This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Operational Services is the WNPRC's business office and serves as the central point for the following administrative functions: Accounting, Human Resources, Payroll and Benefits, Purchasing, Grants Management, and Facilities and General Shop. The primary mission of Operational Services is to provide all necessary services and assistance to support the Center's infrastructure and independently funded research projects of WNPRC principal investigators. All personnel in Operational Services appreciate and promote a customer service approach in carrying out the day- to-day administrative functions. In addition, Operational Services staff work to assure compliance with all administrative and regulatory requirements of the university, State of Wisconsin and federal cognizant agencies. Over the last 12 months Operational Services has accomplished the following: 1. Facility security upgrades. 2. Fully implemented a monthly financial reporting system to assist principal investigators in tracking and monitoring research project costs. 3. The Human Resources unit held training sessions for Animal Care Staff, as well as center-wide training for all staff. These sessions included: Safety and Occupational Health, Spanish in the Work Place, Sexual Harassment, and Improving Customer Service. Operational Services continues to provide administrative support to the Center and its principal investigators while maintaining a high degree of customer support in light of flat Base Grant funding. Capital Equipment List, May 2005 to April 2006 Equipment, Cost and Unit: Vigie Primate Systems, $16,500, Parkinson's Eppendorf Refrigerated Centrifuge, $10,689, AIDS Lab MagnaPure LC Instrument, $84,500, AIDS Lab Single Chamber Incubators, $15,080, AIDS Lab C25 Incubator Shaker w/UNI Platform, $6,520, AIDS Lab #ZFS - 4 Bowel Super -Q, $7,400, Stem Cell REVCO -86 Deg. C Freezer, $6,484, Assay Eppendorf Refrigerated Centrifuge, $5,344, AIDS Lab Vertical Laminar Flow Bench, $8,729, Stem Cell NAPCO 6000 CO2 Incubator, $6,196, Stem Cell Melles Griot HENE Laser, $6,895, AIDS Lab Total = $174,337
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