As a vital, high-pressure engine of discovery, the Cryogenics and Gas Core Facility provides the expertise and specialized infrastructure – from ultra-low temperature materials to high-pressure gases – that turns complex experimental designs into operational realities.
While the core’s team often works behind the scenes, its role in maintaining the U of A’s lab ecosystem is front and center.
“We like flying under the radar,” Francisco Dojaquez, the facility’s leadership manager said. “We’re here to support research across campus, but we do it behind the scenes and that gives us a lot of job satisfaction.”
Cryogenic and compressed gasses include liquefied, non-liquefied or dissolved gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, helium, argon, acetylene and propane, widely used for research, welding, medical and industrial purposes.
The core supplies tanks (known as dewars or cylinders) that hold a variety of flammable, industrial, medical grade, and cryogenic gasses to units across the university. Optical scientists using lasers, astronomers exploring the universe, pathologists studying bacteria through microscopes, biologists growing live cells or chemists using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy require such materials for their equipment or to maintain biological samples.
For the rest of this article: https://research.arizona.edu/news/university-arizona-core-facilities-hi…