Upgrading the research infrastructure

At the campus of the Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka several core facilities are already in fully operational level: the Laboratory mouse breeding and engineering facility Rijeka (LAMRI) with more than fifty different transgenic and conventional strains bred in Specific Pathogen-free conditions; mouse engineering facility, which is part of LAMRI, electrone microscopy facility, confocal microscopy, flow cytometry and sorting facility and liquid nitrogen storage.
The TransMedRi project brings a strong improvement of the Faculty's research infrastructure. A great portion of the overall project effort is dedicated to procurement of new research equipment (as well as upgrade of the existing facilities), including training of personnel to work with these new state-of-the art instruments.

The list of instrumentation to be procured through the TransMedRi project is shown below:

Purpose of Instrumentation	Instrument
Determination of DNA sequence	Sequencer
High-throughput nucleic acid extraction from clinical samples	DNA/RNA extractor with accessories
High-throughput analysis of DNA/RNA from clinical samples	Real Time PCR multiplex
Cell sorting and analysis	FACSAria sorter upgrade (laser)
Various studies in cell biology	Live cell imaging confocal microscope
In vivo imaging of small animals	Bioluminescence and fluorescence small animal imaging device
Biobanking of clinical samples	Biobanking storage and tracking system
Analysis of phospholipids and fatty acid metabolites	Upgrade of Varian HPLC – MS 500 analytical system
Safe handling with biological materials	Safety cabinet class II
Improve IT capabilities	PCs

Details of the equipment procurement process may be found in the Report on procurement of essential equipment.

Major equipment items procured so far are shown below:

Live cell imaging confocal microscope - Carl Zeiss Life Cell Imaging LSM System

Biobanking storage and tracking system - Upgrade of the Olympus BX series microscope with automated operation and laser scanning of samples

Real Time PCR multiplex - Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Real-Time PCR system

Upgrade of the facility for analysis of phospholipids and fatty acid metabolites - Upgrade of the chromatographic system Perkin Elmer Autosystem XL; vertical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis unit (Scie-Plas); Ettan IPGphor 3 isoelectric focusing device

Bioluminescence and fluorescence small animal imaging device - In Vivo Multispectral FX PRO

DNA extractor - Roche Magna Pure LC 2.0

If you need any further information about equipment specifications, including any inquiry into opportunity to use any of the instruments, please contact the project administrator at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .