Services & Facility Staff

Services

Consultation and Training:

  • Safe handling and management of tuberculosis samples and other samples based on APB approval
  • Safe handling and management of SARS-CoV-2 viral samples
  • Training for use and access of BSL-3 facilities
  • APB approval and writing
  • Design of microbiology, immunology, and cell culture experiments to be conducted in BSL-3
  • BSL-3 live cell sorting using a Sony SH800 sorter
  • Tissue culture and microbiology services for co-infection studies
  • Drug Screens for compounds
  • Plaque assay training
  • Ultracentrifuge training
 

Research Support through Staff:

  • Microbiology growth studies on M. tuberculosis
  • Tissue culture studies
  • M. tuberculosis in culture
  • Cell-based assays of SARS-CoV-2
  • Culture of SARS-CoV-2 from clinical specimens
  • Live cell BSL-3 sorting on Sony SH800 sorter
  • Other agents/pathogens based on APB approval

    • Facility Staff

    Director (pictured)

    Jaishree Garhyan
    650-385-9509
     
    LSRPII
    Puja Patel
    408-306-4867