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Cell Analysis Facilities


The state-of-the-art Cell Analysis Facilities in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology supports world-class basic and clinical research. Equipped with major research infrastructure, they consist of the Flow Cytometry Facility, the Microscopy and Imaging Centre, and the Biological Transmission Electron Microscopy (bioTEM) Facility. The cores are housed in custom-built laboratory space within the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, each with an experienced manager.
Flow Cytometry Facility
Flow cytometry is a high-speed, high-parameter single cell analysis technology. The Flow Cytometry Facility was established in 2005 and is now the best equipped cytometry core in Ireland.

The facility houses one state-of-the-art cell sorter (BD FACSAria Fusion), an imaging cytometer (Amnis ImageStream X Mark II), a full-spectrum cytometer (Cytek Aurora) and four conventional flow cytometers (BD LSRFortessa, BD FACSCanto II, BD Accuri C6 & Thermo Fisher’s Attune NxT). The lab is available to all researchers and serves over 100 research groups, with ~ 200 regular users per month. The facility manager, Dr Barry Moran, has considerable experience and expertise and works with the researchers in all aspects of their cytometry projects, from experimental & panel design, to data acquisition, onto analysis and presentation.
Microscopy and Imaging Centre
The Microscopy division of the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at TCD is integrating advances in Microscopy with Computer Imaging.

The services of this facility are available to all researchers, both internal and external to the University. The instruments are designed for analysis of multiple dyes on fixed or live samples (e.g. multicolor immunofluorescence, intracellular regulation of pH and calcium, photoactivation, colocalisation studies FRET & FRAP).
Biological Transmission Electron Microscopy (bioTEM) Facility
Biological Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) is a vital research tool, providing insight in to the mechanisms of cells, tissue, organisms and bio-molecules.

The facility located in TBSI features a JEOL JEM-1400 120Kv TEM, ideally suited to life sciences applications.