Cutting-Edge Technology to
Enable Transformative Research
The mission of the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox is driven by a commitment to discovery and the consequential impact of life sciences. By bridging the gap between bold ideas and access to the tools needed to realize them, we ensure our community is equipped to solve the world's most pressing challenges.
Located on the first floor of Bonner Hall in the heart of the biomedical research ecosystem adjacent to Revelle College and the School of Medicine, the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox is a 5,000-square-foot testament to what happens when curiosity meets conviction. We aren’t just providing equipment; we are building a thriving environment where every biological researcher at UC San Diego can push the boundaries of the known.
The Hub of What’s Possible
- Innovative & Agile: We adapt at the speed of science, housing state-of-the-art instrumentation that keeps our researchers at the absolute cutting edge.
- Power in the Collective: The Sandbox thrives on teamwork, access, and outreach. It is a vibrant space for industry partnerships, campus collaboration, student outreach, hands-on training, and innovative classes where diverse minds meet to spark creative breakthroughs.
- Lasting Impact: Our mission is to accelerate biomedical research and enhance our collective competitiveness, turning enterprising spirit into real-world technological advances.
We embrace the responsibility to be first, to be bold, and to ensure that no ambitious research goal is ever out of reach. Together, we are defining the future of life sciences.
Stay Connected! Subscribe to the Technology Sandbox Newsletter for information on seminars, workshops, news and more.We offer access to advanced instrumentation in the following areas…
- Visualization across scales: Cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM), Cryo-electron tomography (CryoET) and advanced light microscopy.
- Biological mass spectrometry: Initial focus on proteomics and with future expansion to other biological mass spectrometry applications.
- Future instrument placements: considered in the areas of state-of-the-art flow cytometry and cell analysis tools, next generation DNA sequencing, and high throughput bioassay automations tools
Technology
Events and Announcements
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UC San Diego Thermo Fisher Partnership
A scientific strategic partnership based on innovative programs.
Our Team
We strive to make facility instrumentation widely available across campus and beyond.
Sandbox Fellows Program
Building a pipeline of future academic and industry experts.
Partner Facilities
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility
Featuring cutting edge microscopy tools from Thermo Fisher Scientific
Nikon Imaging Center
We gratefully acknowledge our instrumentation partners
in the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox
Want to know more? See Contact and Location for general inquiries and visitor information.
Facility Policies and Guidelines
