Consulting Services

BioscienceConsulting serviCesEXPERTISEYour Partner in Bioscience researchFor more than twenty years, SoBran has collaborated with clients to ensure that their bioscience research efforts are conducted in the most professional and effective manner and maintain the highest levels of quality assurance.Our consultants have spent years refining man-agement techniques and operational procedures; combining best practices with compliance. With a focus on driving programmatic improvement for our clients, onsite and virtual consulting is available for a host of critical program components.range of Consulting services Facility design – SoBran has designed dozens of purpose-built facilities (including our own contract research facility in Baltimore, MD) and new facilities in conventional, bar-rier, and biocontainment environments (ABSL II-III). standard operating procedures – Committed to qual-ity control, we develop and update SOPs for all our animal care contracts. Services include: site visits; personnel interviews for program specific operations; and establishing electronic SOP content (MS Office), forms, checklists, and index references. Biosecurity/disease surveillance – From a basic disease surveillance program to a comprehensive bio-security program, we can help minimize the risk of your research falling victim to a disease in your facility. regulatory support – We can help you navigate current federal regulations to keep your animal care and use programs compliant and design programs that lead to obtaining PHS Assurance and AAALAC International accreditation. Animal research protocol development – We can recom-mend the appropriate animal research protocol model, ensuring the protocol meets current regulatory require-ments and preparing the protocol for IACUC review. Biosafety/biocontainment – We can help you meet biosafety and biosecurity requirements through re-cruiting plans that identify the ideal recruit for ABSL environments and requirements, training programs that provide initial and ongoing assessments of per-formance, and guidance on implementing a robust Quality Assurance plan. Personnel training – We offer quality personnel train-ing programs for all levels of facility and program support and operations, including cage wash, animal husbandry, technical staffing and management. research of Worldwide importanceSoBran Bioscience Services clients include:n National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)n The Vaccine Research Center (VRC), NIAID, NIHn National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)n National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)n National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI)n NIH/Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR)n Eastern Virginia Medical Schooln The Johns Hopkins Brain Science Instituten Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchAs the industry leader in designing professional ani-mal care programs, managing animal facilities and providing high quality technical support for labora-tory animal research projects, SoBran offers a range of Bioscience Research Support services. Let us show you how our continued commitment to quality, efficiency and service can help you realize your goals.PArtnering For Your suCCess, MotivAted BY disCoverYSoBran, Inc.2677 Prosperity AvenueSuite 200Fairfax, VA 22031Ph: 703.352.9511Fax: 703.352.9513ask@sobranbioscience.com www.sobranbioscience.com