Equipment and Facilities

Cell culture room

The Precision Mouse Engineering Core's embryonic stem cell culture room is equipped with:

  • Two 6-foot tissue culture cabinets.
  • Two incubators (37 degrees Celsius).
  • Two inverted microscopes.
  • Water bath.

Microinjection room

Equipment in the core's microinjection room includes:

  • Sutter Instrument P-97 Flaming/Brown-type micropipette puller.
  • American Instrument Exchange MF-1 microforge.
  • Olympus SZX12 stereo microscope.
  • Olympus 1X70 inverted microscope.
  • Leica DM1400B microscope.
  • Water-jacketed CO2 incubator.
  • Refrigerator and freezer.

Mouse housing facility

All mice are housed in the core's 250-square-foot mouse barrier area, which is accredited by AAALAC International.

Equipment includes:

  • 6-foot flow cabinet for microsurgery.
  • Incubator.
  • Refrigerator and freezer.
  • Two Leica MZ6 stereo microscopes.