Animal Behavior Phenotyping Facility (ABPF)

To initiate a behavioral phenotyping experiment with the ABPF, please download and submit the ABPF Project initiation form to ABPF.

The following information is required before the project initiation meeting:

1. Background information about your research group (i.e. group leader, project supervisor and current affiliation, as well as other individuals involved in the project). The names and positions of the responsible people communicating with the ABPF.
2. Background information on the planned behavioral phenotyping project. The hypotheses you would like to test, any ideas about behavioral diagnostics you may already have, the time frame and the animals involved (species, strain, manipulation).
You may include PDFs of relevant publications (from yourself and others) relating to the background of your research.
3. Information about a relevant animal experimentation license (e.g. LaGeSo) and S1 genetic organism documentation (e.g. Dokumentationsblatt für Gentechnik; if genetically modified animals are planned for use).

Once we receive this document, we will contact you to arrange a meeting and discuss possibilities and ideas for a behavioral phenotyping project or collaboration.
At this meeting, we will consult on scientific background and rationale, appropriate age, strain and number of animals, and the most appropriate tests to be used. These tests must be incorporated into your animal welfare request forms. All documents should be completed well in advance of the start of the experimental part.
Once approval for all testing is granted, mice will arrive in the CCO FEM facility, and will be moved to the adjacent ABPF facility for acclimation and behavioral testing. All mice undergo a general health screen.
Workgroups are responsible for collecting their animals after finishing the behavioral assessments.