Functions

GENERAL CULTURE ROOMS

• Control of the general cleanliness of the rooms.
• General maintenance of the rooms (cleaning of equipment, removal of plastic and glass waste, replacement of material).
• Control of the proper functioning and preventive maintenance of the equipment in the general culture rooms (incubators, cabinets, microscopes, water baths, vacuum pumps, centrifuges, pipettors, etc).
• Annual validations of the culture cabinets.
• Elaboration of cleaning and maintenance protocols.
• Elaboration of protocols and records of use of various common devices located in the culture rooms.
• Serum testing
• Mycoplasma testing
• Testing of contamination in incubators, cabinets and water baths.
• Maintenance of appropriate documentation.
• Elaboration of costs according to CSIC instructions.
• Charging of costs to users on a monthly basis

CRYOPRESERVATION OF CELLS

• Control of the use of the liquid nitrogen facility of the Institute.
• Control and surveillance of the operation of the Institute's liquid nitrogen facility.
• Maintenance of the mandatory documentation.
• Elaboration of rules of use of the installation.
• Economic breakdown by user and invoicing of costs, according to CSIC instructions.