The equipment acquired can be viewed here. These items allow for sophisticated testing of various aspects of rodent behavior and are instrumental for neuroscience faculty at UCI.
We are also capitalizing on a major opportunity to work with Dr. Jennifer Prescher (School of Physical Sciences), who has been allocated space and funding support for the instrumentation of a new optical imaging core that will take up ~600 sq. ft. of the UCI Biological Sciences III Building - Shell Space (~one-third of the 1800 sq. feet of available space for the UCI BTC). Acquiring the additional equipment of the Behavioral Core provided the incentive to renovate the entire Shell Space to develop the UCI BTC and the new optical imaging core.
Thus, through our rich collaborative efforts, we have been able to secure the space and equipment needed to make the UCI Behavioral Neuroscience Testing Core.