Biosafety Level 3 Security
Type:
Clinical
Description:
This facility is specifically dedicated to research involving biological pathogens of level 3. It was designed to minimize the risk of personnel and environmental exposure to potential hazardous agents according to European and Portuguese legislation. This facility has an anteroom for material and personnel preparation, and a main procedure room equipped with tree vertical laminar flow chambers (type A2 and type B2), three CO2 incubators (Hera Cell), one normal incubator, two benchtop centrifuges (Eppendorff), a benchtop ultracentrifuge (Beckman), an aerosol-tight microfuge (Eppendorff), a Tecan infinite 200 multimode microplate reader, water baths, freezers, refrigerators, optical microscopes and inverted phase-contrast microscopes (Leica) and a dedicated double door pass-through autoclave (Matachana).
This facility is available to external researchers. All users must have a specific biosafety level 3 training, and must follow strict rules and guidelines while working in the facility.
This facility is available to external researchers. All users must have a specific biosafety level 3 training, and must follow strict rules and guidelines while working in the facility.
City: Lisbon
State: Portugal
Contact Person: Mariana Santa Marta
Contact email: msantamarta@ff.ul.pt
Contact Number: 00351217946400
