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Media Preparation Core

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

United States of America

http://www.salk.edu/science/core-facilities/media-preparation-core/

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Primary Contact:

Rebecca Bassett

Last Updated: 12/02/2022

Facility RRID

RRID:SCR_014844

Facility Details

Core facility that provides media, plates, and commonly used buffers for molecular biology applications and culturing mammalian cells, C. elegans, yeast, and bacteria. The Media Preparation Core Facility is equipped with 3 automatic plate pourers supported by 2 programmable media kettles capable of producing up to 9 liters of agar or nutrient media per run under gentle and reproducible conditions. Plates are available in 6 cm or 10 cm formats.