Cell Engineering Research Equipment Suite - CERES

The main lab capabilities are:

• automated liquid dispensing systems to enable rapid plate preparation and cell screening (epMotion and Echo systems)
• automated cell imaging and multimode plate reading (Keyence BZ810 and BioTek Cytation5)
• quantitative analysis of gene expression (BioRad QX200 automated droplet digital PCR)
• flow cytometry (Beckman Coulter CytoFlex 3-laser and 4-laser cytometers; analysis only –sorting not available)

This facility is of broad interest to researchers and companies developing cell and gene therapies, engineering cells to manufacture commercially valuable products, defining critical quality attributes (CQAs) for cell, gene therapy, and biomolecule analysis and characterization, among many other applications. 

In addition, the facility will accelerate research probing fundamental mechanisms of cell and tissue biology with applications in cancer, immunology, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, synthetic biology, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

CERES was funded by a 2020 Open Capital Award from the Massachusetts Life Science Center (MLSC). The equipment capabilities were designed through partnership between WPI and Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI).

For general inquiries, please contact ceres@wpi.edu.