipment. You can also e-mail to post@viv.uib.no, or directly to the operational managers.

 Executive officer

The executive officer at the lab animal facility has her office at the 4 floor of Vivarium. She can be contacted if you have issues of newsletters, and cases of HSE character. She works in accounting, and is the one that sends out the invoices. She also conveys messages to the vet / head of the facility, as her secretary.

The executive officer can also answer questions about the course in Lab animal science.

Otherwise, she is a link if you do not get in touch with the one you really need to talk to the lab animal facility, or if you are not sure who to contact. Phone number is 55 97 37 94, e-mail post@viv.uib.no