Services and Labs

Technical infrastructure.

ARC's on-site instruments, established methods, and dedicated technical staff support a wide variety of projects spanning small molecule detection and quantification, gene sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, liquid nanoparticle formulation and characterization, plant and animal tissue culture, and microbiology.

Chemistry tools

UHPLC-Quadrupole MS-Quantitative Time-of-Flight MS (Agilent 6546)

HPLC-UV (Agilent 1260)

Preparative LC (Agilent 1290)

GCMS (Thermofisher ISQ)

UV/Vis Spectrometer (Cary 60)

FTIR (Cary 630)

Handheld FTIR (Agilent 4300)

Genomic tools

High Throughput Homogenizer (Omni Beadruptor 96)

Gene Sequencer (Oxford Nanopore MinION)

Sanger Sequencer (SeqStudio)

qPCR (Quantstudio 3)

Thermocycler (Bio-rad T100)

Extensive bioinformatic toolchains

Nanoparticle tools

Nanoparticle Assembler (Unchained Sunshine)

Particle Size Analyzer (Anton Paar Litesizer DLS 500)

Oxidative Stability Analyzer (Anton Paar RapidOxy 100)

Cellular biology tools

Plate Reader (BioTek Cytation 5)

CO2 incubator (HeraCell Vios 160i)

Specialized microscopes (Evos XL Core and M5000)

Liquid nitrogen storage

Makerspace.

Langara College's Makerspace provides invaluable resources for applied research by offering a collaborative environment equipped with tools, materials, and expertise. It facilitates hands-on experimentation, allowing researchers to quickly test ideas and concepts, accelerating the development process. Researchers can utilize Makerspace to prototype and iterate on innovative solutions, particularly in fields like engineering, design, and technology.

3D printing tools

Dittopro 3D

Dittopro R

Bambu Lab X1 Carbon

Ultimaker S5

Ender 3 S1 Pro

Makerbot Replicator Z18

3D Potterbot Super 10 ceramic printer

Anycubic Photon M3 Plus

Anycubic Photon M3 Max

Cutting tools

Baileigh Plasma Cutter

Epilog Laser Mini

Trotec Speedy300 Laser

Romaxx Wood CNC

Pocket NC V2-10

Tormach PCNC4400

Textile tools

Bernina 830

TechSew 0302

TechSew 2750

TechSew 757 Serger

The FeltLOOM

3D scanning tools

Artec Space Spider

Artec Leo

Other

Mobile electronic workstations (each equipped with variable current/voltage power supply, soldering station, fume extruder)

Spyder5 Calibrator

Epson SP 4900

Epson SP 9880

GoPro Black 8

Transfer press

Plastic shredder

PLA extruder

Injection molder

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