BSL-3 and ABSL-3 Facilities

BSL-3 and ABSL-3 laboratory services are available to Columbia researchers on a fee-for-service basis. Materials can be transferred between the two facilities- for example, to establish primary cell cultures from mouse models.

BSL-3 Facility

The BSL-3 core facility offers services that can be performed by core staff. Experimental procedures requiring specialized expertise can be performed by a limited number of investigators who conduct their own research after being thoroughly trained and competency-assessed.

Services offered:

  • Isolation, production and titration of viral particles
  • Culture of primary cells from human subjects with infectious diseases

Point of contact: Manoj Nair (Manager), mn2947@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)

ABSL-3 Facility

The ABSL-3 core facility offers services that are currently only performed by the Institute for Comparative Medicine (ICM add link) core staff.

Services offered:

  • Challenge by intranasal inoculation (aerosol challenge unavailable)
  • Infection/co-infection models
  • Sample collection and inactivation of material for further study in PI labs (e.g. formalin for histology, Trizol for RNA isolation, heat inactivation for protein studies)

Contact: contacticm@cumc.columbia.edu(link sends e-mail)

Apply for Use

Use of BSL-3 and ABSL-3 services requires several approvals.

View Application Instructions on the Research Intranet