The Tissue and Cell Culture Core Laboratory provides active culture systems for many types of mammalian cell lines and primary tissues, as well as maintains frozen stocks of a larger cell library.
General tasks include maintenance of active eukaryotic cell cultures and plating cells for experimental procedures. The Core has two fluorescence microscopes for detecting cells expressing any fluorescent indicators and picturing the image of cells using camera system. Other approaches available include cell cloning, establishment of primary cell cultures including mouse neuronal and glial cells, mycoplasma testing, specialized media preparation and generation of stable cell lines.
Biological safety cabinet | Water jacketed CO2 incubator | Tissue culture microscope (Cal Zeiss Axiovert 40) |
Refrigerated centrifuge | Freezer and refrigerator | Water bath |