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Department of Biology and Chemistry
Lab Facilities and Equipment

The Department of Biology and Chemistry research and teaching labs are housed in the the science, math and technology facilities in the Academic Building. This new facility includes an array of biology, chemistry and physics teaching & research labs, computer and equipment labs, a seminar auditorium, faculty offices, and a number of attractive common areas overlooking the campus and new University Oratory. One of the computer teaching labs (maintained by the Department of Math and Physics) contains 18 Apple eMac computers and an Apple G5 server. Additional computers are available in a second computer lab and in the science labs. Wireless internet access will be available throughout the building. 

Students in the Biology and Chemistry programs have direct access to an array of state-of-the-art instrumentation for classroom and research lab work in molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, microbiology, biochemistry, computer modeling/programming and chemistry. In addition to the standard lab equipment and glassware, major instrumentation includes it items listed below.


The following major departmental equipment is available for research activities:

Spectroscopy
  • Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrophotometer 
    • Accessories: 96-well plate reader
    • Stopped-flow module
  • Cary 50 UV-Vis spectrophotometer 
    • Accessories: stopped-flow module
  • Perkin Elmer RX-I Infrared spectrophotometer 
  • Anasazi FT-NMR spectrometer
  • Proton and carbon probes
  • GE Storm Fluorescent Gel Imager and Phosphorimager
  • Beckman LS 6000SC Liquid Scintillation Counter
Molecular Biology
  • Syngene GeneFlash and GeneGnome gel documentation stations 
  • UVP Ultraviolet Crosslinker and blot hybridization incubator
  • New Brunswick Inova and G25 Incubator/shakers
  • Several PCR thermocyclers
  • Revco ultra-cold freezer
  • Motic high-resolution dissecting scopes 
  • VanGuard 1400FL Series fluorescent microscope with high resolution camera
  • Savant DNA Speedvac
  • Plant grow carts
Centrifugation
  • Sorvall RC5C PLUS superspeed refrigerated centrifuge
  • Beckman L8-80M ultracentrifuge
Chromatography
  • Varian CP-3800 capillary gas chromatograph
  • HP-Agilent Gas Chromatograph-mass spectrometer 
  • BioRad Biologic chromatography system
Computer Resources
  • Macintosh computer lab with G5 server
  • Wavefunction Spartan 06 software for molecular mechanics and quantum chemical modeling
  • Chemical Abstracts SciFinder Scholar Database access with structure search module
Building Facilities
  • Dark room
  • Cold room
  • Media prep room
  • Fully equipped research-dedicated labs for biological and chemical research