Core Facilities at the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences (LiHS)

The Core Facilities at the Institute serves as a centralised station supporting the needs of researchers at the University and to provide a wide range of services, including the following:

• Molecular Biology Core Facilities
• Cell Biology Core Facilities

Molecular Biology Core Facilities

Sample Quality Assessment

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer	Invitrogen Qubit 2.0 Fluorometer
Thermo Fisher Scientific Nanodrop Spectrophotometers

Transfection

Amaxa Nucleofector II

Gene Expression Profiling, Analysis and Genotyping

Illumina iScan Microarray System
Life Technology QuantStudio 12K Flex qPCR

Bio-Rad QX200 Droplet Digital PCR System

Multiplex Biomolecule Detection

BioRad Bioplex-200 Bead-based Suspension Array  System

Imaging System

Bio-Rad ChemiDoc MP Imaging System

Data Analysis

FlowJo Analysis software

Cell Biology Core Facilities

Cell Selection

BD FACSAria Fusion Flow Cytometry Cell Sorter

Lecia LMD7000 Laser Micro-dissector

Cell Culturing

Cell Culturing Facilities

The Core Laboratory welcomes large projects and will be happy to discuss experimental design and cost management with investigators.

For details of charges and services, please contact the Core Laboratory:

Dr. Elaine WAT / Miss Carol SZETO
Tel: (852) 3763 6090 / 3763 6004
Email: lihscore@cuhk.edu.hk
Address: Room 804, 8/F Li Ka Shing Medical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong