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Animal Cell Culture Facility |
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The Animal Cell Culture lab is located in Room 142 H.D. Wilson Laboratories. This facility provides tissue culture to various units on campus. It contains equipment and all materials for the storage and maintenance of animal and human cell lines. The LN2 cell storage unit contains over 100 cell lines and we regularly order new cell lines from ATTC as needed. The researchers that it supplies are testing bioactive compounds and extracts from plants and common foodstuffs to determine various cellular effects in vitro including nutritional, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities. The cells provided from this lab are also being used for DNA and RNA extraction and to create diagnostic tools. While we strive to keep our lab pathogen free, we provide cells for the growth of specific pathogens in other labs on campus. The lab has the capacity to produce hybridomas and primary cell cultures, if required. The unit frees students and other investigators from the time consuming task of maintaining reliable contaminant free cell cultures as well as eliminating the need for Biosafety level 2 hoods, incubators and LN2 storage tanks to be maintained in numerous labs throughout campus. We are flexible and always adapting to new challenges in providing human and animal cells for research.
Please contact Ms. Karen McDonough for additional information.
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