Core Facilities

 

Biobanks

• BREATH biobank for ARDS patients
  • Xiaoyi Yuan, PhD, Anesthesiology (PI)
  • George Williams, MD, Critical Care (Co-PI)
  • Velvet Patterson, MD, Burn Center (Co-PI)

Histology

• Tissue Processor – Leica TP1020 Semi-enclosed Benchtop Tissue Processor
• Paraffin-embedding machine – Leica HistoCore Arcadia H paraffin-embedding center
• Cryostat microtome –Leica CM1950 Cryostat
• Leica HistoCore Semi-Automated Rotary Microtome
• Leica Aperio LV1 Digital Pathology System

Immunology/Imaging

• CytoFlex Flow Cytometer
• Leica DMi8 Confocal Microscope
• Olympus BX53 Fluorescent Microscope
• BioTek Lionheart Live Cell Imager
• IVIS Spectrum In Vivo Imaging System (will purchase)

Transgenic Mouse

• Flox-Cre transgenic mouse core
• 108 strains
• More than 700 cages

Additional Research Equipment

•  AVEA ICU Ventilator
• Olympus SZX10 Microscope for myocardial ischemia surgery
• Rodent Hypoxia Light/Dark Chamber
• Hypoxygen Hypoxia Chamber for cell culture
• Rodent heat surgical table – Indus Rodent heated surgical table with ECG monitor
• Flexcell FX-5000 Tension System
• I-STAT handheld blood analyzer
• MouseOX Plus Rodent Pulse Oximeter
• Agilent Seahorse XFp Analyzer (will purchase)
• GentleMACS OctoDissociator (will purchase)