Tissue Culture & Hybridoma Core

About

The Tissue Culture (TCH) Module will provide visual science investigators with facilities and technical assistance for the maintenance and propagation of ocular and other cell types. The hybridoma division is involved in the development of monoclonal antibodies to proteins and other antigens of relevance to ocular disease.

Availability of primary and immortalized cell lines from normal and diseased humans is crucial for studies on the molecular basis of ocular pathologies. Services provided by the TCH core facility, such as, development, maintenance and provision of cultured cells is a cost-effective use of manpower and resources.

The broad functions of the Tissue Culture Module are:

  1. Isolation of primary cells from ocular tissue
  2. Maintenance and passage of established cell lines, including storage
  3. Large scale amplification of cell lines
  4. Transient transfection of cells
  5. Generation of stably transfected cell lines
  6. Training in growth and maintenance of cells
  7. Strategic advice in planning experiments and determining their feasibility
  8. Mycoplasma testing
  9. Short-term and long-term cryogenic storage of cells

Specialized cell types currently stored include human retinal capillary endothelial cells, human retinal capillary pericytes, a rat retinal Muller cell line, a human retinal pigmented epithelial cell line, human corneal epithelial cells, human umbilical vein and aortic endothelial cells, mouse and human lens epithelial cells and cell lines, and mouse photoreceptor cell line. Equipment used in the Tissue Culture Module includes: 6 single chamber water jacket CO2 incubators, Nikon TS 100 with Fluorescence and Phase, 3 biological safety cabinets classII, type A, 3 cryobiological storage vessels, and Amaxa Nucleofector II.

How to Utilize:

  1. For Hybridoma, contact Denice Major at 216.368.6385 or denice.major@case.edu
  2. For Tissue Culture, contact Dawn Smith at 216.368.0790 or dawn.smith@case.edu

Pricing Information

Cell maintenance and antibody production: $15/hour
Hood Usage: $7/hour
Liquid Nitrogen Storage: $3/box/month

Contact

Robert Salomon, Ph.D.

Module Director

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Millis 212

Email: robert.salomon@case.edu

Phone: 216.368.2592


Denice Major, B.A.

Manager, Hybridoma

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

2085 Adelbert Road

Institute of Pathology Building, Room 108

Email: denice.major@case.edu

Phone: 216.368.6385


Dawn Smith, B.Sc.

Module Manager, Tissue Culture

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

2085 Adelbert Road

Institute of Pathology Building, Room 108

Email: dawn.smith@case.edu

Phone: 216.368.0790