Common Equipment
The following list contains large pieces of scientific equipment available for use by any employee or graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences. Please note that certain pieces of equipment can only be operated by specific department employees and/or require payment for use.
| Item | Qty | Location | Contact | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autoclave | 1 | 016 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Large size, must be operated by teaching labs staff |
| Autoclave | 1 | 016 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Small size, must be operated by teaching labs staff |
| Autoclave | 1 | 216 McKinly Lab | Farmer | |
| Autoclave | 1 | 249 Wolf Hall | Farmer | |
| Autoclave | 1 | 342 Wolf Hall | Farmer | |
| Automatic pumping / dispensing units | 2 | 016 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 020 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Beckman Ultra |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 020 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Sorval |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 218 McKinly Lab | Usher | Beckman L8M |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 226 McKinly Lab | Simmons | Ultra |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 247 Wolf Hall | Nohe | Sorval RC-5B Superspeed |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 248 Wolf Hall | Galileo | Beckman L8-55M Ultra, no rotors |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 259 Wolf Hall | Naik, U. | Beckman Coulter Avanti JE |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 307 Wolf Hall | Duncan, M. | Superspeed |
| Centrifuge | 1 | 307 Wolf Hall | Duncan, M. | Ultra, see Duncan lab for available rotors |
| Coldroom | 1 | 016 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | 4° C, walk-in |
| Coldroom | 1 | 260 Wolf Hall | 4° C | |
| Coldroom | 1 | 336 Wolf Hall | 4° C | |
| Coldroom | 1 | 352 Wolf Hall | 4° C | |
| Dark room | 1 | 334 Wolf Hall | With developer | |
| Dryer for glassware | 1 | 216 McKinly Lab | ||
| Fluorescence microscope | 1 | 214 McKinly Lab | Simmons/Usher | Nikon inverted microscope equipped with epifluorescence. Images can also be relayed to the Gel Documentation Unit through a cooled CCD camera (this permits quantitation of the signal and printing of the images). |
| French press | 1 | 307 Wolf Hall | Duncan, M. | |
| Gel dryer | 1 | 335 Wolf Hall | Carson lab | |
| Glasswasher | 1 | 016 McKinly Lab | Farmer | |
| Glasswasher | 2 | 216 McKinly Lab | Farmer | |
| Glasswasher | 1 | 009 Wolf Hall | Farmer | |
| Glasswasher | 1 | 249 Wolf Hall | Farmer | |
| Glasswasher | 1 | 342 Wolf Hall | Farmer | |
| Ice machine | 1 | 226 McKinly Lab | Farmer | |
| Ice machine | 1 | 019 Wolf Hall (in hall) | Farmer | |
| Ice machine | 1 | 251 Wolf Hall | Farmer | |
| Ice machine | 1 | 301 Wolf Hall | Farmer | |
| Incubator | 1 | 020 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | 37°, floor model |
| Incubator | 2 | 022 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Tabletop |
| Incubator | 1 | 023 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Large size |
| Incubator | 2 | 024 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Tabletop |
| Incubator | 1 | 307 Wolf Hall | Duncan, M. | 30° C, medium size, for yeast |
| Incubator shaker | 1 | 307 Wolf Hall | Duncan, M. | 37° C, large size, for bacteria |
| Lyophilizer | 1 | 251 Wolf Hall | ||
| Lyophilizer | 1 | 345 Wolf Hall | CTCR | |
| P2 laminar flow hood | 1 | 252 McKinly Lab | For virus work | |
| Petri dish filling machine | 2 | 016 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Must be operated by teaching labs staff |
| Projector | 1 | 213 McKinly Lab | Simmons | NEC |
| Projector | 1 | 213 McKinly Lab | Simmons | Sony CX-5, accepts memory stick (computer not necessary) |
| Refrigerator | 1 | 023 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Large size |
| Refrigerator/freezer | 1 | 009 McKinly Lab | -80° C | |
| Refrigerator/freezer | 1 | 020 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Floor model |
| Refrigerator/freezer | 1 | 023 McKinly Lab | Della-Volpe | Small size |
| Scintillation counter | 1 | 259 McKinly Lab | Simmons lab | Beckman LS5801 |
| Scintillation counter | 1 | 307 Wolf Hall | Carson lab | Packard TriCarb 2900TR, Liquid Scintillation Analyzer |
| Spectrophotometer | 1 | 252 Wolf Hall | Naik, U. | |
| Speed vac | 1 | 307 Wolf Hall |
