Research & Teaching Laboratory Facilities

Equipment for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Analytical instrumentation
ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer
Perkin Elmer Sigma 300 Dual FID chromatograph
Beckman 125 solvent module w/
            166 detector
            CH30 column heater
            Computer workstation
Perkin Elmer series 10 Liquid chromatograph w/
            LC100 column oven
            LC75 spectrophotometric detector
            Sedex 55 incubator oven
Fractomette Alpha 200
HP 6890 Gas Chromatograph
HP 1090 Liquid chromatograph
Varian 16588 gas chromatograph
Saturn 218 mass spectrometer
ISIS auto-sampler and auto-injector
Varian CP320 GC
Aglilent 1100 Series liquid chromatography station

Centrifuges
Beckman XL-90 Ultra centrifuge
            UTI 65.1 head
            NUT 90 head
Sorval Preparative centrifuge
Sorval Ultra 80 with TV 860 head
Sorval Super T21 centrifuge
            SL50T head
            ST microhead
Beckman J2-J21M/E centrifuges (2)
            J20 head
            JA14 heads (2)
Beckman L8-70M Ultracentrifuge
            41TI head
Beckman L8-55 ultra centrifuge
            70TI head
            SW 55TI head
            SW41TI head
Sorval RT 6000 refrigerated centrifuge
Table top centrifuges (multiple)
Micro-tube centrifuges (multiple)
Serofuges (multiple)

Radiation detectors
Beckman LS 1801 Scintillation counter
Trace II radioactive flow monitor
Radiation survey meter

Autoclaves
Manual barrel type (3)
Castle MC 3500 sterilizer with car/cart
Castle 122 Steam sterilizer (2) one with car/cart

Spectrophotometers, colorimeters, UV detection
Ultra-violet products Chromato-Uv model cc-20
Beckman model 153 UV detector
Beckman DU640 spectrophotometer
Beckman DU50 spectrophotometer
HP 8453 Spectrophotometer with computer station
Shimadzu UV 1201 spectrophotometer(4)
Photoelectric colorimeter (2)
HP1046A fluorescent detector
Turbidrometer
Genesis Spec 20 (4)
Genesis Spec 5 (3)
Thermospectronic spectrophotometer
Fotodyne transilluminator/imaging station with computer station
Beckman DU7400 Spectrophotometer with computer station
Nanodrop spectrophotometer
Fluorometer Red PMT

Incubator, freezers, temperature control
Walk-in controlled temperature chambers (10)
Conviron growth chamber
-20 freezers (multiple)
Water baths (multiple)
Circulating water baths (2)
Incubators (multiple)
Boekel 260011 micro-cooler
Fisher iso-temp oven
Labline environ incubator shakers
-70 Freezers (4)
-80 Freezers (2)
Water deionizer (4)
CO2 incubators (2)
Bioflo ferment0r (2)
Forma scientific fermentor
Bioflow 3000 bioreactor
Chromotography chambers (4)
Percival Incubators, 48” (10)
Percival Incubator, full height
Living stream with temperature controls (12)
High temperature furnaces (2)

Chemical and biological hoods
Chemical fume hood (10)
Nuaire Laminar flow hood (3)
Nuair Biosafety cabinet Class II (5)
Additional Class II safety cabinet
Glove boxes (2)

Sample preparation
WAB dynomill (KDLA) with refrigerated recirculation
Aminco French press
Yamato RE 200 rotovap with bath
Additional rotovap with block heater
Ericomp encycler single block blockheater
Ependorf master cycle thermal cycler
PTC 100 Thermal cycler
Perkin Elmer thermocycler
Block heaters (multiple)
Thermocycler
Speed vac centrifuges (3)
Pourmatic Plate pourers (2)
Electroporator
Vertis unitrap II freezer dryer
Gilson micro fraction collector
Electroporator II

Electorphoresis
IBI upright gel
Power supplies (multiple)
Gel boxes (multiple)
Pulsfield gel system

Pipetters
Single channel (multiple)
Multi channel (multiple)
Electronic (multiple)

Balance
Toploading balances (multiple)
Cahn C35 microbalance
Mettler UMT2 micro balance
Mettler AX105 microbalance

Microscopes
Laboratory compound microscopes (multiple)
Laboratory compound microscopes with phase contrast (multiple)
Laboratory microscopes with polarization
Fluorescent microscope
Ziess axioplan Z with computer imaging station
Ziess axioscope with computer imaging station

Microbiology
Biolog microstation with computer station
Biorad 35500 microplate reader with computer station

Computers
Power point projection systems (7)

Field sensors and data collection
Data Logger, Li-Cor (6)
Conductivity Meter, YSI
Dissolved Oxygen, YSI
Stephens type F recorder (2)
Electro fishing, backpack (2)
Split beam echo sounder

Physiology
Ergonomic Bicycle
Vacumed mini-CPX system

Boats
21’ Polar with 200 HP
17’ Boston Whaler with40 HP
16’ Jon Boat with 9.9 and 25 HP

Other
pH meters (multiple)
Kodak M35A processor
Transilluminators (3)