Ann Kimball & John W. Johnson Center for Cellular Therapeutics
The Ann Kimball & John W. Johnson Center for Cellular Therapeutics (KJCCT) or the ‘Johnson’s Center’ is a 5000 sq. ft. facility that includes 1710 sq. ft. of cleanroom space, a dedicated quality control laboratory, support spaces, and material, equipment and cryogenic storage required for GMP operations.
Six independent production rooms, furnished with state-of-the-art equipment will allow investigators, with support from our expert personnel, to translate laboratory discoveries into cutting-edge cellular therapies for patient care.
Combined with a fully-equipped, in-house quality control laboratory for comprehensive testing and release of products, KJCCT offers HM the ability to deliver new cellular therapies to our patients in the safest, most cost-efficient and rapid manner.
List of Services
- Cell Processing/Manufacturing and Cryopreservation
- Method Development and Validation
- Cryostorage
- Cell Characterization
- Sterility testing
- Endotoxin testing
- Mycoplasma testing
- Autoclave Sterilization
- QC (batch release) and Raw Materials Testing
- Regulatory consultation
Cell Processing/Manufacturing and Cryopreservation Equipment
- Sepax C-Pro Cell Processing System
- CliniMACs PlusCell Depletion and Enrichment System
- CliniMACs ProdigyAutomated Cell Processing System
- VIA ThawCB1000
- Cook RegentecCellseal Automated Thawing DFS
- TSCD-II Sterile Tubing Welders
- Carl Zeiss™ Primo Vert™ Inverted Microscopes
- SEBRA 2380 Tube Sealer Kits
- NUAire 6ft Biological safety cabinets
- CO2 incubators
- ME1002TE Precision Balances
- VIA Freeze
- Cryomed Controlled Rate Freezer
- CryoPlus™ LN2 Vapor Freezers
Quality Control Equipment
- BioMerieux BACT/ALERT 3D
- Countess™ II FL Automated Cell Counter
- CliniMACs Quant Flow Cytometer
- Endosafe® nexgen-PTS™
- Synergy HTX Multi-mode Reader
- Lucetta 2 Luminometer
- Previ Color Gram
- BIOFIRE® Mycoplasma Nucleic Acid Amplification Technique (NAT)
- CFX Opus 96 Touch Real-Time PCR Detection System
- Mettler Toledo™ Excellence Plus XPE Analytical Balance
Autoclave Equipment
- AMSCO® 250LS Small Steam Sterilizer
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