The multi-user Technological Platforms of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) contribute to high-quality research. With high-performance equipment and teams specialized in available technologies, the Platforms support users at all stages of data acquisition, providing services in the quality standards required to guarantee research results.

Platforms coordinated by the IOC include several technologies, including reagent grade water, fragment analysis, bioassays, bioinformatics, biosafety level 3 (NB3) cabinets, flow cytometry, electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, real-time PCR, surface plasmon resonance, high-performance sequencing, DNA sequencing and drug screening.

The services are available to researchers from the IOC, from other units of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and other institutions in the country, as long as it is possible to send samples. Access is transparent through the Online Scheduling System, which allows scheduling times to use the Platforms, monitoring the life history of the equipment and mapping all usage.

The Technological Platforms have management and financial support from the IOC, through the Department of Technical and Technological Support - DATT (VDPDI-IOC). Many also rely on equipment acquired from research funding notices obtained from agencies, such as the Financier of Studies and Projects (Finep), the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of Rio de Janeiro (Faperj), the National Council for Scientific and Technology (CNPq) and Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes), among others.

The table below lists the Technological Platforms of the IOC, your coordination, location and contact:

Updated on 29/11/2024
Information provided by the Department of Technical and Technological Support - DATT, which is part of the Deputy Board of Research, Technological Development and Innovation of the IOC