| Name of Facility | Central Instrumentaion Facility II |
| Academic year of establishment | 2016-2017 |
| Faculty of Studies | Faculty of Paramedical Sciences |
| In Charge name | Dr. Wankupar Wankhar |
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Central Instrumentation Facility-II
It is of utmost significance in any research institution which houses state-of-the-art analytical and high-end instruments that are run by trained personnel to provide scientific and technical services to the research fraternity. This kind of special facility dedicatedly serves to preserve and enhance the efficiency of research to international standards.
Vision
The vision of the Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF-II) at AdtU is to uplift research and innovation in the North East and the entire country.
Mission
A few years back, the Faculty of Paramedical Sciences at Assam down town University, Guwahati, started the CIF-II with a mission to enrich the efficiency of research as well as to train students, research scholars, and faculties with the various instrumentations available in the facility.
Goals
Infrastructure annd Facilities
The centre boasts an array of sophisticated equipment and facilities designed to support the complex experiments carried out by the students and the researchers. Key facilities include:
| Soxhlet apparatus (2 Nos)
A soxhlet extractor is a laboratory apparatus for the extraction of compounds with a volatile solvent (such as ether, alcohol, or benzene) from a solid sample.
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PCR (Themal cycler) The thermal cycler is a laboratory apparatus most commonly used to amplify segments of DNA via the polymerase chain reaction. Thermal cyclers may also be used in laboratories to facilitate other temperature. Sensitive reactions including restriction enzyme, digestion or rapid diagnostics.
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Magnetic stirrer X 2 It is a magnetic stirrer is a device widely used in laboratories and consists of a rotating magnet or a stationary electromagnet that creates a rotating magnetic field.
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ELISA Reader ELISA reader was designed for measuring antibody tests. They worked so well, the machine has been adapted to other purposes. Researchers use them for protein and enzyme assays. They are also used for HIV detection and quantitation of nucleic acid.
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Cooling Centrifuge A centrifuge is a device that uses centrifugal force to separate various components of a fluid. This is achieved by spinning the fluid at high speed within a container, thereby separating fluids of different densities (eg cream from milk) or liquid from solids.
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Fridge Laboratory refrigerators are used to cool samples or specimens for preservation. They include refrigeration units for storing blood plasma and other blood products as well as vaccines and other medical or pharmaceutical supplies.
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Biochemical analyser The chemical biochemistry analyzer is an instrument that uses the paleyellow supernatant portion of a centrifuged blood sample of a urine sample and induces reactions using reagents to measure various components such as sugar, cholesterol, protein, enzyme etc.
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Transilluminator A transilluminator uses an intense source of UV radiation to make visible the fluorescent marker used in electrophoresis gels. The gel is placed on the transilluminator window and is illuminated from below.
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Electrophoresis tank Electrophoresis is a laboratory technique used to separate DNA, RNA, or protein molecules based on their size and electrical charge. An electric current is used to move molecules to be separated through a gel.
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Lyophilizer The basic principle in lyophilisation is sublimation in which the conversion from a solid directly into a gas occur. just like evaporation, sublimation occurs when a molecule gains enough energy to break free from the molecule around it.
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Deep Freezer Laboratory deep freezers play important role in safe storage of reagents,frozen vaccines and other temperature sensitive specimens for research purpose that require freezing temperature .
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E-Gel Imager Gel documentation or gel imaging systems are used to record and measure labelled nucleic acid and protein in various types of media such as agarose, a crylamide or cellulose.
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Ultrasonic Bath Ultrasonic baths are a cleaning method that uses ultrasound and a liquid to clean objects. Because it is reliable,it is often used for the final cleaning 0f components and tools. Ultrasonic bath use cavitation bubbles induced by high frequency pressure waves to agitate a liquid.
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Microwave Oven Microwave ovens for heating gels for running the Electrophoresis
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Microcentrifuge A device that uses centrifugal force to separate various components of a fluid.
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Autoclave Autoclaves operate at high temperature and pressure in order to kill microorganisms and spores. They are used to decontaminate certain biological waste and sterilize media, instruments and lab ware.
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Orbital Shaking Incubator Shaking incubator are used for cell culturing, cell aeration, and solubility studies. Shaking incubator also provide consistent temperature conditions.
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Distilled Water Plant Provide high-quality water free from chemicals, contaminants, toxins, viruses, and bacteria for over fifty years.
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Vacuum rotary evaporator A rotary evaporator also called as rotavap or rotovap is a device used in labs for the efficient and gentle removal of solvents from samples by evaporation. |
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Bacteriological Incubator Bacteriological incubator is used for storage of bacteria plate and bacterial culture growth at 37 degree Celsius. These incubators are fitted with heating temperature only, therefore these are also called heated incubators.
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