- Brief Description
- A Biological Safety Cabinet that was used to grow, infect and harvest cells for the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine at the Clinical BioManufacturing Facility (CBF).
- Subject
- COVID-19
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Thermofisher Scientific
- Provenance
- Following refurbishment of the CBF in May 2021, the cabinet was initially sent for recycling to UniGreenScheme (UGS), a sustainable resourcing company. Luckily for us, a keen-eyed member of UGS recognised its potential significance and got in touch with the Science Museum Group in London, who in turn flagged it up to Oxford's Collecting COVID project team. The story has a happy ending — thanks to UGS's generosity, the cabinet has found a new purpose and a permanent home in Oxford's COVID collection: the ideal backdrop to the story of how Oxford scientists worked during the pandemic and a glimpse into how laboratory equipment is sustainably managed once its work is done.
- Primary inscriptions
- Thermo Scientific Holten LaminAir Holten Safe 2010
- Object type
- Biosafety cabinet
- Dimensions
- Height: 1944mm Width: 2030mm Depth: 895mm Weight: 345kg
- Inventory No
- 18543
- Accession Number
- 2022-41
Description
Thermo Scientific Holten 2010 Safe - Class II MSC biological safety cabinet with stand
Safety glass, stainless steel, steel, PVC, Polystyrene, Al Mg, Some parts polyester-coated
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