Core Facilities

Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) has an extensive offering of core facilities that serve internal and external users. Here, scientists, postdoctoral fellows, students and other lab members enjoy access to an impressive array of cutting-edge equipment for a multidisciplinary, and often multi-institutional, spectrum of projects.

	1.5T MRI General Electric Signa CV/i MR imaging system with state-of-the-art hardware and software options		Genotyping Expertise in rodent genotyping and services using high-quality commercial kits
	3T MRI General Electric "long-bore" 16-channel MR imaging system with EXCITE HD technology		Histology A fully-equipped lab that offers processing, embedding, sectioning and routine staining
	Antibody A large collection of antibodies used as probes to study the development and function of cell lineages		Hybridoma A full-service facility that generates cells that produce monoclonal antibodies of desired specificity
	3-D Pathology / Biomarker Imaging Immunohistochemistry expertise, with a focus in processing, digitizing and analyzing whole-mount applications.		Proteomics State-of-the-art high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry systems
	Cytometry and Microscopy Offers cell sorting, cell analysis, scanning microscope imaging and user training for analyzers and scopes		Transgenic Technical expertise, equipment and pathogen-free animal quarters for the production of transgenic mice
	Genomics Equipped with advanced RNA/DNA technologies and expertise for all phases of service		Tumour Bank Freshly frozen and formalin-fixed tumour and normal samples: breast, prostate, colorectal, gynecological
			Other large-scale equipment Hypoxic chamber, irradiator, microtomes, multiphoton laser scanning microscope and nuclear polarization device