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Teaching & Research Facilities
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. Click HERE for a few images of the new labs.
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:
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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 (NEW August '08)
Molecular Biology
Syngene GeneFlash and GeneGnome gel documentation stations
UVP Ultraviolet Crosslinker and blot hybridization incubator
New Brunswick Inova and G25 Incubator/shakers
PCR thermocycler (several)
Revco ultra-cold freezer
Motic high-resolution dissecting scopes
VanGuard 1400FL Series fluorescent microscope with high resolution camera
Savant DNA Speedvac (NEW July '08)
Plant grow carts
Centrifugation
Sorvall RC5C PLUS superspeed refrigerated centrifuge
Beckman L8-80M ultracentrifuge
Chromatography
Varian CP-3800 capillary gas chromatograph
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