MLK Building Research Core

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Service Note: MLK Cores will be closing operation on June 30, 2026

Overview of Services

The UCSF MLK Core Facility (MLK Cores) is located within the UCSF Martin Luther King Jr Research Building in Oakland, between the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and UC Berkeley campuses. MLK Cores contains a range of scientific instrumentation in the areas of Cytometry, Microscopy, and Spectrometry. The mission of MLK Cores is to provide analysis, support, and training services to UC laboratories, while also being available to external users on a fee-for-service basis.

Major instrumentation includes:

Cytometry (see Schedule Equipment tab)

• LSRFortessa Flow Cytometer
• FACSAria IIu Flow Cytometer
• Luminex ImageStream Mk II Imaging Flow Cytometer

Microscopy (see Schedule Equipment tab)

• Zeiss LSM710 Confocal Fluorescence Microscope
• Keyence BZ-X710 Fluorescence Microscope
• Molecular Devices ImageXpress Pico Digital Microscopy System

Spectrometry (see Request Services tab)

• Agilent 5900 SVDV Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
• Agilent 6495C Triple Quadrupole Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS)

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