Facilities and equipment
The lab is located in Shrum Science K9615 on the SFU Burnaby Campus. The lab was fully renovated in 2016 and features a spacious office, a level-2-certified cell culture lab, a biochemistry lab, and an imaging room.
The wet lab is equipped to conduct cell culture and protein biochemistry techniques. Major equipment includes the following:
- Baker-Ruskinn SCI-tive hypoxia workstation
- IonOptix C-Pace EP electrical stimulator
- Sable Systems Peltier plate and controller
- Etaluma LS560 microscope
- Panasonic tri-gas incubator
- Biosafety cabinet and laminar flow hood
- Bio-Rad MAGPIX multiplex reader
- BioTek ELx50 plate washer
- Bio-Rad immunoblotting equipment (gel apparatus, rapid transfer unit)
- Shakers, heat baths, electrochemistry meter, microcentrifuges, etc.
We also have access to shared facilities hosted by the Faculty of Science and SFU's core facilities.
Computing
Lab members use their laptops for routine computer work, with most software (e.g., Microsoft Office 365, Matlab) provided free of charge through SFU.
We have access to high-performance computing through the SFU Cedar Supercomputer and Westgrid/Compute Canada, both of which are accessible via SFU's Big Data Hub.
