Our Facilities
Our laboratory is well-equipped with extensive facilities for molecular biology, transplantation surgery and ex-vivo perfusion. COPPER Laboratory offers services and resources in molecular biology and collaborates with ULAR. The lab is comprised of a small animal surgery suite, a large animal non-survival operating room, an organ perfusion suite and an organ and tissue processing center. COPPER Laboratory is located in Wiseman Hall.
Areas of Expertise
Cell Culture and Molecular Biology
- POLARstar Omega with atmospheric control system - fluorescence polarization microplate reader with simultaneous dual emission detection
- Thermocycler
- Omega Lum™ G - chemiluminescence, UV fluorescence, colorimetry, densitometry, gel documentation system
- Cell culture incubators
- Biosafety hood
- Logos Biosystem - Luna™ automated cell counter
Small Animal
- Ex vivo rat abdominal organ perfusion circuit
- Ex vivo rat lung perfusion circuit
- Kent Scientific Phyiosuite non-invasive monitoring for mice and rats
- Kent Scientific Somnosuite small animal anesthesia system
- Small animal recovery cage
- Leica M 500 - N surgical microscope
- Gonotec Osmomat 10 - cryoscopic osmometer for osmolality
- Gonotec Osmomat 50 - osmometer for colloid oncotic pressure
- Brookfield Viscometer DV2T
- Abaxis VetScan VS2
Large Animal
- Ex vivo lung large animal perfusion circuit
- Ex vivo liver large animal perfusion circuit
- Large animal anesthesia system
- Echocardiography and ultrasonography
- Fluoroscopy C-Arm
- Bronchoscopy
- Blood gas and serum analyzers
Extensive Lab Support Structure
- Computers
- Flatbed scanners
- -80 freezer
- -20 freezer
- Refrigeration
- Liquid nitrogen storage
Model Systems
- Cell culture
- Primary and immortalized cell lines
- Human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC)
- Human pulmonary artery endothelial cell (HPAEC)
- Human aortic endothelial cell (HAoEC)
- Porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cell (PPAEC)
- Porcine aortic endothelial cell line (PAoEC)
- Human alveolar basal epithelial cells (A549)
- Hepatocyte cells (HepG2)
- Rat
- Pig
- Sheep
- Cadaveric