The separate, dedicated microbiology, molecular biology, and tissue culture (sterile and BSL-2) laboratories have HEPA-filtered air for culture of cell lines, primary cells and tissues. Available equipment and instrumentation include:

• At least one biosafety BSL-2 laminar flow hood per lab,
• Low-speed centrifuges for cell and biochemical applications
• Equipment for agarose and poly acrylamide gel electrophoresis, polymerase chain reaction, and recombinant DNA manipulation
• Autoclave
• Two -80°C cryogenic storage freezers
• Multiple standing and shaking incubators
• Cryostatically cooled centrifuge and microcentrifuge systems
• Thermal cyclers
• Light microscopes with CCD cameras