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Available equipment:

UV/Vis Plate Reader and Fluorimeter (Bio-Tek Synergy HT)

PCR thermal cyclers (BioRad Gene Cycler and Eppendorf Mastercycler ep gradient S)

UV/Vis spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer MBA 2000)

Refrigerated floor centrifuge (Beckman Allegra 6R)

2 microcentrifuges (BioRad14K/Eppendorf 5415C)

2 Hotplate stirrers (Corning PC-420D)

2 analytical balances (Mettler Toledo ML601E 620 ± 0.1 g)

1 fine analytical balance (ML204 220g ± 0.1 mg)

2 pH meters (HACH H260G with stainless steel/silicon probe)

Vented fume hood (Fisher Hamilton)

Autoclave (Tuttnauer 2540M, 23 L capacity)

Ultrapure water (ELGA PURELAB Option Q purification system) Incubators, shaker (VWR1535, New Brunswick C24)

Heated water bath (BioRad BR-122)

Microwave, freezers and refrigerators (GE)

Pipettes and pipettors (micro and serological)

Gel electrophoresis, Western, Northern and Southern blotting capabilities including vertical and horizontal electrophoresis and transfer cells

UV transilluminator

Bench space for up to 12 researchers

Additional equipment in the Department of Chemistry and Physics:

Jeol ECLIPSE 400 High Resolution 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer Performance Plus HP 6890 GC/MS

Buck Scientific ACCUSYS 211 Flame & Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometer + Autosampler.

Bomem MB-100 & Perkin Elmer Spectrum One & 1600 series FT-IR Spectrometers

Perkin Elmer HPLC Binary UV/Vis System + Autosampler.

Delta Nu Raman Spectrometer Advantage 200A.

Rudolph Autopol IV Automatic Polarimeter

EG&G Parc 264A & EG&G Parc 384 Polarographic Analyzer/Stripping Voltammeter.

Perkin Elmer Lambda 20 Spectrophotometer

Johnson Matthey Mark II Magnetic Susceptibility Balance

Three Silicon Graphic SGI O2 Workstations with Tripos SYBYL 4.8

Thermo Scientific TSU upright -80 C freezer