Cellular/Molecular Core Facility Equipment

  • Zeiss P.A.L.M. Microlaser Dissection System for sections and live cells
  • 2 high speed centrifuges
  • 2 Beckman ultracentrifuges (1 tabletop, 1 floor)
  • Li Cor Odyssey Infrared Imager
  • Qiacube robot for DNA/RNA/Protein isolations
  • MP Biomedicals Fast prep for sample extraction
  • 2 ABI 7500FAST Quantitative PCR systems
  • BioRad Experion electrophoresis system
  • Nanodrop spectrophotometer for DNA/RNA/protein analysis
  • Microbrightfield Morphometric Software (Neurolucida)
  • BioRad Chemidoc gel imaging system for gel documentation and analysis
  • Complete facility for bacterial transformation, growth and screening
  • Electrophoresis apparatus for agarose and acrylamide gels
  • Incubators and shakers for probe hybridizations and washing
  • 3 thermal cyclers, including a gradient cycler and one with in situ capability
  • Low speed cooled table-top centrifuge for cell and filtration centrifugation
  • Complete cell culture facilities including hood, incubators and microscopes
  • Nikon fluorescence microscopes equipped with imaging system
  • Oligonucleotide primer analysis and sequence analysis
  • Cryostat
  • Rotary microtome
  • ZeissAxiovert fluorescence microscope