Research Facilities and Instruments
Fully equipped for your research
Our research laboratory facilities are fully equipped for contemporary applications in biochemistry and molecular biology. Our laboratory facilities have undergone extensive renovation and provide students with a professional environment where students can meet informally to exchange ideas and discuss their research. The chemistry and physical sciences department houses a state-of-the-art DNA sequencing laboratory, and the Haskins Laboratories houses a pathogen handling suite equipped with BSL-2 hoods, HPLC-MS/MS for state-of-the-art analysis of metabolites, and provides a world class environment for student thesis research. The biology department houses a state-of-the-art microscopic facility.
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program's laboratory facilities house state-of-the-art instruments.
Major instrumentation
- ABI DNA sequencing system that consists of the 7500 Real Time PCR and the 3130 Genetic Analyzer
- RT-qPCR
- HPLC-MS/MS (Perkin-Elmer-ABI)
- HPLC (Agilent 1100)
- GC-MS (2, Agilent 5890, 6890-5732)
- GC-FID (2, Agilent 6890)
- FTIR with ATR (Nicolet)
- Capillary Electrophoresis (Agilent)
- FT Â NMR (Anasazi, 60 MHz
- ABI programmable plate reader
- UV/Vis spectrophotometer (Beckman)
- UV-Vis (Perkin Elmer Lamda-2)
- Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
- LC-MS, Fluorescence microscope
- Reflectance UV-Vis
- Fluorimeter (Hitachi 2500)
- BSL-2 sterile hood
- Inverted fluorescence microscope
- Microwave synthesizer (CEM Discover)
- Microscopes and polarized light microscopes
- CO2 incubators (5)
- Ultra-centrifuge
- Vernier LabPro Data Collection System with pH, light, temperature, turbidity sensors and ion selective electrodes
- Computational facilities including a Beowulf Cluster for Molecular Modeling