Instruments
Analytical Instruments
Shimadzu LC-MS/MS 8050
Liquid Chromatography Nexera-XR coupled with triple quadruple Mass Spectroscopy MS-8050
Shimadzu LC-20AD with PDA detector
Ultra Performance liquid chromatography 20-AD coupled with photo diode array detector
Shimadzu GC-2010 Plus
Gas Chromatography with dual injection ports and dual electron capture detector
Water Quality Analysis
Shimadzu TOC-VCSH with TNM-1
Total organic carbon (TOC-VCSH) coupled with total nitrogen analyzer (TNM-1)Â enchanced with autosampler ASI-V
Thermo Scientific Dionex ICS-1600
Dionex ion chromatography with separate cation and anion analyzer
Shimadzu SALD-2300
Laser diffraction particle size analyzer
Horizon SmartPrep Automated solid phase extractor
Automated Solid Phase extraction apparatus for cyanotoxin cleanup and concentration
Fluorometers and Spectrophotometers
Shimadzu RF-6000
Spectrofluorometer for Excitation-Emission matrices
Shimadzu UV-1800
Spectrophotometer for measuring sample absorbance in UV/Visible wavelength range
Turner Designs Trilogy
Trilogy benchtop fluorometer equipped with Chlorophyll-A, Phycocyanin, and in-vivo chlorophyll detection modules
HACH DR3900
Benchtop spectrophotometer for UV absorbance measurement
Molecular Devices SpectraMax M2
Microplate UV spectrophotometer for 96-well plate absorbance measurements
HACH 2100Q
Nephlometer for sample turbidity measurement
Microscopy & Flow Cytometer
Olympus BX-51 with DP70 camera
Upright fluorescent microscope equipped with DP-70 image capture camera
Olympus IX51 with CCD camera
Inverted fluorescent microscope equipped with charge coupled device (CCD) image detector for lower noise and higher resolution imaging
BD Accuri C6 Plus
Flow cytometer
Molecular BiologyÂ
(Full access at Dr. DaeWook Kang's lab)
Applied Biosystems QuantStudio3
Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) system
Eppendorf epMotion 5073
Automated Liquid Handler for PCR and QPCR reaction
Applied Biosystems Veriti
Thermal cycler - Polymerase chain reaction system
Eppendorf 5333 MasterCycler
Thermal cycler - Polymerase chain reaction system
ThermoScientific Nanodrop 1000
Nanodrop for nucleic acid quantification