Space and Instrumentation
The Buzatto lab is located in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary. We operate alongside the Calgary Metabolomics Research Facility (CMRF), which includes an integrated biosafety level 2 laboratory, engineering space, and mass spectrometry lab. For more information, please visit https://calgarymetabolomics.org/.
Our newest addition: Bruker timsTOF Pro2 mass spectrometer coupled to an Agilent 1290 UHPLC (untargeted and semi-targeted lipidomics)
Thermo Fisher TSQ Fortis (QqQ) and Thermo Fisher TSQ Altis (QqQ) coupled to Vanquish UHPLCs (targeted analysis)
Thermo Fisher Fusion Lumos coupled to an EASY-nLC 1200 System and FAIMS (proteomics)
Thermo Fisher Q-Exactive HF and Thermo Fisher Q-Exactive Quadrupole-Orbitraps coupled to Vanquish UHPLCs (untargeted and semi-targeted lipidomics and metabolomics)
Diagnostic Prototyping Facility (DPF) - 3D printing, CNC milling, laser cutting, and electronics prototyping
Wet lab space
Diagnostic Prototyping Facility (DPF)
The Buzatto Group students are working hard to isolate extracellular vesicles from human cells using differential ultracentrifugation.
Ultracentrifuge for the isolation of small extracellular vesicles