Services & Facilities
We offer services to benefit our stakeholders and connect University of Arizona research with our communities. Our service facilities focus on aquaculture pathology, infectious disease, food safety and production.
Aquaculture & Pathology Laboratory
The Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory's missions are to provide services (disease diagnostic, quarantine and therapeutic evaluation) to the shrimp industry worldwide, conduct training on shrimp disease diagnostics and carry out basic research in discovering disease etiology, developing diagnostic tools and understanding the molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis in shrimp.
Food Testing Laboratory
The Ravishankar Lab has been testing food products for their safety and quality since 2013. We conduct testing/analyses in the following areas: shelf-life (of shelf-stable and fresh foods), microbiological testing for indicator bacteria, foodborne pathogenic screening for food products, food quality testing, aflatoxin testing, and more!
Infectious Disease Research and Diagnostics Laboratory
We provide services for academic, clinical and commercial entities via our Enterics Research Consortium that has over 15 years of end-to-end expertise in Biohazard Levels 1 and 2 studies on diverse bacteria. Services include: diagnostics, phylogenetic typing, routine bacteriology, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, multi-omics experimentation (whole genome sequencing and annotation, proteomics, metabolomics) and bacterial infection animal models. We are especially facile in studies relevant to infectious disease drug development, pre-clinical trials, and analyses of clinical trial specimens.
Sequencing and Food Safety Consulting Service
The Cooper Laboratory’s Sequencing and Food Safety Consulting Service provides next generation sequencing, bioinformatic analysis, microbiome characterization, foodborne pathogen source tracking, and consulting on effective application of genomics for food safety services for food companies, government agencies, or academic institutions involving whole genome sequencing, metagenomics, transcriptomics, and targeted sequencing.
Food Product & Safety Laboratory
The state legislature graciously approved the University of Arizona’s request for $10.9 million to renovate and update the Food Products and Safety Lab (FPSL) at the Campus Agricultural Center in Tucson. While teaching and research continue, we have temporarily paused new processing contracts to finalize construction, with a targeted re-opening date in early 2025.
Arizona Experiment Station
Our faculty, staff and students conduct research and classes at a number of locations within the Arizona Experiment Station. From incubation to large-scale experimentation and implementation, the Experiment Station provides the infrastructure for purpose-driven science with real-world impact across its 11 locations state-wide.
Al-Marah Equine Center
Thanks to a generous gift from Ruth "Bazy" Tankersley, the Al-Marah Equine Center (AMEC) has become an important facility for equine instruction, research and community engagement. This 88-acre facility in the Tanque Verde valley houses and equine breeding and training center that includes a breeding shed, two covered arenas, two outdoor arenas, 48 stalls, and meeting spaces.