FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT

• Health Equity Research Award: Yaw Nyame, MD, MS, MBA
• Community Health Trailblazer Award: Consuelo Rodríguez de Negrete, MD

• May – Episode 8:  The COVID-19 Clinical Research Center & Clinical Research Studies (Featuring Dr. Rachel Bender Ignacio, Dr. Alex Lankowski, and Community Health Educator Liszet Bigelow)
• June – Episode 9:  Increasing Diversity in STEM & Healthcare: Creating Pathways for Students & Education (Featuring Dr. Jeanne Chowning, Kate Ceronsky, Community Health Education Manager Hallie Pritchett, and promising student/intern Roberto Ramirez)

FROM THE CONSORTIUM SHARED RESOURCES

Comparative Medicine shared resource

New MicroCT Unit
The micro CT unit is up and running at the Steam Plant. This x-ray based, high resolution, 3-D anatomical imaging system is optimized for studies of the lung and bones. The micro CT serves as an ideal replacement for MRI for these study types. 

The Quantum GX2 micro CT imaging system offers the capabilities of high speed, low dose scanning to allow for longitudinal in vivo imaging for multiple species, as well as high resolution ex vivo scanning. Click here to learn more about the Quantum GX2 micro CT imaging system.

Smaller cohorts (<20 mice) can be transferred to and from the Steam Plant for imaging on the same day to allow for other scheduled procedures to continue as planned. If you would like to use the micro CT for your research, please reference Comparative Medicine’s micro CT procedure template to add this instrument to your lab’s IACUC protocol. 

Please contact the Small Animal Imaging team if you would like to request information about the micro CT and transportation to the Steam Plant if necessary. Brianna Wrightson and Elena Carlson will be available to schedule imaging requests for labs with IACUC approval.

New EchoMRI in Comparative Medicine


The EchoMRI whole-body composition analyzer is available for research use in the Fred Hutch Day Campus Vivarium. The EchoMRI takes direct measurements of total body fat, lean mass, free water mass, and total body water mass in live, awake animals. The Echo does not require any anesthesia, making scanning fast and easy with minimal impact on research animals. The Echo is simple to operate and is the most cost-effective of all instrumentation in Preclinical Imaging. Numeric body composition measurements are logged and can be referenced again later at any time, and repeated measurements yield no side effects upon research subjects. The Echo is a stand-alone unit with no radiation or toxicity issues.

Please contact Brianna Wrightson and Elena Carlson on the Preclinical Imaging team (formerly known as Small Animal Imaging) if you would like to schedule a training or if you have any further inquiries about this instrument. 

Cellular Imaging shared resource

New Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope in Cellular Imaging
The Cellular Imaging Shared Resource has installed a new state of the art Spinning Disk Confocal microscope. The Andor Dragonfly microscope is a versatile multi-dimensional imaging platform offering high-speed/sensitivity spinning disk confocal imaging and laser-illuminated widefield imaging.



This system allows for high-resolution confocal imaging of live or fixed samples of single cells and organ with fast acquisition. Please feel free to reach out to core director Peng Guo at imaging@fredhutch.org to get trained on this exciting technology.

Genomics shared resource

Heart of the Hutch: Phillip Corrin
In a recent Hutch News Story, Philip Corrin from Genomics was in the spotlight of an article regarding his contribution of essential work on campus. Come take a look and show your support for Philip.
Click here to view the Hutch News Article.

2021 AAALAC Site Visit

Fred Hutch has been an AAALAC International accredited institution since 1979, demonstrating our high standards for laboratory animal care. Every 3 years, AAALAC representatives review our program through a site visit to continue the accreditation. The next AAALAC site visit is in July 2021.  AAALAC is a nonprofit organization that promotes excellence in the care for animals in science. Fred Hutch participates voluntarily in this accreditation and assessment program to show our commitment to responsible animal care and use.  Through this accreditation process, we join more than 1,000 other institutions across the world to show we take extra steps for the welfare of our animals.