Our Facilities

The Heart Research Institute is housed in international standard, purpose designed facility. In 2010, the building was listed in the finals for the most outstanding project in which restoration works enhance the rich cultural and architectural heritage of the area.

Opened in September 2009, the laboratories provide research space for more than 100 scientific staff and feature Physical Containment Level 1 and 2 labs and dedicated wash-up staff with onsite autoclave. The HRI has a fully equipped tissue culture facility for both PC1 and PC2. In addition, staff have access to onsite (PC2) and offsite (PC1) animal facilities. The PC2 facility is GMO compliant and contains a large RNA clean area for qPCR/RT PCR.