News

2025.05.26

Important: Import/Export Services Unavailable June 23 – July 18

Important Notice: AEM's Import/Export Unit is closed from June 23rd to July 18th due to the summer…

2025.05.21

Sign up for AEM User Meeting

All users of the services provided by the Department of Experimental Medicine (AEM) are invited to…

Information to researchers

2025.02.06

Notification of noisy work

Date Time Type of construction work Where Other May 28, 2025 From 15:00 Notice of…

Newsletter

2024.12.18

Newsletter December 2024

This newsletter includes important information on the below mentioned topics. We encourage everyone…

Special Announcement to Researchers

2024.11.27

Price increases from January 1, 2025

General pricing The following general price increases have been decided for internal users in 2025:…

Information to researchers

2024.09.20

Renovation of buildings 10-4 and 10-5 at Panum

Notice from CAS Dear users at Panum building 4, 6, 10, 12 and 16 On 23 September 2024, the…

Seminar held by Scanbur & Tecniplast

2024.08.28

POSTPONED - The future of vivarium management

Departments AEM and CBMR will share their experiences with DVC, and we will treat you with…

Important information to researchers

2024.07.28

Noise Disturbances

The building management at Panum (CAS) has informed us that there will be noise disturbances during…

Memorandum

2024.06.28

Price increases for internal users in 2025

The Department of Experimental Medicine (AEM) is the University of Copenhagen’s facility for…

Seminar held by CRL & JAX

2024.05.08

Charles River & The Jackson Laboratory Seminar Series

Date: May 13, 2024, 13.15-17.00 Location: Victor Haderup Auditorium, University og Copenhagen,…

May 2024

2024.05.03

Newsletter #1 2024

Please read the whole newsletter here. Renovation of SPF 10.4 – all breeding mice have been…

Seminar held by Transnetyx

2024.03.11

Transnetyx genotyping services

One of the possibilities is to use an external service, like TransnetYX, and establish a Tag Center…

Seminar held by Taconic Biosciences

2024.03.11

Taconic Colony Management Solutions

This could be a possibility if expansion of a breeding strain is necessary for your research during…

Free seminar held by IDEXX

2024.02.07

Impact of contaminated biological material in animals' health and in research data

Do you value your research data so much to assume that it is not contaminated by pathogenic agents?…

Special announcement

2024.01.17

Follow-up on the renovation of Unit 10.4

You can read the entire announcement here.

Seminar in collaboration with Transnetyx

2023.10.17

Seminar on Automated Genotyping

Seminar Details: Date: Thursday, October 26 Time 12:45-14:00 (start 13:00) Location: Dam…

Event

2023.10.11

Improving Openness in Animal Research in Denmark

About this event For more information and registration, please go to the event web page. Date and…

RMPP Seminar Series

2023.10.03

Do No Harm - The Art of Reproducible Experimental Surgery in Rodents, and Why it Matters to You

A series of seminars where we aim to disseminate the knowledge of our talented team, and help you…

To all users of AEM’s animal units

2023.09.29

Follow-up on the refurbishment of breeding unit 10-4 in the Panum Building

This letter provides an update on the upcoming renovation as well as a status on the…

To all users of AEM’s facilities

2023.08.09

Quarantine system update

The quarantine from unit 16.4 to the Biocenter has been repealed, which means that animals and…

To AEM's users in building 10 in Panum

2023.08.07

Maintenance work at Panum

The service water will be closed on Thursday, August 17th in building 10 at Panum between 11:30 and…

To all users of AEM’s animal units

2023.07.06

Refurbishment of breeding unit 10-4 in the Panum Building

AEM is in collaboration with Campus Service (CAS) planning a much needed renovation of the breeding…

To all users of AEM’s animal units

2023.01.31

Change in transfer and breeding instruction forms and reviewing the department’s SOPs

Please read the information here.

DEAR RESEARCHER AT THE BIOCENTER, 

2023.01.31

Power shutdown at the Biocenter

The power shutdown applies to the entire basement in building 2. It will affect ventilation and…

DEAR RESEARCHER AT THE BIOCENTER,

2023.01.25

Construction work near the Biocenter - Test piloting performed

The piloting will begin on Monday Janurary 30th, and it is expected to last approx. 10 working days…

DEAR RESEARCHER AT THE BIOCENTER,

2023.01.20

Construction work near the Biocenter - Test piloting

As mentioned, the construction work involves driving 32 steel piles into the ground during the mont…

Dear researcher at the Biocenter,

2023.01.17

Construction work near the Biocenter

There is a risk that this type of construction work may be noisy and can sometimes produce…

New service

2022.12.12

Gene targeting in cell lines

Here we apply apply our expertise in CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to cell lines. We can now…

December 2022

2022.12.12

Newsletter from AEM

Please read the whole newsletter here. Visit by the AAALAC accreditation panel All project plans…

Please renew your project plans

2022.11.30

All project plans are valid for two years after which they must be renewed

All project plans beginning with a P- or A-number lower than these will be invalid, which means tha…

2022.05.27

Newsletter from AEM, May 2022

Most resent newsletter was published May, 2022.

2022.05.11

Invitation to Professor Dr Med Jann Hau's retirement reception

Please see invitation to the reception.

Inauguration of Professor

2022.03.09

Inauguration of Professor Klas Abelson

Klas Abelson has been heading the research and education activities at the department since 2009, a…

Maintenance and construction work at Panum

2022.02.02

Minor construction work that may cause noise disturbances

This weekend (February 8 and 9) two brick walls will be taken down in building 10-01 at Panum. As…

2021.12.16

Newsletter December 2021

See newsletter published December 16th, 2021.

2021.06.10

The deadline for animal transfers have been changed

For free transfers, please send the transfer form no later than Thursday 12 noon for delivery the…

To enter 16-4 you will have to use the lock from building 12.

2021.05.31

Lock (sluse) at 16-4 closed for renovation form building 18

The area will be marked as a construction site. To enter 16-4 you will have to use the lock form…

2021.05.20

AEM newsletter May 2021

Here are the main topics from the newsletter: The Animal Care and Use Programme is still challenge…

The construction work around BørneRiget is well underway.

2021.03.22

BørneRiget

It is possible to get on a mailing list from the project, by writing to chka@sund.ku.dk, and your…

We are pleased to announce that we are offering a new course

2021.03.15

New Course - Handling and Procedures on Laboratory Pigs

The course contains theory on comparative and basic biology; breeding and genetics; health issues…

Renovation work is expected to last until October 2021

2021.03.09

Renovation of concrete structures at Panum

We have received the following email from Campus Service Sund (CSS) regarding concrete renovation o…

Researchers are encouraged to follow certain guidelines

2021.01.12

The current Corona situation at AEM

Their working conditions are obviously difficult and many are concerned about the risk of getting…

Back to normal operation

2020.12.28

Development in the Corona situation at the animal facility at the Biocenter

Staff have been sent home.

2020.12.23

Important information related to Corona at the animal facility at the Biocenter

Consequently, all technical assistance is hereby temporarily suspended at the animal facility at th…

16th of November at 12:00 is deadline

2020.11.10

Important news from The Animal Experiments Inspectorate

Please find relevant information from The Animal Experiments Inspectorate's homepage:…

refurbishment

2020.06.19

The renovation of the central sanitation facility begins

The washing of the animal cages will be moved to level 01 under Building 33, starting from June 19…

reopening of AEM

2020.05.26

Access to AEM from May 27

Please note that, to comply with the rules for gradual reopening, the on-line booking system for…

PHASE II

2020.05.21

Increased access to AEM's facilities

However, there is still a requirement to register at the entrance and exit as well as advance…

Ordering animals

2020.05.15

New way of ordering animals from approved vendors

The requisition is in an Excel sheet format and looks very much like the paper requisition, but…

Reminder:

2020.05.06

Introducing the new diet for mice

This will be done by topping up the foodhoppers with the new diet, so the animals get a gradual…

AEM is still operating at limited capacity.

2020.04.23

Partial reopening of AEM

In order to comply with the guidelines of the National Board of Health and Danske Universiteter, AE…

AEM continues to operate with a reduced staff focusing on husbandry and care of the animals.

2020.04.08

Scientists with mouse breeding programmes will again be able to communicate with their contact technicians

The standby-mode introduced in mid-March included culling of offspring at the time of weaning of…

Dear researcher

2020.03.20

Information about the daily operation of AEM during the corona lockdown

This is done to assure accordance with the country’s recommendations and to increase our chance of…

Dear Researcher,

2020.03.12

Important information regarding Coronavirus

The focus will be on husbandry and care of the animals and we will not be able to offer technical…

2020.02.20

Newsletter February 2020

See newsletter published February 20th, 2020.

2019.12.11

Newsletter December 2019

See newsletter published December 11th, 2019.

Important information

2019.11.06

New nesting material for mice

The daily management of the Animal Care and Use Programme has decided to switch to another type of…

Symposium

2019.10.28

3R Symposium 2019

It offers the laboratory animal community a chance to become acquainted with both national and…

2019.07.12

Newsletter July 2019

See newsletter published July 12, 2019.

PATHBIO (pathbio.org)

2019.05.09

Free course in Mouse Pathology organised by PATHBIO

August 26-30, 2019, the first Mouse Pathology course will take place in Copenhagen at BRIC,…

Mini-Symposium

2019.05.06

Relevance of Non-human Primate models in Biomedical Research

Chairpersons Sarah Jo Neal Webb and Steven J. Schapiro, University of Copenhagen and The University…

Researcher information at the Biocenter Site

2019.04.04

Emergency power system at the Biocenter

All equipment attached to emergency power will stop working at the above-mentioned time. The…

2018.12.07

News from the Animal Care and Use Programme

Read the latest newsletter published December 7th, 2018.

Researcher information at the Panum Site

2018.11.02

Barrier breach at unit 16.5

Quarantine was temporarily established between 16.5 and 16.4. AEM has conducted a detailed analysis…

Researcher information at the Panum Site

2018.08.30

Testing of emergency power at the Panum Building

Units 10-2, 10-3 and 10-4 will be affected from 7:00-9:00 and Units 16-2 and 16-4 will be affected…

Researcher information

2018.07.04

DietGel Boost for breeding animals

In the future, we will phase out the use of peanuts for breeding animals and instead introduce the…

2018.03.15

Construction work near unit 10-3 and 10-4 at Panum

We were Friday March 9th informed by Campus Service Sund that they needed to test some drilling…

2017.08.08

Floor refurbishment at the cage wash at the Biocenter

For further details, please see here.

2017.07.27

Discontinuation of acidified drinking water for animals from September 1, 2017

For many years, AEM has employed the practice of acidifying the drinking water for rodents. The…

2017.06.12

Implementation of standard eppendorf tubes for all tail and ear biopsies

From 1 July 2017, all tail and ear biopsies for genotyping of mice at AEM will be delivered to the…

2017.05.23

Animal technician from AEM wins the 3R Award for Animal Keepers and Technical Staff

Animal technician Annett Christoffersen from the Department of Experimental Medicine is the driving…

The Department of Experimental Medicine (AEM) is hosting a small seminar in collaboration with Charles River

2017.05.08

Seminar on health surveillance

Topics 9:30 - 10:45 Rodent Health Monitoring Methods to Improve Pathogen Surveillance and Reduce or…

The Danish law requires a license for breeding of genetically modified animals.

2017.03.23

AEM can unfortunately no longer offer the possibility of hosting the individual GMO breeding licenses

However, the Inspectorate has implemented a new electronic application system (AIRD). This system…