Zebrafish Facility

Zebrafish Facility
Kind of infrastructure
Platforms/Labs
Typology
Biology / genomics / proteomics
University
Brescia
Hubs
Global health
Application / Industrial sector
Health
Description of equipment

Two Open-Sapces Lab for in vivo experiments; one lab with two micro-injectors to generate transgenic or mutant zebrafish lines; Seahorse Facility to test mitochondrial function in vivo; one lab with Davio Vision Chamber to study behavior; one lab for in vivo imaging analysis equipped with ZEISS steroe microscope Axiozoom V.16; One animal housing room with 4 aligned stand-alones for animal housing and 3 separated stand-alones for animal approved for experiments.

Location
Institute
University of Brescia (UNIBS), Viale Europa, 11 Brescia
Department
Molecular and Translational Medicine (DMMT)
Features
Others tipologies
Animal housing
Elementary, molecular and isotopic characterization / separative techniques
Imaging/microscopy
Testing /metrology/ processes
Prerequisites
Certificates of theoretical and practical courses recognized by the Italian Ministry of Health for authorization for animal testing (zebrafish)
Equipment list
https://www.unibs.it/it/ateneo/organizzazione/dipartimenti/medicina-molecolare-e-traslazionale-dmmt/strutture-di-dipartimento/laboratorio-zebrafish/strumentazioni-ed-infrastrutture
Available measurements
https://www.unibs.it/it/ateneo/organizzazione/dipartimenti/medicina-molecolare-e-traslazionale-dmmt/laboratori-e-piattaforme-di-dipartimento/laboratorio-zebrafish
Sample preparation
It depends on the experimental protocol
Approximate time for the results
It depends on the experimental protocol
Price list
To be defined
Possibility of on-site measurements
https://www.unibs.it/it/ateneo/organizzazione/dipartimenti/medicina-molecolare-e-traslazionale-dmmt/laboratori-e-piattaforme-di-dipartimento/laboratorio-zebrafish
Contact
Person name
Marco Schiavone and Daniela Zizioli
Email
marco.schiavone@unibs.it