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laboratory facility has biosafety level 2 and level 3 facilities,
insectarium facility, cold storage, and the ultramodern diagnostic and sequencing units. Its molecular biology laboratory is divided in: extraction, PCR-prep and amplification rooms where there are five real time cyclers, two thermocyclers and a
Sanger sequencer, two Illumina® iSeq100, one Illumina® Miniseq. The post-amplification steps are performed in a different room with both electrophoresis and nucleic acid visualization areas, and working with high-pathogens is done in BSL2 + conditions. This lab has biosafety cabinet, incubators, microscope, a BACTEC blood-culture system, a VITEK 2 Compact instrument that checks the microbial identification and test susceptibility. Flow cytometry, ELISA and immunofluorescence microscopy and primary cell culture sit in an immunology wing.
Entomology unit has a restricted access mosquito-breeding-station and
Plasmodium culture facilities, parasitology laboratory and offers microscopy based screening of helminthoped and protozoan. There are 24 deep and ultra-low-temperature freezers, two -152 o C freezers and liquid nitrogen tanks and 24h of power redundancy in cryopreservation services. == References ==