Animal Care & Use

Animal Use Protocols (Artemis)

is the electronic Animal Use Proposal SubmisGirl in a white lab jacket looking at zebra fish in a clear containersion and Review web application used by the IACUC on the UGA campus.听 It provides real-time access to information regarding review status, approval status and expiration dates.

Artemis users are automatically subscribed to the Artemis Users Listserv to receive timely notices concerning IACUC and IACUC policies, Artemis and system downtime.

  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for 鈥楶I鈥 in the upper left corner of your main page
  • Move the cursor over 鈥楶I鈥 to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on 鈥楽ubmissions鈥
  • Under New Form, click 鈥淐reate New 鈥楴ew AUP Submission Form鈥欌 to open a blank protocol form
  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for the PI tab in the upper left corner of the main page
  • Move the cursor over PI to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on the type of item in question from the list (Submission, Renewal or Amendment)
  • Once you have reached the overview for a particular item type, check the Under Review and Under Revision sections for your item

Annual Renewals are no longer required and you do not need to submit them.

  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for 鈥楶I鈥 in the upper left corner of your main page
  • Move the cursor over 鈥楶I鈥 to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on 鈥楽ubmissions鈥 to reveal your AUPs
  • Under 鈥楢pproved鈥, find the AUP referenced above
  • Click on 鈥楥reate Renewal鈥
    • Please Note if the 鈥楥reate Renewal鈥 button is greyed out, an auto-generated renewal may have been created for you. You can check for this by looking in the Under Review section of the Renewal page.
  • Add relevant information to the form
  • When you have completed the form, click on 鈥楽ave and Submit Form鈥 to submit it – this will initiate the review process.
    • NOTE: The review process for the form you have completed cannot begin until you click on 鈥楽ave and Submit Form鈥
  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for 鈥楶I鈥 in the upper left corner of your main page
  • Move the cursor over 鈥楶I鈥 to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on 鈥楽ubmissions鈥 to reveal your AUPs
  • Under 鈥楢pproved鈥, find the AUP you wish to modify
  • Click on 鈥楥reate Amendment鈥
  • Add relevant information to the form
    • NOTE: Addition of animals or personnel must be indicated in section 2 and 3 of the Amendment form respectively
  • When you have completed the form, click on 鈥楽ave and Submit Form鈥 to submit it – this will initiate the review process.
  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for the PI tab in the upper left corner of your main page
  • Move the cursor over PI to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on Submissions
  • Under Approved, find the expiring AUP
  • Click on Copy to New Draft to create a template containing the entirety of the expiring AUP
    • NOTE: Amendments to the expiring AUP are NOT copied into the new draft
  • For Question 2.5 (Is this replacing another AUP), choose 鈥榊es鈥, and select the AUP number of the expiring AUP
  • Please take the time to review the new draft prior to submission
    • Note – Material in Amendments will need to be incorporated into the new AUP as amendments are not included when using the Copy to New Draft feature.
    • Review AUP form questions as additional questions may have been added to the form, or changed, since the AUP was submitted 3 years ago
  • If you need to leave an AUP that is not yet ready to submit, you can save it as a draft by scrolling to the end of the protocol form and selecting 鈥淪ave Draft.鈥
  • To return to an AUP draft, navigate to the PI menu in the top left corner of your main page
    • Select 鈥楽ubmissions鈥
    • Scroll to the 鈥楧rafts鈥 section and locate the Draft you would like to work on
    • Click 鈥淢odify Form鈥 to continue working

To check to see if a form has been returned to you with a question/comment from the veterinary reviewer:

  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for 鈥楶I鈥 in the upper left corner of your main page
  • Move the cursor over 鈥楶I鈥 to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on the type of item in question from the list (Submission, Renewal or Amendment)
  • Check the 鈥楿nder Revision鈥 section to find the form. Information as to what revision has been requested can be found in the 鈥楻evision Comments鈥 box.
  • Click on 鈥楳odify Form鈥 to open the form for revision
  • Make changes by editing the original text of the form itself. Please note that answering the questions in the comments box or by adding new information after the original text without correcting/updating the original text is not sufficient.
  • *Remember to click on 鈥楽ave Draft鈥 at the end of the form before logging out whenever you make a change
  • When your revision is complete, click on 鈥楽ave and Submit Form鈥 to submit the revision – this will send it back to the veterinary reviewer to continue the review process.
    • NOTE: The item cannot continue in the review process until you click on 鈥楽ave and Submit Form鈥 which sends it back to the veterinary reviewer.
  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for the Reviewer tab in the upper portion of your main page
  • Move the cursor over Reviewer to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on the item type (Submission or Amendment) which displays a number greater than zero, i.e. (1)
  • Upon completion of review, if you are satisfied with the protocol, select 鈥淎pprove鈥
    • If you have further comments or questions for the PI, type them into the internal comments box and hit 鈥淎dd Comment.鈥 Then select 鈥淩eject鈥 to move the protocol back to the IACUC Office queue for distribution to the PI. Once the PI has responded, the item will be sent back to your queue for review.
  • Log into Artemis
  • Look for 鈥楶I鈥 in the upper left corner of your main page
  • Move the cursor over 鈥楶I鈥 to reveal a drop-down menu
  • Click on 鈥楽ubmissions鈥
  • Scroll down to the Approved section, and locate the AUP you wish to change
  • Click 鈥楥reate Amendment鈥 and describe the change in the Amendment form
  • When you are ready, click 鈥楽ave and Submit Form鈥
    • NOTE: This process requires modification to the form by the Office of Animal Care and Use and may not be immediately reflected in the form after Approval

At this time it is not possible to attach documents directly to your Artemis protocol. However, you can cut and paste text from other documents into your animal use protocol (AUP) form. If you would like to submit other support documents/information to your protocol, please contact the Office of Animal Care and Use.

A digital signature is automatically added to the protocol for you when you click the 鈥楽ave and Submit鈥 button.