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THE LAB

OUR RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie

• The Armand Frappier Health & Biotechnology (AFSB)    Research Centre contributes to Canadian research     

  efforts, graduate and postgraduate training, and 

  technology transfer in the fields of human, animal,

  and environmental health.

• The AFSB is one of four Canadian research centres   

   that constitute the one-of-a-kind Research University

   that is the INRS (Institut National de la

   Recherche Scientifique).  The four INRS research

   centres are:

  (i)   Armand Frappier Health and Biotechnology

        Research Centre

  (ii)  Water, Earth, and Environment Research Centre

  (iii) Energy, Materials, and Telecommunications

        Research Centre

  (iv) Urbanization, Culture, and Society Research

        Centre 

• The AFSB is home to 48 professors, carrying out

  research in three main areas:

  (i)   Microbiology & Biotechnology

  (ii)  Infectious Diseases, Immunity, Cancer & 

        Epidemiology

  (iii) Environmental Toxicology & Chemical

        Pharmacology

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Click below to check out our Institute and the research done here...

OUR LABORATORY

The Islam Laboratory is located on the 3rd floor of the new Laval Biotechnology Development Centre (i.e. Building 70) on the INRS — Armand Frappier Health & Biotechnology Research Centre campus.

OUR EQUIPMENT

Olympus SZX16 Fluorescence Stereoscope

• Cubes for GFP and mCherry fluorescence

• 0.5X and 2.0X objective lenses (3.5X to 230X total

   magnification range)

• Base with Bright-Field, Dark-Field, and Oblique

   sample illumination

• UC90 4K colour camera (9 megapixel)

• Olympus cellSens software

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ZEISS Axio Observer 7 Fluorescence Microscope

• 2.5X, 5X, 40X, and 100X high magnification &

   resolution phase and fluorescence objectives

• 63X reflection interference contrast imaging (RICM)

   objective

• Apotome optical sectioning for out-of-focus light

   rejection

• Colibri 7 fluorescence illuminator (5 discrete LEDs)

• 12 megapixel CCD camera

• Motorized XYZ stage

• ZEN software suite

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BMG Labtech Nephelostar Nephelometer

• Laser-based microplate reader

• Measures forward-scattered light when a laser is

   directed through the mixture

• ~30X more sensitive than traditional plate readers

   that analyze light transmission through the sample

• Can be used for microbial growth and aggregation

   testing, as well as turbidity measurements, drug

   solubility screening, and protein binding kinetics

• Suitable for to 24, 48, 96, and 384-well microplates

OUR COLLABORATIONS
OUR FUNDING SOURCES
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