The Franco laboratory, located in the Veterinary Basic Science (VBS) building, has been recently renovated and consists of one large laboratory space (1,245 square feet) and one additional cell culture room (231 square foot). The lab is well outfitted with all the equipment necessary to perform all the cell biology and molecular biology studies: biosafety cabinet, cell culture incubators, centrifuges, dissection and cell culture microscopes, water baths, power supplies, sonicator, thermocycler, water purification system, ultra-freezer, liquid-nitrogen storage system, electrophoresis chambers, shakers, electroporator and gel documentation system. In addition, the laboratory space is equipped with all the required safety equipment (e.g., eyewash stations, shower, etc.).
Experimental Approaches used
- Cell biology
- Fluorescent Imaging (Confocal microscopyand FACS)
- Cell culture
- Subcellular fractionation
- Molecular Biology
- Cloning, transfection, viral vector design
- Biochemistry
- Protein analysis
- Proteomics
- Metabolomics
- In vivo mouse models of PD
- MPTP
- Paraquat
- Histology
- Cell biology
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
The School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences maintains in-house BSL-3 laboratory, histology facility, cold and warm rooms, media preparation rooms containing dishwashers, ice machines, ovens and autoclaves. Common use equipment includes a confocal microscope, scintillation counter, spectrofluoremeter, gel documentation system, Multidetection (Absorbance/Fluorescence/Luminescence) Microplate Reader, dark room with automated X-ray film developer and Real Time/PCR machine.