As part of Octopus, we offer training and support to use the following equipment:
- One Unimat-BS Class II and two BioMat 2 Microbiological Safety Cabinets, all 1200mm
- Binder (C150) CO2 incubator
- Two Galaxy 170R CO2 incubators
- Biorad TC20 Automatic cell counter
- Fridges and freezers
- Gases on tap – Argon, Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide, oxygen and compressed air
- Benchtop Centrifuges (Eppendorf 5415D) with adaptors for 15 and 50ml tubes (Beckman Coulter, Allegra X-15R)
- Light microscopes including Zeiss Primo Vert model
- Eppendorf and Gilson pipettes, 0.1µL to 1mL, and multichannel Eppendorf, 30-300mL
- IPC high precision multichannel dispenser
- Waterbaths with sonicator
- Vortex mixers, stirrers (including one heated) and rocking platforms
- Sartorius LE244S and VWR balance
- Rechargeable pipetting aids
- Boby trolleys
- Jenway 3510 and 3520 pH meters
- Scotsman AF103 ice machine
- Jasco V630 Spectrophotometer
- Agilent technologies, Cary Eclipse fluorescent spectrophotometer with temperature controller
- Perkin Elmer, Lambda950 uv/vis spectrophotometer
- Thermo Scientific, Niolet iS10 and Niolet 380 FT-IR spectrometers
- Protein solutions, Dynapro molecular sizing instrument
- Invitrogen XCell surelock, Novex mini cell and iBlot
- Biorad Mini Protean 3 cell and transblot, semi dry transfer cell
- Kodak image station 4000MM Pro with fluorescent filters
- Heating block
- Bag sealer
- Techne TC312 PCR
