Equipment
We are a 2000-sq-ft facility housing the following equipment:
Automated Liquid Handlers
Beckman Coulter BioMek FX robot enclosed in sterile HEPA filtered NuAire enclosure
Beckman Coulter BioMek 3000 robot enclosed in sterile HEPA filtered NuAire enclosure
BioTek EL406 Liquid Dispenser enclosed in a sterile HEPA filtered hood
BioTek ELZ405 Liquid Dispenser/Aspirator enclosed in a sterile HEPA filtered hood
BioTek EL406 MicroFlo reagent dispenser – for dispensing endpoint reagents
Incubators
NuAire DHD autoflow CO2 Air-Jacketed incubators (4) - for cell culture work
Liconic incubators (5) - for incubation of 384 siRNA test plates
Freezers
NuAire Glacier -86oC Ultra Low Temperature Freezer (1)
Thermo Scientific Puffer Hubbard -20oC (4)
BSI 4oC Scientific Storage systems (2)
BSI -20oC Scientific Storage systems (3)
Centrifuges
ThermoElectron Corporation IEC CL30 Centrifuge
LMS Crystal Eight Mini Centrifuge
Rotators, Vortexes ND SHAKERS
Lab-Line Instruments Titer Plate Shaker
Lab-Line Instruments Maxi Rotators (2)
Benchmark Orbi-Shaker
Scientific Industries Vortex-Gene 2
Plate Readers
PHERAstar Plate Reader (2)
FLUOstar Omega Plate Reader
Plate Sealers
Thermo Scientific ALPS 3000 Plate Sealer
4titude 4 Seal Plate Sealer
Cell counter
Beckman Coulter Vi-CELL Automated Cell Viability Analyzer
NEXCELOM Bioscience Cellometer Auto T4
Water Bath
JULABO TW20 Water Bath
Microscopes
Nikon Eclipse TS100
High-Content Imaging Instrument
GE INCELL 6000
RT-PCR
Roche LightCycler 480
Barcode Maker
Brady IP300 Label Maker
Computers
Computer stations to operate the equipment
Scanners
Spheroid Imaging Analyzer
Others
Liquid nitrogen storage tank
Storage space for all consumables
siRNA Core - Facility Location
The siRNA Core Facility is located on the MD Anderson Cancer Center South Campus:
4SCR4.2085A