Core Facilities

Overview of Equipment

ABI Core Units Equipment List (July 2025)

Animal Cell Culture

BSC: Biological Safety Cabinet CBH: Clean Bench Hood 1.1- BSC, NuAire, Class II, type A2, N...

Flow Cytometry

2.1- Flow cytometer/Cell sorter, BD Biosciences, FACSAria™ 2.2- Computer workstation wit...

Histology

3.1- Cryostat, Epredia, HM525 NX 3.2-Automated rotary microtome, Leica, HistoCore ...

Imaging

ABI will provide lens paper, ethanol, immersion oil, gas CO2, and liquid CO2. 4.1- Scanning ...

Mass Spectroscopy

5.1- HPLC/Mass Spectrometer, Thermo/Dionex, Ultimate 3000/LTQ XL Components: Pump, LPG-34...

Molecular Biology

6.1- Purifier Vertical Clean Bench, Fisher Scientific, FB-PCR2 (ABI 244) 6.2- Purifier V...

Plant Cell and Tissue Culture

7.1- Clean bench hood, The Baker Company, EdgeGARD - EG-8252, 8 ft (ABI 344) 7.2- Clean ...

Radioactivity

8.1- Scintillation counter, Beckman Coulter, LS 6500 8.2- Geiger-Müller counter, Ludlum ...

General Support

9.1- Ultracentrifuge, Beckman Coulter, Optima L-90K (ABI 338) 9.2- High-speed centrifuge...

Liquid Nitrogen

10.- The outlet for liquid nitrogen is in the ABI loading area, next to the entrance to the Anima...

Small Animal Facility

11.1- Cage and rack washer, BeterBuilt®, R620L Series (A103) 11.2- Gravity steam sterili...

Greenhouses

12.1- Four greenhouses equipped with a computer-assisted system for controlling photoperiod, ...

Plant Growth Chambers

13.1- Plant growth incubator, Conviron, PGC20, twin chambers, 2 levels (4 units) 13.2- P...

Infiltration Room

14.1- Plant growth incubator, Conviron, Adaptis A1000 (2 units in ABI 141A)

Other

15.1- Water purification system by reverse osmosis, USFilter, VROLC01BX (1 unit in ABI 138) ...