The following major equipment is available for research and teaching 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
• PCR thermocycler (several)
• 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 GC-Mass Spectrometer ***NEW 9/09***
• 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
• Amsco Renaissance Series autoclave
• Fully equipped research-dedicated labs for biological and chemical research