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The Bioinspired Translational Microsystems Laboratory

BioinSyst

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Facilities

BioinSyst is located in a modern 212,000 sq. ft. TAMU Emerging Technologies Building, that is also home to the Biomedical Engineering Department. Our lab has state-of-the-art equipment needed for carrying biosafety level-2 work at the intersection of engineering, life science and medicine. All staff is provided with individual desks and wet-benches. The laboratory collaborates with scientists and clinicians located in close proximity at some of the nation’s topmost biomedical facilities for patient care, basic science, and translational research (Texas A&M Health Science Center, Baylor Scott & White Health, Texas Medical Center and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center).

We have a partnership with TAMU Student Health Services to draw blood from volunteers for our research.

Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology

The lab has a dedicated tissue culture room that is equipped with capabilities such as high speed centrifuges, incubators, ovens, freezers, Countess-3 automated cell counter, electronic PH meter, microscopes and chemical hoods. We have a Luminex MAGPIX analyzer for multiplex molecular analysis, and a QuantStudio3 RT-PCR system.

 

 

 

 

Hemostasis/Other

We have research and clinical-grade hematology equipment to support our research. We house:

  1. Drew Scientific® Hemavet 950FS multi-species blood analyzer specially designed to analyze human blood samples with a 20 parameter characterization capability
  2. PendoTECH® PressureMAT 3 monitor with multiple pressure sensor inputs and 4 channel output

Engineering

Our lab is fully equipped with modern space and equipment for carrying out research in microfluidics and soft lithography. For example, we house:

  1. Cleanroom with SU-8 mould station (BlackHole Lab)
  2. PDMS spin coater
  3. PDMS Centrifugal Mixer (Thinky USA AR-100)
  4. Touchscreen plasma cleaner (Thierry Zepto)
  5. Remote operable syringe pumps (Harvard PHD Ultra)
  6. Programmable peristaltic pump (ElveFlow)
  7. 3D printer (Asiga MAX X27, Ender 3 Pro)

Imaging/Microscopy

Our lab includes a dedicated dark room for high resolution fluorescence microscopy. We have a Zeiss Axio Observer Inverted Microscope capable of automated multi-channel acquisition with Colibri 2 LED Illumination System, Axiocam 702 camera, and ApoTome v.2 optical sectioner. We have the CytoSMART in-incubator live-cell imaging system and Tokai Hit stage-top incubator . We also have easy access to the University’s core high-resolution imaging facilities.

 

 

 

Computers & Offices

The researchers of BioinSyst are provided with PC or MAC workstations and/or laptop as per requirement. Design and engineering software licenses are available. Cloud-based storage and servers administered by the University IT allow unlimited and secured storage of data.

Every researcher is provided with a wet bench and desk space inside the lab. Office space is provided to all graduate students, as well as meeting and conference rooms to foster research collaboration.

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Emerging Technologies Building
101 Bizzell St, 3120 TAMU
College Station, TX, 77843

Phone: +1 (979) 458-8494 (office), +1 (979) 847-8113 (lab)

Twitter: JainLabTAMU

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