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ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY

 

 

 

The Environmental Biotechnology laboratory is fully equipped to carry out research in environmental microbiology and biotechnology.  The lab occupies approximately 1700 square feet (200 m2) in Fitzpatrick Hall. 

 

Facilities and equipment include:

 

  • Autoclave
  • -80 oC Freezer
  • -20 oC Freezer
  • 4 oC Refrigerator
  • Orbital shakers (4)
  • Incubator/refrigerator/shaker
  • Refrigerated microcentrifuge
  • Microcentrifuge
  • Walk-in hood
  • Laminar flow hood
  • Ovens
  • Water bath
  • Sonicator
  • pH meter
  • DO meter
  • Spectrophotometer
  • Nanopure Diamond LS TOC deionized water system

 

 
  • Eppendorf Mastercycler EP(S) thermal cycler (for PCR)
  • Eppendorf Mastercycler EP(S) Realplex 2 (RT-PCR)
  • Hybridization oven/crosslinker
  • Agarose gel electrophoresis units
  • BioRad DGGE apparatus
  • Kodak gel documentation system
  • Nikon Eclipse 90i epifluorescence microscope
  • Boom-mounted stereomicroscope
  • Dionex ICS 2500 ion chromatograph
  • Agilent gas chromatograph with FID and TCD detectors
  • Unisense microsensor setup with micromanipulator, picoammeter, voltmeter, and data acquisition software
  • Gamry PCI4/300 potentiostat/galvanostat/ZRA with Electrochemistry Framework software
  • Keithley 2700/7700 data acquisitions system
  • Coy “Type A” anaerobic glove chamber
  • Leica CM-1100 Cryostat
  • New Brunswick BioFlow II chemostat

 

 

 

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