Email this pageWelcome to the BSL3 Core Facility
The Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) core facility is available for use by any researcher at the university whose work requires the manipulation of biological agents that may cause serious or potentially lethal disease as a result of exposure by the inhalation route.
Director
Martin Pavelka, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Box 672)
Director, UR Biosafety Level 3 Facility
Core Services/Functions
The BSL3 Core laboratory functions as a safe working environment for high-risk and high-security microbial pathogens. It is not a fee for service core, but functions instead as a core facility where properly trained users can manipulate various pathogenic microbes under safe conditions, protecting both the user, other university personnel, and the public from harm. Users pay an hourly fee for use of the facility, which is charged out quarterly. The funds in the user account goes towards administrative fees, telecommunication charges, equipment service, and some user consumables such as certain components of personal protective equipment and safety and waste handling materials.
Specific Instrumentation/Equipment
The BSL-3 Core laboratory is a fully self-contained facility for work with pathogenic microorganisms and includes the following:
- Four class II biohazard hoods
- Pass-through autoclave
- Stationary air and CO2 incubators, shaking incubator
- Centrifuge with micro-, low-speed, and high-speed rotors
- Electroporator
- Visible light spectrophotometer
- Tissue homogenizer
- Sonicator
- Inverted microscope
- -80 freezer and liquid nitrogen storage unit
- Cell lysis equipment
Contact Us
- Office: (585) 275-4670
(DelMonte MRB 2-11128) - Lab: (585) 275-4685
(DelMonte MRB 2-11301) - Fax: (585) 473-9573
