Equipment & Services
Equipment List [select section to view]
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Comprehensive metabolic phenotyping equipment
Metabolic cage system
Promethion 16 cage system, Sable, Nevada, USA
- Simultaneously measures physical activity (with or without wheel), food/water intake and indirect gas exchange calorimetry. Non-invasive recording of O² consumption and CO² production in individual mice allows calculation of the respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and energy expenditure.
Minispec MRI scanner
LF50H Minispec, Bruker, Germany
- Fat and lean mass measured non-invasively in awake mice using time delay nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR) spectroscopy
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Functional testing equipment
Anaesthesia delivery system
SomnoSuite vapouriser, Kent Scientific, Connecticut, USA
- Uses room air to deliver isoflurane at a low flow rate in proportion to the animal's size
Electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder
ECGenie, Massachusetts, USA
- Heart electrical function in conscious mice
Glucose monitors (hand-held)
Accu chek glucometer, Roche, Basel, Switzerland
- Glucose and insulin tolerance tests
Laser Doppler
MoorLDI, Devon, UK
- Hind limb circulation including quantification of blood flow during restriction and recovery
Oxygen bomb calorimeter
CAL3K-U, DDS Calorimeters, Gauteng, South Africa
- Caloric content of specialty diets and faecal samples
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Muscle and exercise studies equipment
Acceleration/velocity race track
Acceleration/Velocity Race Track, Columbus Instruments, Ohio, USA
- 2.5 m enclosed track with 24 photobeam “curtains” to assess speed
Gait analysis instrumentation
DigiGait, Mouse Specifics, Massachusetts, USA
- Performs gait analysis using ventral plane videography
Grip strength meter
GT3 Grip Strength Test, Bioseb, Vitrolles, France
- Foreleg muscular strength
Rota-rod motor coordination
LE8205 Accelerating Rotarod, PanLab, Harvard Apparatus, USA
- To measure motor coordination, balance and fatigue
Spontaneous running wheel
0297-16, Columbus Instruments, Ohio, USA
- 16 home cages with wheels and tracking software for exercise vs. sedentary studies
Treadmill
Exer 3/6 treadmill with incline, Columbus Instruments, Ohio, USA
- Exercise training with 6 lanes, adjustable speed and optional incline
Pricing
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Bookings
For equipment bookings please contact the MMMPP Coordinator.