U.S. Food and Drug Administration logo U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationNational Center for Toxicological Research
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
horizonal rule
Image of NCTR Research Equipment page banner

The Center has over 132 general or special purpose research labs; 82 AAALAC-accredited breeding and conventional animal rooms; primate research facilities; 23 specialized labs for pathological processing and evaluation; four potentially high-containment labs; a scientific and technical library; on-site hazardous waste disposal; and diet preparation facilities.  An on-site housing unit for visiting scientists consists of eight two-person units and a commons building.

Modern scientific equipment available at the Center includes molecular biology tools, flow cytometers, mass spectrometers, NMR, and a hardware/software infrastructure to foster science and scientific computing.

horizonal rule