Bioprocess Labs & Equipment
NCTM offers a variety of well-equipped laboratory spaces across two locations for on-site training and applied research.
College Station Facility
Our flagship facility features four primary bioprocess labs dedicated to cell culture, analytical methods, microbial fermentation, and downstream manufacturing.
Cell Culture Suite
- Cytiva Xcellerex XDR 50 single-use bioreactor (50L)
- Labconco Class II, Type A2 biosafety cabinets
- New Brunswick Galaxy® 170 S CO2 incubators
- PBS Biotech PBS 3 MAG spinning wheel bioreactor
- Sartorius BIOSTAT® RM50 rocking motion bioreactor
- Eppendorf BioFlo® 320 bioreactor with 14L vessel
- Nova Biomedical FLEX2 bioanalyzer and automated cell counter
- Beckman Coulter ViCELL BLU automated cell counter
- Eppendorf epMotion 5073 automated liquid handler
- Olympus IX53 inverted fluorescence microscope with camera
Microbial Fermentation and Recovery Suite
- New Brunswick BioFlo® 610 stainless steel 125L bioreactor
- Eppendorf BioFlo® 320 fermentors with 5L and 14L vessels
- SaniMatic UltraFlo 45 CIP skid
- Microfluidics M-110P homogenizer
- GEA Lab Homogenizer Panther 3006
- Beckman Coulter Avanti high speed floor centrifuges
- GEA Westfalia Separator disc stack centrifuge
- STERIS® AMSCO® 250LS & 430LS Autoclaves
Downstream Lab
- Cytiva ÄKTA process™ chromatography system
- GE ÄKTA Pilot & Avant chromatography systems
- Precision Nanosystems NanoAssemblr® Ignite™ LNP encapsulation device
- Millipore TF2S Mobius® FlexReady Solution for TFF
- Spectrum Labs KrosFlo® Research IIi & MiniKros PILOT TFF systems
- Millipore Pellicon® TFF cassette assemblies
- Labconco FreeZone 2.5L lyophilizer
- M&O Perry P-1540 vial filler
Analytical Lab
- Dionex UltiMate® 3000 HPLC system
- BioTek® Synergy™ H1 multi-mode plate reader
- Bio-Rad ChemiDoc™ MP gel and western blot imaging system
- Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Real-time PCR system
- Bio-Rad QX200™ Droplet Generator and Droplet Reader
- Malvern Zetasizer Pro
- Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions Solair 3100 airborne particle counters
- Promega Spectrum Compact CE System
NCTM2 — Dallas Facility
Located in Pegasus Park's Bridge Labs at 3020 Pegasus Park Dr, Dallas, TX 75247, the NCTM2 facility houses 5,000 sq. ft. of laboratory space equipped for biomanufacturing training and contract research.
Upstream Lab
- Eppendorf BioFlo® 120 fermentors w/ 5L vessels
- Eppendorf BioFlo® 320 bioreactor w/ 5L vessel
- Cytiva ReadyToProcess WAVE™ 25 Rocker single-use bioreactor
- Sartorius Biowelder® TC & Biosealer® TC
- Beckman Coulter Vi-CELL BLU cell viability analyzer
- Anvajo Biotech fluidlab R-300 cell counter and spectrometer
- Roche Cedex Bio analyzer
- Beckman Coulter Avanti high speed floor centrifuges
- Eppendorf 5810 R centrifuge
- Microfluidics M-110P homogenizer
- PHC MCO 170 Series CO2 incubators
- Labconco Logic Class II, Type A2 biosafety cabinets
- Laxco LMI-3000 Series inverted microscopes
- Laxco LMC-3000 Series brightfield compound microscopes
- STERIS® AMSCO® 250LS autoclave
- Yamato SM820 autoclaves
Downstream & QC Labs
- Cytiva ÄKTA avant 150 chromatography systems
- Cytiva AxiChrom™ 50/300 columns
- Astrea Bioseparations s15/350 SNAP® columns
- Repligen KrosFlo KR2i Tangential Flow Filtration systems
- Millipore Integritest® 5 filter integrity tester
- Agilent BioTek Synergy H1 multimodal plate reader
- Bio-Rad QX 200™ ddPCR Workflow w/ PCR Hood
- Bio-Rad Mini-Sub™ cell GT
- Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN® Tetra Systems
- Bio-Rad Trans-Blot® Turbo™ transfer system
- Bio-Rad ChemiDoc™ MP imaging system
- TSI AeroTrak total air particle counters
- Millipore MAS-100NT® air samplers
- Thermo Scientific Genesys 180 spectrophotometers
- Mettler Toledo SevenDirect SD23 pH & conductivity meters
- Elga Centra and Elga PureLab Chorus Ultra pure water systems