At the Mechanobiology Institute, we’ve created leading-edge core and support facilities to enable novel and innovative research in mechanobiology. Equipment, staff and services are provided to support and overcome the experimental and computational challenges that our principal investigators, researchers and students may face.
Mechanobiology Institute’s Core Facilities
Microscopy Core
MBI’s Microscopy Core is the largest of MBI’s core facilities, serving as the backbone for most of the experimental work at the Institute. The Core supports image related research, offering a wide range of microscopes and image analysis resources. Learn more about the facilities.
Nano and Microfabrication Core
MBI’s Microfabrication Core was formed to support the microfabrication needs of MBI PIs, collaborators, research fellows and graduate students through direct fabrication or recommendation of suitable solutions. Find out more about this facility.
Laboratories
The MBI laboratories design is based on the bold concept of an ‘open laboratory’. There are no walls or partitions separating one principal investigator’s group from another and benches are communal, as are facilities and equipment. Read more about MBI’s labs.
Computational Core
The MBI Computational Facility was set up to store, process, analyze and visualize the experimental data and images as well as large scale computer modeling of cell processing and data mining of complex biological processes. Read more about computing at MBI.
Protein Cloning and Expression Core
This facility provides fast, efficient cloning and expression services including high quality, purified recombinant proteins from different host systems and custom made expression vectors with selective markers. Find out more about the Protein Cloning and Expression Core.
Science Communications Core
MBI’s Science Communications core facility was established to promote the work of the MBI, and communicate, to a wide range of audiences, the latest research findings from the field of Mechanobiology. Learn more about MBI’s SciComms core.
