Core Facility Type

The Microanalytical Facility provides Elemental Analysis. Elemental analysis is a process where a sample of the some material (e.g. soil, water ,polymers, minerals, chemical compounds) is analyze for their chemical composition.  There are a several analytical instruments in the facility:

1. Perkin Elmer CHNS 2400 series II analyzer . The detection limit for C,H,N and S is 0.2%.
2. Thermo Fisher Flash Smart Elemental analyzer( C,H,N,S analysis) The detection limit 0.01%.
3. Perkin Elmer ICP Optima 7000 DV Spectrometer ( for metals analysis) The detection limit 0.01ppm. Open access instrument.

The UC Berkeley Small Molecule Drug Discovery Center’s main goal is to support translational research by providing access to a library of over 100,000 small molecule and natural product compounds and expertise in assay development. It supports compound storage, dispensing, sample management and execution of screens using a variety of readouts (absorbance, fluorescence, luminescence, imaging-based) for biochemical and cell-based assays as well as automation for following up on interesting hits in dose response to find useful compounds for discovery and human trials. It plans to be operational in mid-2019.