{"id":337,"date":"2019-03-05T18:04:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:17:12","slug":"research-facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/research\/research-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Cell Systems &amp; Anatomy occupies 34,000 square feet of research and office space in addition to teaching space. The Department and its research laboratories are a biotechnological resource available for qualified scientists in the University, state and region. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The laboratories house instrumentation for a world class facility that is available for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/dcsa\/research\/cores-facilities\/optical-imaging\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optical Imaging<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all kinds:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">digitized video microscopy;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confocal microscopy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multiphoton excitation microscopy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A shared cell\/tissue culture facility serves the tissue culture requirements of the Department. It contains hoods for sterile culture, inverted microscopes, incubators and cell microinjection equipment. A complete dishwashing, sterilization facility and cold room supports the facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instrumentation for modern cell and molecular biological research is widely available in the Department, including equipment for preparative and ultracentrifugation; gel electrophoresis, high performance liquid chromatography and fast protein liquid chromatography; spectrophotometry and spectrofluorophotometer; scintillation counting; calorimetry; autoradiography; immunocytochemistry; radioimmunoassay; membrane and protein purification; DNA cloning and sequencing (gel scanners, phosphorimager); in situ hybridization and other techniques of modern tissue, cell and molecular biology. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<h2>CSA Faculty belong to other UT Health Center, Centers &amp; Institutes:<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/barshopinstitute.uthscsa.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies (BARSHOP)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/gccri.uthscsa.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greehey Children&#8217;s Cancer Research Institute (GCCRI)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uthscsa.edu\/patient-care\/cancer-center\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mays Cancer Center at University of Texas at San Antonio MD Anderson<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/biggsinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer\u2019s &amp; Neurodegenerative Diseases<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/research.uthscsa.edu\/strf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Texas Research Facility (STRF)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/ric.uthscsa.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research Imaging Institute (RII)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Department of Cell Systems &amp; Anatomy occupies 34,000 square feet of research and office space in addition to teaching space. 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