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