Equipment and services

16-cage system

Indirect calorimetry

Non-invasive monitoring of energy expenditure, fuel use, feeding and activity in conscious mice.

Sable Systems Promethion Core

Conscious mice

Rapid, non-invasive measurements of fat, lean tissue and free body fluid in conscious mice.

Bruker LF50H TD-NMR

GTT · ITT · PTT

Measure blood glucose responses to glucose, insulin or pyruvate administration.

Glucose, insulin and pyruvate tolerance tests

Specialist capability

Specialist conscious mouse studies combining controlled infusions, blood sampling and tracer methods.

Hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamps

No surgical implant

Measure blood pressure using tail cuffs, without surgical implantation.

Kent Scientific tail-cuff plethysmography

Cells and tissue

Measure cellular bioenergetics in live cells and suitable tissue preparations.

Agilent Seahorse XFe24

Ask about method suitability, training, availability and study costs.