Microbiology core

The Laboratory for Infectious Disease Research (LIDR) has more than 10,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space available for scientists and collaborators for the performance of molecular biology, cell biology and microbiology research under BSL-2 and BSL-3 conditions.

Equipment

• Cell- and tissue-culture specific incubators and dedicated biosafety cabinets in specific BSL-3 laboratories.
• Imaging capabilities for bright-field and fluorescence microscopy in specific BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratories
• Micro centrifuges, hanging bucket and fixed angle centrifuges in all BSL-3 laboratories and Ultracentrifuges in specific BSL-3 laboratories
• Thermo cyclers, electroporation units and spectrophotometers in specific BSL-3 laboratories
• Real time quantitative PCR equipment in specific BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratory
• Vector transmission study laboratory at BSL-2 and BSL-3

Please contact us at lidr@missouri.edu for additional information.