Advanced cell sorting capabilities via state-of-the-art technology
Booking, safety, protocols
The containment level 3 (CL3) Cell Sorting Facility is located within the Containment Level 3 (CL3) laboratory at Sir Alexandra Fleming Building of South Kensington Campus of Imperial College London.
We are the only Imperial facility providing containment level 3 live cell sorting services to researchers from the College and other institutions
The facility holds a state-of-the-art FACS Aria-III cell sorter that is located within a purpose-built robotic class II recirculating microbiological safety cabinet (MSC). The setup of the CIV cell sorting facility provides a great opportunity for researchers to sort live cells infected with Hazard Group 3 pathogens with high purity for further study, including genetic/genomic analysis, proteomics or subsequent in vitro cell culture and cell function analysis.
The CIV CL3 laboratory is currently approved for conducting research on Human immunodeficiency viruses type 1 and 2, (HIV-1, HIV-2), Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1, HTLV-2), Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and PBMCs from Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) patients.
We are happy to provide help and advice on biosafety, sample preparation, experimental, and multi-colour antibody panel design.
The CL3 laboratory is managed by Dominic Smith and his deputy Parisa Amjadi.
The CL3 cell sorting facility is managed by Parisa Amjadi and directed by Professor Xiao-Ning Xu.
