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Shared Instrumentation Laboratories (Core Labs)

Core Lab Sixth Floor

Description of Facilities 

The Core Instrumentation Laboratories, or Core Labs, consist of two laboratory rooms on the third and sixth floors of the Medical Sciences Campus Building. These laboratories house large, relatively expensive research instruments, which are shared among the faculty, students and staff on campus. Three of the labs are independently air-conditioned and available 24 hours per day, seven days per week. The laboratories, an ultra-pure, water-producing facility, is available during normal working hours. Storagefor volatile, corrosive and acid solutions is provided in the laboratories.  

User training and assistance on all instruments is available for campus personnel through the Core Laboratory technician or the project director. Periodic user training on specific instruments is also provided through specialized seminars and training sessions. 

For more information please see the Unit Guidelines.

Major Instrumentation 
  • Two Beckman Ultra Centrifuges, an L8-70 (70,000 rpm) and an L-100 XP (100,000rpm),rotors in a variety of configurations for both centrifuges. 
  • Sorvall Model RC-2B, medium-speed refrigerated centrifuge and rotors (21,000rpm). 
  • Beckman medium-speed refrigerated centrifuge, Model J2-21 with rotors (21,000rpm).  
  • Two Beckman Liquid Scintillation Counter, Model LS- 6500, for multiple isotopesand dual label counting of C-14 and H-3, programmable, 300 samples. 
  • Bio-Rad Gel Doc with Chemidoc and Quantity One System, Version 4. 
  • Beckman DU-7 Spectrophometer (complete spectral analyses).  
  • Beckman Spectrophotometer, Model DU-520. 
  • Spectrofluorophotometer Shimadzu Model RF-5000U.
  • Beckman Gamma Counter, Model 5500 B with IsoSet Modules for I-125, Cs-137,Co-57, Cr-51, FE-59 and universal; 200 sample capacity.  
  • Beckman Gamma Counter, Single Channel, 200 samples, I-12 or universal isotopecounting . 
  • Ultra-pure water facilities  
  • Two Ice-maker machine, 600 and 400 lbs. capacity.  

Services Provided
  • Training sessions in the use of ultracentrifuges and other shared equipment
  • Ultra-pure water

Technical Staff 

Dámaris Gavillán 
Laboratory Technician
Email: dgavillan@rcm.upr.edu
Telephone: (787) 758-2525, Ext. 1613 

Location 
Office A-658  Core Laboratories 607-A and B326a
Main Bldg 6th floor, 
Medical Sciences Campus, 


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The project is supported by Grant Number G12RR03051(RCMI Program, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus) from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NCRR or NIH.