Facilities
The resources available for the development of this project are the highest level in its category, with dedicated laboratories of new construction / installation, and personnel of the highest professional qualification for the development of the same.
Laboratories equipped for the generation, culture and differentiation of pluripotent stem cells consists of work surfaces, walls and non-porous floor, smooth and easy to clean and an access area that allows changing clothes for people who access the cultivation area.
The Stem Cell Bank of Barcelona has 2 culture rooms and cryogenics room that have the following equipment:
General culture room:
Culture room for quarantine:
Cryogenics room:
1 freezer at -80ºC (Revco) / 1 LN2 Storage Unit for cell storage (CBS) / 1 programmable freezer (Freeze Control).
The B-SCB has the technical support of IDIBELL platforms:
- Optical microscopy unit: multifocal laser confocal microscopy, time-lapse optical microscopy, optical microscopes and stereomicroscopes.
- Electron microscopy unit: scanning and transmission electron microscope for ultrastructure studies.
- Histology unit: conventional histology service for fresh and frozen paraffin embedded samples (cryostat, microtome, vibratome, ultramicrotome), and conventional histological and immunochemical stains.
- Molecular biology unit: offers different molecular biology techniques such as qRT-PCR, PCR analysis