Lab Manual

WELCOME TO THE QI LAB (8/2/2007- 7/31/2016 at Cornell; 8/1/16-present, Michigan)

Greetings! You have reached the Qi laboratory (pronounced as "Chi"). We are located on the 5th floor of Brehm Tower. Hopefully, you will find the website informative and helpful. Please contact Ling if you have any comments and suggestions. For new lab members, please take time to read through this guide. This page will be updated once we get to Ann Arbor.

MISSION STATEMENT: Our laboratory aims to explore the physiological role of stress response and immune response in the context of obesity and diabetes using genetic tools, to produce new insights into the etiology of these diseases, and to bring a standard excellence to all that we do as an individual scientist and as a laboratory. We strive to create an environment that is fair, respectful, courteous, collegial and conducive to learning and testing new ideas.

MOUSE TRAINING and MOUSE TRANSFER: The first step of this program is to fill out the registration form and then return to Diann LaPoint (dfl4; 3-3529) for Module I training and any specific mouse training as applicable per Diann. Assuming if they are on your approved protocol, they must have already filled out their Risk Assessment Form (pdf) and sent to EH&S. They will need to do Module II training (Orientation) which can be set up with Sylvia Allen (sa63; 4-4399). Once through all training, you will be given access to our mouse room - give Sylvia the ID numbers. Please also remind Ling that he needs to add you to the lab mouse protocol. Of note, there are many useful information on the CARE website: http://www.research.cornell.edu/care/acups.html. For MOUSE TRANSFER from other institutes, the first thing to do is to go to your eSirius home page and "Create a new animal order" - when you get to the source page; select "MOUSE QUARANTINE" -- after you fill out and submit.