Equipment available in common areas:

Molecular Biology equipment:

• ABI 3100 DNA sequencer
• Licor DNA sequencer
• Applied Biosystems 7300 Real Time PCR System
• Eppendorf Mastercycler gradient PCR machines
• Biosafety cabinet (Nuaire)
• PCR hood with airflow and UV
• Shaking incubators

Imaging equipment:

• UVP Autochemi Gel documentation system
• Olympus BX51 fluorescent microscope with color, cooled-CCD camera
• Inverted Olympus IX70 fluorescence microscope equipped for real-time imaging
• Fluoview Confocal Microscope
• Microbrightfield Instruments design-based Stereology System

General lab equipment:

• Beckman Spectrophotometer Nanodrop Spectrophotometer
• Scintillation counter
• Beckman High Speed Centrifuge
• Beckman Ultracentrifuge
• Centrifuge with Swinging bucket rotor to hold multiwell plates
• Microm HM550 Cryostat
• Freeze Dryers
• -80 Freezers

Cell culture facility:

• Carbon Dioxide Incubators
• Nuaire Biosafety Cabinet
• Laminar flow hood
• Liquid Nitrogen vial storage
• Swinging bucket centrifuge, with plate holders

Zebrafish facility:

Numerous other equipment is available and may be used in various faculty research labs, such as a microplate reader, Gamma counter, dissecting microscopes, microtome, gel rigs and PCR machines.