Facilities and Equipment

Four walk-in growth rooms.

Five Conviron growth chambers.

Three shakers; one controlled environment, one bench-top with
    temperature control and one open-top floor model.

Helium driven BIO-RAD gene gun.

BRL electroporator.

Analytical Luminescence Lab, Monolith 2010 luminometer.

Microscopes; one Zeiss Axioscope with Nomarksi, epi-fluorescence
    capabilities, one Zeiss Axiovert.

Zeiss M2BIO Fluorescence Combination Zoom Stereo/compound

Two Olympus SZH 10 zoom stereo microscopes coupled to
    automatic exposure photomicrographic system.

Four Nikon SMZ-1B stereo microscopes dedicated to routine work
    under sterile conditions.

Two Thermocyclers: a Perkin Elmer GeneAmp 9600 and a Perkin
    Elmer GeneAmp 480.

Four BRL horizontal gel electrophoresis units and one Robbins
    hybridization incubator.

Access to ultra-centrifuges, spectrophotometer, 96-well fluorometer
    are also available.

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