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Institute of Oncology Research (IOR),

affiliated to USI,

run by an

independent

foundation with the same name

Events

Histology, Seahorse, Ultracentrifuges

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The IRB provides a range of additional instruments to support the research, including full histology equipment from tissue to slide and Seahorse technology to perform cellular bioenergetics in real time. Moreover, a set of ultracentrifuges is available to all researchers.


These instruments are managed by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB): https://irb.usi.ch/facilities/other-instruments/

Equipment

  • Histology
    • Microm STP 120 Spin Tissue Processor
    • Microm Ec-350-2 Tissue Embedding
    • Epredia™ CryoStar™ NX50 Kryostat
  • Seahorse Real-Time Cell Metabolic Analysis
    • Seahorse XFe96
  • Tissue Lyser
    • Qiagen TissueLyser II
  • Ultracentrifuges
    • Beckman Optima LE-80K Ultracentrifuge
    • Beckman OptimaMAX-XP Ultracentrifuge
    • Beckman Coulter Optima XE-90 Ultracentrifuge
    • Herolab HiCen SR
    • Sorvall LYNX 6000 Superspeed Centrifuge
    • Sorvall RC-3B Plus High Capacity Centrifuge