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RB Barcelona has a series of Core Facilities devoted to assisting researchers in their work by providing technical support, state-of-theart technologies and scientific services. These shared resources are essential for cutting-edge research in biomedicine and play a crucial role in increasing research efficiency and bringing experiments to faster conclusions.
Equipped with the latest technologies and staffed with qualified personnel, the Core Facilities offer a wide range of services to IRB Barcelona researchers and also participate in ongoing funded projects and activities conducted by scientists at the Institute. In addition to its own Core Facilities, the biomedical research undertaken at IRB Barcelona is also supported by platforms and facilities of the Barcelona Science Park as well as technical services of the University of Barcelona. Located in the Barcelona Science Park near the IRB Barcelona laboratories, the Core Facilities support biomedical research through a range of new technologies and services in protein expression, high resolution mass spectrometry, functional genomics and mouse models of disease. Research tools to analyse or alter genes on a genome-wide level, high throughput protein expression activities to run many variations of an experiment in parallel, development and production of genetically modified mice for research purposes, small molecule analysis and protein characterization are some of the services provided to IRB Barcelona researchers. The number of shared Core Facilities will continue to increase in the future in order to broaden services and provide a strong research infrastructure to the IRB Barcelona scientific community.
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