A fair amount of equipment is required to complete all the steps in our Organoid plan. Equipment that also requires space, which I don’t currently have. So, the approach is to create a single item that includes all the functionality I need in the smallest footprint possible. That single piece of equipment is the “BioStation”, which is basically a Bio-Saftey cabinet on steroids. The goal is to include all the following equipment in a single unit:
- Class II Biosafety cabinet.
- Biosafety cabinet stand (to house most of the other equipment).
- Inverted microscope and monitor.
- A computer with a keyboard.
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Water bath.(Use incubator for warming liquids) - Centrifuge.
- CO2 Incubator.
- Refrigerator with Freezer.
- Storage for equipment/supplies.
The plan will be to define all the auxiliary equipment requirements, design and build the base, and then the biosafety cabinet itself.