• Mass Spectrometry
• Bruker AmaZon Speed ESI-ion Trap-ETD Mass Spectrometer
• Bruker UltrafleXtreme MALDI-TOF-TOF Mass Spectrometer
• Agilent 6460 Liquid Chromatography – Electrospray Ionisation Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• Agilent 6540 Liquid Chromatography – Electrospray Ionisation Quadrupole-TOF Mass Spectrometer
• Waters ACQUITY H-Class UPLC with QDa Mass Detector
• Sciex 6500+ Liquid chromatography/Electrospray Ionization - QTrap Mass Spectrometer
• Genomics and Molecular Biology
• Agena Bioscience MassARRAY Analyzer 4 System
• Applied Biosystems QuantStudio 7 Flex Real-Time PCR System
• Roche LightCycler 480 Instrument II
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Zeiss Lightsheet 7 Selective Plane Illumination Microscope
• Nikon N-SIM/N-STORM/A1 Super-resolution/Confocal Microscope
• Leica TCS SP8 MP Multiphoton/Confocal Microscope
• Leica TCS SPE Confocal Microscope
• Nikon Eclipse Ti2-E Live-cell Fluorescence Imaging System
• Nikon SMZ1270i Fluorescence Stereomicroscope
• Cellular Analysis
• BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter
• BD Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer
• BD FACSVia Flow Cytometer
• Flowing Software
• Agilent Seahorse XFe24 Extracellular Flux Analyser
• Invitrogen Countess II FL Automatic Cell Counter
• Small Animal Research Platform
• Perkin-Elmer IVIS Lumina Series III Pre-clinical In Vivo Animal Imaging System
• FUJIFILM VisualSonics Vevo LAZR Multi-modality Imaging Platform
• Promethion metabolic cage system (8 cages)
• Biochemical Analysis
• JASCO J-1500 Circular Dichroism Spectrophotometer
• JASCO CPL-300 Circularly Polarized Luminescence Spectrophotometer
• Malvern MicroCal PEAQ-ITC Automated Ultrasensitive Isothermal Titration Calorimeter
• Bio-Rad Bio-Plex 200 Suspension Array System
• General Research
• Logos Biosystems X-CLARITY Tissue Clearing System
• Bertin Technologies Precellys Evolution Homogenizer
• Labconco Refrigerated CentriVap Vacuum Concentrators
• Ingenuity Pathway Analysis Software
• Thermo Scientific Cytospin 4 Cytocentrifuge
• Labexim Products LEDETECT 96 microplate reader
• Thermo Scientific Varioskan LUX Multimode Microplate Reader
• Formulation Laboratory
• Zeiss Primovert inverted microscope
• Sartorius BIOSTAT B-twin Fermenter
• Cytiva AKTA pure 25 M1

Formulation Laboratory

Description:

The formulation laboratory provides a series of advanced equipment to streamline the process for the pharmaceutical application. It ranges from hot melt extrusion, spray drying and fluidized bed system to tablet compression, and finally dissolution testing. Below shows the existing equipment in the ULS formulation laboratory.

• Thermofisher Hot Melt Extruder Pharma 11
• Buchi Mini Spray Dryer B-290
• Mini Glatt Fluidized Bed Granulator
• Erweka Tablet Press EP-1
• Copley DIS8000 dissolution tester

Location: Formulation Laboratory Y522

Hourly rate:

$109 (internal users); $218 (collaborators); $545 (external users)
The rate is for booking the whole formulation laboratory (Y522) and includes access to all 5 pieces of equipment in the room. Please note that only 1 group of user is allowed to book the formulation laboratory at any one time.

Staff-in-charge: Dr Chow Ho-yin, Ryan and Dr Tsang Chui-shan, Carol

Thermofisher Hot Melt Extruder Pharma 11

Buchi Mini Spray Dryer B-290

Mini Glatt Fluidized Bed Granulator

Erweka Tablet Press EP-1

Copley DIS8000 dissolution tester

User Fees: