Equipment and Facilities

Targeted Biomarker Core staff member viewing specimens at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

Equipment

Automatic immunoassay systems
  • Beckman Coulter UniCel DxI 800 automated immunoassay analyzer
  • Roche cobas e 411
Chemistry analyzer
  • Roche cobas c 311
Gamma counters
  • Packard Cobra 5000 Series gamma counter
Mass spectrometers
  • Agilent 6490 LC-MS/MS
  • Sciex API 5000 LC-MS/MS triple quadrupole system
  • Thermo Q Exactive Plus, high resolution (high flow and nano flow capabilities)
Microplate reader
  • Molecular Devices SpectraMax i3x Multi-Mode Detection Platform
Microplate washer
  • Thermo Scientific Wellwash AC
Multiplex
  • Luminex 200
  • Meso Scale Discovery QuickPlex SQ 120
Robotic sample processors
  • Gilson 232 XL (with HPLC sample injector)
  • Packard Multiprobe II EX
Sample concentrator
  • Zymark TurboVap LV
Tissue Homogenizer
  • Precellys 24 Tissue Homogenizer

Facilities

The Targeted Biomarker Core includes approximately 2,600 square feet of space in Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, Saint Marys Campus. Core features include biological and fume hoods, a cold room and multiple freezers, and access to institutional space for radiolabeling and radiation monitoring.