Animal facilities
Different model organisms are studied in the lab depending on the topics approached.
Drosophila
| The fly lab includes 1 observation and handling room equipped with microscopes combined with CO2 injectors. Incubators used for constant temperature experiments and rooms used for the maintenance of Drosophila collections are available. |
Mouse
| The mouse animal facility PSEA (Animal Experimentation and Stabulation Plateform) is spreading out on 250 m2. The surface is divided in 4 A1+ Housing/experimentation areas and one A2 housing/experimentation area. This is a shared facility of the INSERM/TPR2 building. |
Cell culture imaging and molecular biology
Imaging
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The imaging facility is equipped with an Axioplan2 (Zeiss) upright microscope with epifluorescence filters and a large range of objectives (from 5X to 63X). An Orca flash4 camera (Hamamatsu) allows high-speed, high-resolution video microscopy. This acquisition set up is supplemented by a station devoted to movies analysis. |
Cell culture
| The Cell Culture Platform (PCC, a shared facility of the INSERM/TPR2 building) comprises four laboratories allowing the use and manipulation of organisms belonging to class 2 biohazard, and a satellite laboratory that houses equipment used in cell biology (electroporation units, cell counters, plate readers, fluorescence digital microscope, etc.). |
Molecular biology
| The lab is fully equipped with state of the art molecular biology devices, see the Molecular and Cellular Technical Facility page for more information. |