OXIDATIVE STRESS BIOANALYTICAL FACILITY

The multi-user Oxidative Stress Bio-analytical Facility (OSBF) at the Bosch Institute is a unique world-class facility for the detection, characterisation and quantification of oxidative stress in cells, tissues and organs. The facility provides advice on the assessment of oxidative stress in biological systems and access to, and expert training in, state-of-the-art analytical equipment suitable for the quantification of oxidative stress, including:

• Triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (Agilent 6460 AA)
• Liquid chromatography with multi-channel coulometric electrochemical detection (ESA CoulArray)
• Oxygraph-2k (Oroboros)

The facility is PC2 certified. Registered users also have access to the following equipment:

• Biological safety cabinet
• CO₂ incubator
• Inverted microscope
• Refrigerated centrifuge
• SpeedVac
• Shaking water bath
• Dry block heater and evaporator (40 needle capacity)
• Tissue homogeniser
• Vacuum extraction manifold

Sir Zelman Cowen OSBF Officer

Dr. Magda Lam
Ph: 9036-3460
E-mail:

OSBF Director

Prof. Roland Stocker
Ph: 9036-3207
E-mail:

OSBF Scientific Advisory Committee

Prof. Michael Davies
Prof. Nicholas Hunt
Prof. Basil Roufogalis
Prof. Roland Stocker
Dr. Ghassan Maghzal
Dr. Richard Payne
Dr. Paul Witting

To gain access to the facility and equipment please follow the Registration procedure

Where to find the Bosch OSBF

The facility is located on the ground floor of the Medical Foundation Building, K25, room G03A, on the Camperdown Campus, The University of Sydney. See the map for directions.