Analytical Instruments
Liquid Chromatography Nexera-XR coupled with triple quadruple Mass Spectroscopy MS-8050
Ultra Performance liquid chromatography 20-AD coupled with photo diode array detector
Gas Chromatography with dual injection ports and dual electron capture detector
Water Quality Analysis
Total organic carbon (TOC-VCSH) coupled with total nitrogen analyzer (TNM-1) enchanced with autosampler ASI-V
Dionex ion chromatography with separate cation and anion analyzer
Laser diffraction particle size analyzer
Automated Solid Phase extraction apparatus for cyanotoxin cleanup and concentration
Fluorometers and Spectrophotometers
Spectrofluorometer for Excitation-Emission matrices
Spectrophotometer for measuring sample absorbance in UV/Visible wavelength range
Trilogy benchtop fluorometer equipped with Chlorophyll-A, Phycocyanin, and in-vivo chlorophyll detection modules
Benchtop spectrophotometer for UV absorbance measurement
Microplate UV spectrophotometer for 96-well plate absorbance measurements
Nephlometer for sample turbidity measurement
Microscopy & Flow Cytometer
Upright fluorescent microscope equipped with DP-70 image capture camera
Inverted fluorescent microscope equipped with charge coupled device (CCD) image detector for lower noise and higher resolution imaging
Flow cytometer
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging system equipped with broadband near-infrared light source and high-resolution spectrometer for non-invasive cross-sectional and 3D imaging of biofilms and other transparent samples.
Molecular Biology
(Full access at Dr. DaeWook Kang's lab)
Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) system
Automated Liquid Handler for PCR and QPCR reaction
Thermal cycler - Polymerase chain reaction system
Thermal cycler - Polymerase chain reaction system
Nanodrop for nucleic acid quantification