🏢 Facilities Supporting Our Research

We are proudly based at the University of Delaware and conduct our research across three major locations:

🔹 Department of Animal and Food Sciences

Part of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR)

Newark Campus – Newark, DE

The Newark site hosts our labs, poultry facilities (BSL-2), and animal care resources for nutrition, host-pathogen interactions and microbiome research.

Carvel Center – Georgetown, DE

This southern Delaware facility has BSL-2 commercial and pen houses for broiler trials.

Charles C. Allen Jr. Biotechnology Laboratory

The Allen Lab, located in Newark, DE, is a BSL-3, USDA-licensed, and NAHLN-approved facility dedicated to high-containment poultry disease research. This building supports work on highly virulent pathogens like avian influenza and Newcastle disease in a secure and biosecure environment.