MBLab: Molecular Biology Lab

It’s a professionally managed shared laboratory facility that provides students and postdocs with flexible bench space, state-of the art equipment, workshops & expert training, one-on-one guidance and troubleshooting; supporting everyone’s projects while fostering collaboration, and collective learning.

It is located on the 3rd floor of the Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC), wet lab 360.

All BRC members and their lab teams are welcome.

You can take advantage of the lab in many ways:

• Book a bench spot or equipment in advance for a day or for longer term
• Make an appointment to receive training on the use of a particular instrument
• Coordinate a meeting and make a plan if you require consultation, troubleshooting or supervision to carry out your experiment
• Participate in pop-up beginner or more advanced level workshops 

Please, contact directly Natalia Bercovich to get started and get more detailed information related to your needs: natalia.bercovich@botany.ubc.ca and request lab card access to the third floor if needed.

Resources inside the MBLab:

•    Fume-hoods (1 to 3)
•    Bench space (1 to 6)
•    Tapestation
•    Covaris
•    Thermocyclers (PCR) (1 to 4)
•    Tapestation
•    Covaris
•    Blue pippin

Resources ouside the MBLab:

•    Autoclaves (1 and 2)
•    Glassware washer

• We can provide service (eg. DNA work, NGS library prep.) for a competitive fee, favourable to BRC members.
• We have highly pure water to share!
• We have a BRC ULT freezer for emergency or short-term storage of your precious samples
• We also offer long-term storage at -20 for samples properly organized
• Sustainbability is our priority! Reach out to us if you want to participate in our iniciatives and also if you have innovative ideas we can help you put in practice!