Lab Facilities

Instal·lacions del laboratori

Specific set-ups

  • Cell culture facilities
  • Confocal microscopy (Leica SP8)
  • Fluorescence microscopy with structured light camera (Nikon, TI Eclipse) and epifluorescence microscope (Leica DM IRB)
  • FACS (BD FACS Calibur)
  • Cryotome (Thermo)
  • Imaris® for cell biologist software
  • Infrared termography camera (FLIR, E95)
  • Plate reader (absorbance, luminescence and fluorescence) (BioTek®)
  • Stereotaxic frame for small animals (Kopf) and nano syringe pump (KD Scientific)
Lab Facilities

Specific protocols and tools

  • Endocannabinoid extraction and analysis
  • Ceramides extraction and analysis
  • Malonyl-CoA extraction and analysis
  • Transgenic mice model: CPT1C KO mice; CPT1C floxed mice
  • Lentivirus and AAVs: CPT1C, CPT1C mutated isoforms, endocannabinoids-related proteins, ER-related proteins

Group Leader

Núria Casals

Basic Sciences Department

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya