Tissue culture rooms

There are two tissue culture facilities in our laboratory that are separate rooms equipped with Microzone BK2 biological safety cabinets. They are class II, Type A2. They provide effective protection for personnel from particulate or aerosol airborne contamination generated within the work chamber as well as a sterile work atmosphere within the chamber. These cabinets re-circulate 70 per cent of the air and vent out 30 per cent through an exhaust HEPA filter on top of the cabinet.

Within each tissue culture room there is a pair of Forma Series II water jacketed CO₂ incubators (Model 3110) with HEPA filters. There is also a Sorvall Legend RT tabletop centrifuge as well as a Motic AE31 inverted microscope.

Before you use these facilities, you need to book yourself in on the calendar.For more information, please contact Champika Fernando (306-966-7228), WCVM molecular microbiology lab co-ordinator.