Located in Michelson Hall Rm 360 the Bridge Cell Culture Core is a USC recharge facility specializing in supporting the Cell Culture needs of your research within the industry standards of BSL1 and BSL2.
Our areas of expertise include:
- Baculovirus expression with insect cells (virus and frozen biomass)
- Mammalian cell expression (virus and frozen biomass)
- Plating of adherent cells (available for use in Core or for Pick Up)
- Cell maintenance
- Cell Banking
- Mycoplasma testing
- Cell culture lab set up
- Consulting
Our Core supports the work of
- Dr. Raymond Stevens and Dr. Vadim Cherezov labs in the crystallization and structure determination of many GPCRs, antibody expressions, and soluble protein expressions
- Dr. Kate White in pancreatic beta cell signaling
- Dr. Corenlius Gati in cyroEM of GPCRs and solute carriers
- Dr. Peter Foster in the physics of living systems (cytoskeletal activity and physical bioenergetics)
- Dr. Scott Fraser Labs in imaging and molecular analysis of intact biological systems
- Dr. Steve Kay in the composition and architecture of circadian networks in plants and animals
Notable Cell Culture Core Publications:
