Apparatuses for Cell Biology Studies

Laboratory for Bioassay and Molecular Pharmacology of Chinese Medicines – Analysis Platform (Cell Biology)

BD FACSAria III Flow Cytometer

BD FACSAria III Flow Cytometer is equipped with the latest gel-coupled quartz cuvette flow cell withreflective light path detector, providing high sensitivity and resolution.

lBalanced light path and fluidic design, with shorter warm-up time.

lAuto-defined drip delay for high speed, high purity and high yield collection.

lEquipped with 3 lasers for the simultaneous measurement of 9 parameters.

lOn-board cooling system.

TCM bioactivity evaluation and molecular pharmacodynamics analysis.

lEffective in cancer stem cell, TBNK and GFP-transfected cell selection.

lSimultaneous analysis of 9 optic parameters.

lQualitative analysis of apoptosis, proliferation and DNA cycle changes after TCM treatment.

lQualitative analysis of MAP kinase phosphorylation.

Laboratory for Bioassay and Molecular Pharmacology of Chinese Medicines – Analysis Platform (Cell Biology)

DeltaVision Live-Cell Imaging System

DeltaVision Live-cell imaging system is a multi-unit fluorescent microscopy platform, and is widely used in biomedical research. The imaging system can observe the physiological changes in cultured cell and protein transport in real-time, such as protein trafficking, cell migration, embryonic development, cellular pathological changes and the cellular response after drug treatment.

System highlight:

lLED white-light coupled with high speed filter wheel for multiple fluorescence detection.

lTime-lapse observation of cell and tissue in a defined 3D area.

lAbility of capturing 3D images in tandem.

lUtilization of NanoMotion Stage for high precision x-y-z axis movement, with minimal effect on the image quality.

TCM bioactivity evaluation and molecular pharmacodynamics analysis.

lMitochondria dynamic analysis.

lCell cycle analysis.

lCytoskeleton and microtubule analysis.

lFluorescence in situ hybridization.

lLive cell real time imaging.

lIon channel analysis.

lNeuron imaging.

lMacrophage analysis.

Laboratory for Bioassay and Molecular Pharmacology of Chinese Medicines – Analysis Platform (Cell Biology)

Applied BiosystemqPCRmachine ViiA^TM 7

The latest 7^th generation qPCR machine with optimal flexibility and performance. Compatible with TaqMan® Array, ViiA^TM 7 is an advance qPCR machine for maximizing research productivity.

lQuick exchange of 384-, 96-well plate heat block and TaqMan® Fluidic cards.

lTouch screen interface.

lCompatible with TaqMan® array.

lAutomated 384-well plate for sample loading.

lHigh precision.

lQuantitation of data.

TCM bioactivity evaluation and molecular pharmacodynamics analysis.

lSimultaneous detection of reaction products when performing PCR.

lUtilization of on-board software, which allows the determination of gene expression level in the original samples.

lCan be applied for research in Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) genotyping.