Shared Instrumentation and Core Facilities
As research instrumentation grows increasingly expensive and complex, the School of Biological Sciences has invested more than $9 million to lower barriers to access and ensure faculty and students can leverage cutting-edge technologies and expert support for their research and educational programming. These shared core facilities and instruments span multiple technology areas and serve a broad, interdisciplinary user base across the university thereby accelerating discovery, enhancing education, and maximizing the impact of institutional resources.
Technology Sandbox and Structural Biology
Shared Instrumentation
Flow Cytometry
- Instrument: BD FACS Aria Fusion Cell Sorter
Location: Natural Sciences Building
Contact: Nabora Reyes De Barboza - Instrument: Cytek Aurora 5-laser flow cytometer
Location: Natural Sciences Building
Contact: Ananda Goldrath - Instrument: BD LSRFortessa X-20
Location: Natural Sciences Building
Contact: Li-Fan Lu
Microscopy
- Leica SP8 and SP5
Location: Natural Sciences Building
Contact: Deborah Yelon - Bruker Luxendo MuVi SPIM light sheet microscope
Location: Natural Sciences Building
Contact: Deborah Yelon - Nikon AX R + NSPARC super-resolution confocal
Location: Bonner Hall
Contact: Christina Hueschen - Thermo Fisher EVOS M7000
Location: Pacific Hall
Contact: Nabora Reyes De Barboza - Leica Blade microtome automated vibrating VT1200
Location: Pacific Hall
Contact: Nabora Reyes De Barboza - Thermo Fisher EVOS M5000
Location: AP&M
Contact: Scott Biering - Zeiss Airyscan laser scanning confocal microscope
Location: Bonner Hall
Contact: Uri Manor - Zeiss Elyra 7 super-resolution imaging system
Location: Bonner Hall
Contact: Uri Manor - Fujifilm VisualSonics Vevo ultra-high frequency photo-acoustical in vivo imaging system
Location: Pacific Hall
Contact: Vineet Augustine - BZX Fluorescence microscope
Location: Pacific Hall
Contact: Vineet Augustine
Plate Readers
- Tecan Spark Cyto live cell plate reader
Location: AP&M
Contact: Scott Biering - Spectramax i3x plate reader
Location: Muir Biology
Contact: Sergey Kryazhimskiy
Additional Shared Equipment
- Large drying oven
Location: Muir Biology
Contact: Elsa Cleland - ANCOM fiber analyzer
Location: Muir Biology
Contact: Elsa Cleland - Vapor pressure osmometer
Location: Muir Biology
Contact: Elsa Cleland - Wiley mill
Location: Muir Biology
Contact: Elsa Cleland - Fab lab
Location: Muir Biology
Contact: James Nieh - Liquid scintillation counter
Location: Bonner Hall 3142
Contact: Ashley Miller - Photoprocessor
Location: Bonner Hall 4325A
Contact: Ashley Miller - Photoprocessor
Location: Pacific Hall 3015A
Contact: Ashley Miller
Campus Core Facilities
- Mass Spectrometry
- Advanced Microscopy
- Institute for Genomic Medicine (IGM)
- San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
- Core Bio Services
- Nano3 Fabrication
- Center for RNA Technologies and Therapeutics
- Sanford Stem Cell Innovation Center
- Campus Resources