University of Maryland/USDA - Beltsville Animal Biotechnology

A new 11,000 square foot cooperative facility for research in animal biotechnology was recently established at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. It includes laboratories specifically designed for research in cloning and transgenic biology. It has its own self-standing laboratories and animal facilities for rodents and avian. ANSC faculty engaged in nuclear cloning, stem cell and transgenic biotechnology would use this facility to investigate genes of significance for the growth, development and physiology of domestic animals.