Breast Cancer Cell Line Resource Core Facility Enhancement.
Abstract
The primary functions of the Breast Cancer Cell Line Resource Core Facility are to manage the breast cancer cell line repository and to assist investigators with cell culture based research. The finding received for this proposal was used for the purchase of equipment which was needed to expand and strengthen a well established and heavily utilized core facility. The LCC breast cancer cell line repository is an extremely valuable breast cancer cell line collection that is arguably one of the most extensive in existence. The repository is managed through a complete Paradox database inventory system. The individual cells are described in an Omins 7 database which is part of a computer network with other Breast Cancer SPORE institutions. The breast cancer cell lines from the repository are made available through the core facility to investigators in other departments of Georgetown University, other U.S. institutions and foreign institutions. Over 1200 individual cell requests have been met since the opening of the core facility in November, 1989. The purchase of two liquid nitrogen freezers and two CO2 incubators provided critically needed cell storage and culture space to export the research of 13 LCRC breast cancer research laboratories.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 30, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA299762
Entities
People
- Barbara L. Ziff
Organizations
- Georgetown University