Laboratory LACRIMA (Advanced Laboratory for Screening and Molecular Interactions of Aragon)

LACRIMA lab
Kind of infrastructure
Platforms/Labs
Typology
Biology / genomics / proteomics
University
Zaragoza (UNIZAR)
Application / Industrial sector
Health
Description of equipment

LACRIMA (Advanced Laboratory for Screening and Molecular Interactions of Aragon) is a unique scientific-technological infrastructure that provides services to national and foreign researchers, as well as to national biotechnology companies. Its highly specialized experimental instrumentation for drug discovery endows it with a unique position of great strategic value in Spain. 

Location
Institute
Institute of Biocomputatiion and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI)
Features
Others tipologies
Elementary, molecular and isotopic characterization / separative techniques
Prerequisites
https://www.bifi.es/access/
Technicians
Sonia Vega (Lab Technician at Institute BIFI)
Equipment list
https://www.bifi.es/scientific-equipment/
Among the LACRIMA experimental equipment, valued at around 4 M€, the following stand out:
• Isothermal titration calorimeters (Auto-iTC200 and VP-ITC)
• Differential scanning calorimeters (Auto-PEAQ-DSC and VP-DSC)
• Surface plasmon resonance biosensor (Biacore T200)
• Spectropolarimeter and fluorimeter (Chirascan and Cary Eclipse)
• Microscale thermophoresis (Monolith NT.115Pico)
• Fluorescence microscopy (DMI 600B)
• Single molecule spectroscopy (MicroTime 200)
• X-ray diffractometer (Axiom) and Crystallization farm (Rock Imager)
• Ultracentrifuge (L-100 XP)
• Multimode readers (FluoDia T70; Synergy HT; CLARIOstar; FLUOstar; qPCR Mx3005p)

Available measurements
https://www.bifi.es/scientific-equipment/
Sample preparation
https://www.bifi.es/access/
Deployment of the results
Dependent on instrument
Approximate time for the results
Dependent on instrument
Price list
http://vgeconomica.unizar.es/sites/vgeconomica.unizar.es/files/users/ialcazar/tarifas2021sctregularizadosv1.pdf
Possibility of on-site measurements
Remote and in-person/on-site access
Other relevant information
Biohazard & Lab Safety may be required for in-person/on-site access
Contact
Person name
Adrian Velazquez-Campoy
Email
adrianvc@unizar.es
Phone
(+34)976762996