About the Core

Description: The Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) facility is available for the use of any researcher at the university whose work requires the manipulation of biological agents which may cause serious or potentially lethal disease as a result of exposure by the inhalation route.

Equipment:

• Four class II biohazard hoods
• Pass-through autoclave
• Stationary air and CO2 incubators, shaking incubator
• Centrifuge with micro-, lowspeed, and highspeed rotors
• Electroporator
• Visible light spectrophotometer
• Sonifier
• Sonicator
• Inverted microscope
• -80 freezer and liquid nitrogen storage unit
• Cell lysis equipment

Users of the BSL-3 facility will be charged a fee. Please contact the director for further information.

Martin S. Pavelka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Box 672
Director, UR Biosafety Level 3 Facility
275-4670 (office, Room 2-3005)
275-4685 (lab, Room 2-3112)
473-9573 (fax)