# TSE climate chambers for precision-controlled temperature housing of rodents.

> **NIH NIH R24** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2024 · $161,950

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The temperature of the ambient housing environment represents a major modifier of outcomes in many
studies. Maintenance of precise temperature and humidity control minimizes contributions to variation in both
behavioral and physiological outcome measures from differential recruitment of thermogenesis. Furthermore,
the ability to house animals at precise temperatures outside of standard housing ranges (65-75°F) permits
specific studies that rely on cold activation of adipose tissue, analyze metabolic demand without
thermogenesis for body temperature maintenance, or create perturbations that may drive, protect, or modify
pathology when modeling diseases such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Malignant Hyperthermia or other
disorders. Access to housing space that provides precise adjustable control of housing temperature is needed
to facilitate these studies. The TSE-Systems Climatic Control Chambers would provide this missing component
for extended duration animal housing at precise temperatures that is critical for the success of several
metabolic, physiology, and neurologically focused research programs at Baylor College of Medicine.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10986239
- **Project number:** 1R24OD037695-01
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Christopher S Ward
- **Activity code:** R24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $161,950
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2024-06-15 → 2025-06-14

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10986239

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10986239, TSE climate chambers for precision-controlled temperature housing of rodents. (1R24OD037695-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10986239. Licensed CC0.

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