TECHNICAL FACILITIES
The hottest analytical technologies for active screening and discovery
Sample & Product Preparation Facilities
All the equipment needed for safe, convenient and efficient management of chemical (products, reagents, media and buffers) or biologicals (extracts, metabolites, macromolecules)
Cell culture
Fully equipped culture room (biosafety level 2) for human or animal cell/ tissues production, quality insurance, treatment, analysis and storage. Accreditation for the recovery of fresh human tissue samples from hospital and clinics (for research use only).
Biochemical laboratory
Fully equipped biochemistry laboratory : liquid handling station, multi-format plate readers, absorption/densitometry, fluorescence, luminescence for semi-automated assays.
Radioactivity
Rooms and equipment dedicated to experiments using radioactivity, filtration/ cell collection, scintillation counter, autoradiography (phosphorimager)
Cell biology and proteomics
Advanced technological capabilities for MTS/HTS cell biology and proteomics :
- InCell Analyzer 1000, automated image acquisition/analysis system for proteomics more
- Custom FACSArray, HTS (microplate) format flow cytometer
Molecular biology laboratory
Advanced technological capabilities for molecular biology and gene expression (mRNA) studies :
- BIOanalyzer 2100 (Microfluidic macromolecule (RNA…) analyzer for quantification/quality control and analysis
- Real-time (quantitative) PCR Systems, « Light Cyclers » 32-well format and 384-well HTS format
- DNA arrays, standard and home-made systems for mRNA profiling
- Spotting platform: Piezorray & BCA-1, spotters using Piezzoelectric technology, fully adaptative & secured systems for multi-format/multi-support printing of cDNAs, oligonucleotides, proteins…
- Miscellaneous systems for Northern blot, gel shift and other hybridization-based methods
Histology, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence
Equipment dedicated to tissue preparation (3D-cultures, ex vivo samples, clinical samples), including microtome, cryostat, immunostainer station.
Microscopy
Microscope imaging systems (light, epifluorescence, confocal and electron) for routine and precise microscopic analysis of living or fixed cells or tissues.
