Pre-Clinical Research Center (CPPC)
The research, innovation and technology center of the Brain Institute at PUCRS consists of a series of basic experimental research laboratories divided according to specialism. The facilities are modern and welcoming, the equipment is state-of-the-art and it is all managed by the Institute’s renowned researchers.
Facilities
Laboratory of Bioimaging
Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology
Laboratory of Cognition and Neurobiology of Memory
Laboratory of Histotechnology and Microscopy
Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Biotechnology
Laboratory of Neurotoxins
Laboratory of Neuroscience and Electrophysiology
Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine, Cell and Tissue Technology
Laboratory of Cell Culture
Quarantine
Laboratory of Cell Reprogramming
Laboratory of Cell Therapy - GMP
Sterilization and washing room
Biorepository room
Meeting room
Students’ room
Researchers’ room (postdocs)
Leisure and relaxationEquipment
NanoSight nanoparticle tracker
Automated nucleic acid extractors
MagPix - Luminex multi-analyte system
ION GENESTUDIO S5 SYSTEM new generation sequencer
TissueStart™ Bioprinter
Flow cytometer
Confocal microscope
Simple compound optical microscope
Fluorescence microscope
Digital inverted microscope
Class IIA biological safety booths
Incubators
Microcentrifuges with different rotors
Refrigerated centrifuges
Electrophoresis vats and power supplies
Autoclaves
Digital scales
Micropipettors
Thermocyclers
Real-time thermocycler
Spectrophotometers
Spectrofluorimeter M2 (Molecular Devices)
ELISA microplate reader
NanoDrop
Ultra-freezer -80°C
Dry Shipper -196°C
HPLC
Akta chromatographs
MicroPET/CT
Bioluminescence
Radioisotopes
Planar x-ray