Many traditional science Departments at Binghamton University are housed within the Science 3-4-5 complex, three inter-connected buildings that support path-breaking research laboratories. Because these buildings are all internally connected, you can move seamlessly from building to building without going outside.
Science 3 is home to the Biological Sciences Department, with some satellite office and lab space to support faculty in Behavioral Neuroscience.
Science 4 is the main building for the Department of Psychology, including the majority of BNS faculty offices, additional lab support space, and offices for post-doctoral trainees. Science 4 was recently renovated and offers outstanding space to support the Behavioral Neuroscience Program, including a large and well-equipped microscopy and imaging facility.
Science 5 is our dedicated animal research facility. Constructed in 2012, this state-of-the-art facility was designed with research in mind. Faculty have access to extensive shared facilities as well as individually assigned procedural (behavioral testing) rooms, wet lab space, microscopy facilities, and so much more.
The main hallways connecting Science 3, 4, and 5 have glass walls and overlook a courtyard with plantings, which includes tables and chairs for those who like to get some fresh air while eating lunch.
Our dedicated animal research facility includes 4 floors of extensive private and shared research facilities. Each floor has:
At least one large wet lab suite that houses on average 3 faculty labs, with islands and bench space individually assigned.
A centrally managed, dedicated surgical suite with centralized anesthesia and surgical monitoring systems.
A dedicated necropsy suite for perfusions.
Dozens of procedural rooms with individually isolated behavioral testing apparati.
Vivaria assigned to each lab for rodent housing
"Dry lab" office space dedicated for each lab to process and analyze data, where graduate students share office space.
This unique combination of semi-private and private lab suites was designed with optimal workflow (eg., animals can be shuttled from colony to testing without traversing floors!) and collaboration in mind.
Research in Behavioral Neuroscience is supported by outstanding core facilities both within and beyond our program. Whereas most day-to-day equipment is owned by individual labs, you will find that our faculty and research centers have many shared investments, providing outstanding opportunities for collaboration and project advancement.
The BNS area has acquired and maintains a wide range of equipment for shared use among labs, including Analox machines for assessment of Blood Ethanol Concentrations, Cryostats, a Leica Slide Scanning microscope, and a Keyence automated microscope. The CDBN and DEARC also supports a set of transgenic rat lines available to investigators in the program.
The CDBN and DEARC support high performance computing and software for image analysis. In addition to Image J and StereoInvestigator, we maintain annual licenses to Imaris software for 3D-reconstruction of cells/structures, as well as Halo for automated quantification of cells in both flourescence and brightfield.
The BNS area has outstanding behavioral testing capabilities through investments in shared equipment. Trainees have access to most conventional behavioral testing procedures common to rat and mouse.
The Analytical and Diagnostics Laboratory (ADL; located at the Innovative Technologies Complex) has a wide range of functional capacities, including gene sequencing, cell culture facilities, proteomics, etc.
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has dedicated core facilities used by BNS faculty and trainees, including a new Leica Confocal microscope, NMR capabilities, etc.
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