Facilities
Biofrontiers Shared Instrument Pool (SIP)
SIP provides researchers with access to 60+ instruments and resources from basic research infrastructure to advanced, state-of-the-art biochemical and biophysical methods to characterize biological macromolecules and complexes. The SIP team provides comprehensive support and expertise, guiding users from project planning and instrument training to troubleshooting, optimization, data analysis, and quality control.
The goal of SIP is to empower researchers from CU and beyond to conduct exceptional, groundbreaking research that propels science and society forward by providing a supportive, first-class research environment and fostering collaboration and innovation.
Biofrontiers Cell Culture Facility
The BL-2 certified cell culture facility in JSCBB is shared by all Biochemistry investigators and is equipped with twelve containment hoods. Six of these are for general use, two hoods are specific for primary cell culture work and two are located in a separate room for use with virus. In addition, there is a horizontal, laminar flow hood for use with large volume cultures and a restricted hood for Salmonella invasion studies of mammalian cell hosts. There are thirteen CO2 incubators as well as an incubator and shaker for working with insect cell cultures. The facility has the ability to do experiments requiring hypoxic conditions. It also has two automated liquid nitrogen storage units and an inverted microscope with both light and fluorescence sources. The facility is supervised by Theresa Nahreini, who trains all users in sterile techniques and oversees daily operations of media preparation, mycoplasma testing and maintenance of cell lines.