Facilities

The central AFRIMS laboratory consists of four buildings: two main laboratory buildings, a five-story administration building, and the separate newly reconstructed veterinary medicine facility. The larger laboratory building has seven floors of laboratories and office space for investigators, while the smaller one houses the library and has four floors of laboratories, offices, and meeting rooms. Additional laboratory space is available to investigators at the animal facility.

State-of-the-art laboratory equipment at AFRIMS includes apparatus for the newest molecular genetic techniques such as DNA sequencing and synthesis and polymerase chain reactions (PCR). Additional technical capabilities include high performance liquid chromatography, flow cytometry, and cell sorting. Specialized pieces of equipment required by several users, such as those used for scintillation counting or computer work stations, are often shared between departments.