The UC San Diego Department of Bioengineering oversees the operation of the Cell Engineering Research Center (CERC) for all UCSD faculty and authorized investigators in the region. The laboratory is located on the fifth floor of Jacobs Hall. The CERC was founded as a satellite facility to the School of Medicine’s Human Embryonic Stem Cell Facility now housed in the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. This facility was created by a Core Facility Grant Award entitled Enhancing Facilities for Genetic Manipulation and Engineering of Human Embryonic Stem Cells at UCSD awarded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine with matching funds from the Jacobs School of Engineering. The CERC will provide resources on a recharge basis for collaborative research in the science and engineering of mammalian stem cells. The CERC provides resources on a recharge basis for research in the science and engineering of mammalian cells.
The CERC is equipped with a number of general facilities, including:
- 2 fume hoods
- 3 biological safety cabinets
- 1 inverted microscope
- 2 incubators
- 1 autoclave
- 1 -80°C freezer
- 1 -20°C freezers
- 1 4°C refrigerator
Getting Started
The CERC provides resources on a recharge basis for research in the science and engineering of mammalian cells. Researchers interested in utilizing the Cell Engineering Research Center should begin by creating an account on the CERC Scheduling System. If this is a brand new account for the researcher’s lab, the CERC administration will contact the researcher’s Principal Investigator and request additional information and also forward a link to the CERC Terms of Use. Once the requested information is verified and a signed Terms of Use is received, the CERC administration will prepare a CERC access code which will be provided to the PI when access has been approved.