Core Facility in CMBB

The Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (CMBB) makes its Instrument Facilities and Core laboratory available to both academic and private-sector users. The cost structure for the use of instruments in the CMBB facility varies between $30-$70/hour depending on the instrumentation that is used and involvement of our staff. For companies we also lease 25 linear feet of space for $3000/month for periods up to 1 year. The lease agreements allow the company to have access to all of our facilities. Below is a description of the facilities and equipment available at our Jupiter location.

 

BASIC EQUIPMENT

UV/visible spectrophotometers

Microcentrifuges

Sonicator

Fume hood

Gel dryer

Analytical balances

Pipettors

Water bath and dry bath incubators

Homogenizers

Vacuum pumps

pH meter

Magnetic stirrers (8)

 

SPECIALIZED FACILITIES

MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY

PCR thermal cyclers

Agarose gel electrophoresis

Nanodrop

MJ Research Opticon2 DNA Engine Real -Time Cycler

Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100

Plate readers

  • Berthold CentroPRO luminometer
  • Molecular Devices ThermoMax 96-well UV/vis absorbance
  • Molecular Devices SpectraMax Gemini 96/384-well fluorescence
  • Cytation 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader

 

PROTEIN FACILITY

Sartorius-Bioreactor

High-speed and high-capacity centrifuges

  • Beckman L8-80M
  • Beckman Optima Max -TL
  • Sorvall RC-5C

Virtis lyophilizer

Labconoco freeze dryer

Labconoco speedvac

Bruker Microflex MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer

Waters analytical HPLC

Agilent Analytical HPLC (2)

Bio-Rad NGC chromatography system - Preparative FPLC

Protein electrophoresis and Western blotting

Turbo Transfer

 

TISSUE CULTURE

Level II Biosafety cabinets (3)

CO2 incubators (4)

ZOE fluorescent cell imager

Bright Field Microscope

Inverted Phase Contrast Microscope

Automated Cell Counter

Innova 4000 Benchtop Incubator Shaker

Thermo Scientific MaxQ 5000 Shaker/Incubator

 

OTHER FACILITIES

Darkroom for film development

Cold room

Specimen storage

Liquid nitrogen storage

Upright freezers (-80°C/-112°F) (2)

 



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