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Research Core Facilities

After the department’s service teaching efforts were relocated to the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) building, our historical home, Macelwane Hall, was renovated and reopened as a research-intensive facility.

Core Equipment

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Tools

  • Agilent 1100 HPLC
  • AKTA Pure FPLC
  • Lyophilizer
  • Sorvall 5B Highspeed - and Optima XPN-100 Ultra - centrifuges
  • Standard gradient thermal cyclers
  • Two QuantStudio5 real time PCR machines

General Equipment

  • Walk-in cold-rooms
  • Multiple autoclaves
  • Multiple labware washers/driers

Sample Storage

  • CryoPlus 2 liquid nitrogen unit
  • Six large, community -80 degrees celsius storage

Imaging and Spectroscopy

  • Synergy H1 spectrophotometer/fluorometer with temperature regulation and
    automated injection system
  • Two iBRIGHT protein imaging systems
  • BioTek Lionheart FX automated microscope
  • Leica SP8 Confocal Microscope with resonant scanner and Lightning deconvolution

Find more information on using the Leica SP8. For all other inquiries into our facility and other equipment, please contact Brian Downes, Ph.D.