Instruments

The Prof Brien Holden Research Centre at LVPEI is home to state-of-the-art equipment made possible by several granting organisations including the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India and others.

Biobank Freezer

Biobank Freezer

Part of the Prof. Krothapalli Ravindranath Ophthalmic Research Biorepository.

Bionova X

Bionova X DLP 3D printer

High throughput, high speed, and high precision light-based DLP 3D bioprinter.

Lumen X

Lumen X Bioprinter

Celllink Light Bioprinter for live cell printing with tight temperature control and consistent prints.

Confocal Microscope

ZEISS LSM 880 Confocal Microscope

High-end, inverted confocal laser scanning microscope designed for sensitive, high-resolution imaging. With Airyscan FAST module to achieve 120nm-170nm resolution at high speeds.

Laminar Air Flow Unit

Laminar Air Flow Unit

A critical contamination control device providing an ISO Class 5 (Class 100) environment for sterile operations by directing HEPA-filtered, unidirectional air over a workbench.

HPLC

High-Performance Liquid Chromatographer

The Shimadzu Nexera 40 Series (including LC-40 components) is a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) system designed for high throughput, efficiency, and automated analysis.

NGS proton sequencer

NGS Proton Sequencer

Ion Torrent Proton sequencer; a high-throughput, benchtop Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) system that uses semiconductor technology to detect hydrogen ions released during DNA polymerization, rather than light or fluorescence.

NHS Sanger

NGS Sanger Sequencer

The Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyzer (Thermo Fisher Scientific) is a high-throughput, 8-capillary electrophoresis instrument for NGS Sanger sequencing and fragment analysis.

Scanning Electron Microscope

Scanning Electron Microscope

Zeiss Geminisem family field-emission scanning microscope with sub-nanometer resolution