Research Resources
The following instruments are available in the Department of Biomedical Sciences labs:
- Leica TCS SP5 confocal microscope
- Nikon epifluorescent microscope equipped for digital monochrome and color image analysis, an X-Y-Z encoded motorized stage, Pentium computer and Metamorph software, as well as a second Nikon microscope with a Sony DXC-390 camera and Bioquant NOVA software for bone histomorphometry
- Zeiss Axioplan microscope with a color digital camera for slides or print capture
- JEOL JSM-6010 scanning electron microscope
- Additional resources include a dedicated Pentium attached to an HP flatbed scanner, Nikon LC-100 slide scanner, Kodak di-sublimation printer and Polaroid slide film recorder
- Scanco VivaCT 40 high-speed micro-computed tomography system
- MJ Research PTC-100 thermocycler
- Stratagene MX4000 RT-PCR
- Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer
- Autopix 100 Laser Capture Microscope system
- Leica DM6000B Laser Capture upright light microscope
- Gibco BRL S2 sequencing system
- Kodak image station
- Nucleovision image station
- Beckman L-60 ultracentrifuge
- 2 Beckman J2-21 centrifuges
- Eppendorph refrigerated centrifuge
- Savant Speed-Vac S200 and lyophilizer
- Labline shaking incubator
- Packard Cobra auto-gamma counter
- Packard 1900 TR liquid scintillation counter
- Beckman DU-64 and DU-62 spectrophotometers
- Molecular devices 96-well plate reader
- 3 -80°C freezers
- Tissue processor
- Dedicated histology hood
- Dedicated radiation hood
- Glassware dishwasher
- 4°C refrigerator (2)
- UV crosslinker
- ELISA plate reader
- Power supply for gel assays
- Gel running equipment
- Homogenizers
- Stir plates
- RNA dedicated hood
- Microwave
- Tabletop centrifuge
- Water baths
- -80°C and -20°C freezers
- Balances, basic and analytical
- pH meter
- Microcentrifuge
- Drying ovens
- Liquid nitrogen tank
- Ice machine
- 3 laminar flow hoods
- Sterile guard hood
- 5 CO2 incubators
- Sorvall low-speed refrigerated centrifuge
- Distilled water dispenser
- 37°C shaking water bath
- 2 Inverted microscopes
- Microscope with camera attachment
- 2 refrigerator/freezers
- Becton Dickinson FACS Calibur
- Double Coy anaerobic chamber
- 2 laminar flow hoods
- CO2 incubator
- Beckman GS-6R medium speed table-top centrifuge -80°C freezer
- Large steam autoclave
- Zeiss epifluorescent microscope with Nomarski optics