The Cell Culture Service (SCC) is a scientific-technical unit of the Pascual Vila Research and Development Centre (CID).
Its mission is to provide specialised support in ex vivo experimentation with cell models, both to IQAC and IDAEA research groups and to other public institutions and private companies interested in developing RD projects or research contracts.
The SCC has two fully equipped biological containment level 2 laboratories and authorisation from the regulatory bodies to carry out contained use activities at Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2). It also has a cell cryopreservation area.
Access to the cell culture laboratories is permitted only to authorised personnel, who must be familiar with the general and specific rules of the facilities by completing training that includes:
The Cell Culture Service offers a portfolio of services under two delivery modalities: self-service, or carried out by the unit’s specialised technical staff:
Self-service use of the cell culture laboratories
Autoclave sterilisation
Use of the fluorescence microscopy unit
Cryopreservation of cell stocks in liquid nitrogen
Maintenance of catalogued cell lines
Mycoplasma detection
Cytotoxicity studies
Specific studies of specific enzymatic activities and any other study on request
Validation of culture media
The Cell Culture Service has the following equipment distributed across all its laboratories:
Acquisition of a super-resolution microscope with SIM and SMLM modules
Research project EQC2024-008361-P funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF, EU
PI: Silvia Pujals
Amount: €621,512.58
Katerina Savva, Xavier Borrell, Teresa Moreno, Ignacio Pérez-Pomeda, Carlos Barata, Marta Llorca, Marinella Farré
Chemosphere (2023)
Maria J. Gómara, Ramon Pons, Carolina Herrera, Paul Ziprin, and Isabel Haro
Bioconjugate Chem. 32 (9), pp. 1999-2013. 2021
Casasampere, M., Izquierdo, E., Casas, J., Abad, J.L., Liu, X., Xu, R., Mao, C., Chang, Y.-T., Delgado, A., Fabrias, G.
Chemical Science, 11 (48), pp. 13044-13051. 2020
Elena Sánchez-López, Anna Paús, Ignacio Pérez-Pomeda, Ana Calpena, Isabel Haro and María José Gómara
Pharmaceutics 2020, 12(6), 502
Ariza-Sáenz, M., Espina, M., Calpena, A., Gómara, M.J., Pérez-Pomeda, I., Haro, I., García, M.L.
Mol. Pharmaceutics 2018, 15, 5005−5018
Gabriella F. Schirinzi, Ignacio Pérez-Pomeda, Josep Sanchís, Cesare Rossini, Marinella Farré, and Damià Barceló
Environmental Research, Volume 159, November 2017, Pages 579-587
María José Gómara, Ignacio Pérez-Pomeda, José María Gatell, Victor Sánchez-Merino, Eloisa Yuste, Isabel Haro
Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 13(2), 601-609 (2017)
