NCTR Location, Facilities & Services

NCTR's physical facilities are located in central Arkansas and occupies 30 buildings spanning 1,000,000 square feet of floor space.

State-of-the-Art Research Laboratories and Support Facilities 

• 132 general or special purpose research labs
• 82 AAALAC-accredited breeding and conventional animal rooms
• 23 specialized labs for pathological processing and evaluation
• On-site full-service pathology services contractor
• BioSafety level-3 laboratory complex containing 10 individual BSL-3 laboratories
• Nonhuman primate research center
• Phototoxicology research center
• MicroPET™ imaging facility
• Scientific and technical library available to NCTR staff
• SPF (specific pathogen free) barrier
• GLP/GMP-compliant diet preparation facilities  
• On-site housing unit for visiting scientists with eight two-person units and a commons building