Infrastructure

      Centre for biological characterisation of biomaterials

      Centro de caracterización biológica de biomateriales

      Our centre focuses on biologically assessing biomaterials and medical devices. To do so, we have a cell culture room and a biotechnology and microbiology laboratory.

      Description

      The laboratory has the following equipment:

      • Laminar flow hoods
      • Autoclaves.
      • Incubators and climatic chamber.
      • Refrigerators, freezers and deep-freezers (-80ºC)
      • Precision balance.
      • UV-visible spectrophotometer.
      • Fluorescence spectrophotometer
      • UV, fluorescence and luminescence micro plate reader.
      • Manual colony counter.
      • Semi-automatic coagulometer.
      • Biofilm formation reactor.
      • Automatic liquid dispenser.
      • Chemical extraction hood.
      • Filler, cryostat and microtome to prepare histological samples.

      The cell culture room is a class 100,000 clean room and has the following equipment:

      • Laminar flow hood and biosafety hood.
      • Incubators with CO2 control.
      • Autoclave.
      • Refrigerated centrifuge.
      • PCR thermal cycler.
      • Vertical and horizontal electrophoresis.
      • Transilluminator.
      • Inverted microscope.
      • Fluorescence microscope.

      Aimed at:

      • Companies.
      • Universities.
      • Research centres.