Experimental Models and Bench Techniques

Surgical Models:

• Kidney, Heart and Skin transplant models in rats and mice
• Models simulating Extended Criteria Donation (ECD) and
• Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD)
• Models of Brain death

At the Bench:

• Flow Cytometry
• Luminex
• MACS – Magnet Assisted Cell Separation
• ELISpot for IFN-gamma
• Mixed Lymphocyte Reactions/Cell Proliferation Assays
• Cell culture
• Real-time rtPCR
• Immunohistochemisty and Histology