Core-Instrumentation

Following are various (fee-for-service) instrumentation categories offered by the core lab. All instrumentation at the main site unless mentioned below –

Flow Cytometry

BD FACS Aria Fusion (Sorter/Analyzer)

CytoFLEX LX (Analyzer)

(FlowJo, FCS Express 7) Data Analyses PC Workstation (Remote connect – Jump Desktop)

SingleCell Capture (scRNAseq multi-omics)

BD Rhapsody HT (Gravity-based microwell single cell separation with imaging quality controls)

10X Genomics Chromium X (Microfluidics-based single cell capture)

Parse Biosciences WTA (Combinatorial barcoding without an instrument)

Cell Analyses Suite

Seahorse XFe96 Metabolic Analyzer (OCR, ECAR, Mitostress tests, ATP utilization assays)

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Following are various (shared/fee-for-supervised use) instrumentation categories offered by the core lab. All instrumentation at the main site unless mentioned below –

Cell Analyses Suite

Glomax Discover (at Building X, Main Campus)

Specialized Cell Preparation

MACS Purification (QuadroMACS)

OpenTrons Liquid Handling (at Building X, Main Campus)

Cellular Engineering

Lonza 4D Nucleofector (at Building X, Main Campus)

Shared Resources

  • Thermo Shandon Cytospin 4 & a Beckman Spinchron DLX centrifuge.
  • General Laboratory facilities for Mammalian Cell Culture and Sample preparation.
  • Laminar flow BSL-2 biosafety cabinet (APBio shared space), microscopes and centrifuges.
  • General Lab Space for sample preparation available upon consultation with Core Director.

< In FY 2025 the core facility oversaw >


185 hours

of cell sorting via the FACS Aria Fusion


213 hours

of cellular analyses via the FACS Aria Fusion


215 hours

of cellular analyses via the CytoFLEX LX


81 hours

spent analyzing data via FlowJo & FCS Express


218769

single cells resting with a bead

via BD Rhapsody HT


110000

single cells encapsulated via Chromium iX


130000

cells went through combinatorial barcoding

via evercode wT