Tissue Culture Area

Please click here for a PDF of guidelines and rules for using the TC area.

Tissue Culture Area

The ICCB-Longwood screening facility has a tissue culture area approved for work with BL2 pathogens. It includes:

  • A 6ft. tissue culture hood, which houses a Matrix WellMate liquid handling robot to dispense tissue culture cells into assay plates.
  • Three ThermoForma tissue culture incubators. One is equipped with a circulating chiller able to maintain incubator temperature between 20ºC and 42ºC.
  • A clinical centrifuge, an inverted microscope, and a 37ºC water bath for use while passaging and preparing cells for assays.

For information about reserving tissue culture incubator space or hood time, please contact the screening room staff. If you plan to use BL2 pathogens in our facility, you must provide your Harvard Committee on Microbiological Safety - Committee for the Regulation of Hazardous Biological Agents (COMS-CRHBA) permit number to the Director, ICCB-Longwood.

Invitrogen Countess Automated Cell Counter

Accurately counts live and dead cells, using 10uL of sample. To learn more about the Countess at the Invitrogen website, click here.

For supplies information, please visit here or the Invitrogen website product accessories page for the Countess here.

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