CORE Equipment

PROFLEX PCR SYSTEM 3-in-1 THERMAL CYCLER

Applied Biosystems Thermo Fisher

• Model 4484073
• 2-Zone VeriFlex blocks
• 3 blocks for 32 x 0.2 mL PCR tubes/block

IBRIGHT FL1500 IMAGING SYSTEM

Invitrogen Thermo Fisher

• DNA, SDS-PAGE, Western, and sample imaging
• Five fluorescence channels
• Smart Exposure technology
• Automatic sample rotation, automatic zoom, and automatic focus
• 22.5 x 18.0-cm field of view
• Green LED-based transilluminator
• Automatic colony counting

BEAD RUPTOR ELITE HOMOGENIZER

Omni International

• Process 48 2 mL samples simultaneously
• Improve RNA extractions
• Improve yeast lysis

TWO MULTITRON CO₂ INCUBATOR/SHAKERS

Infors HT

• Shake speed, CO₂, and humidity control

• Up to 6 L of capacity for mammalian protein expression

   

1300 SERIES A2 CLASS II BIOSAFETY CABINET

Thermo Scientific

• Sterile cabinet for mammalian cell culture

CELLDROP CELL COUNTER

DeNovix

• Brightfield and fluorescent counting of mammalian cell suspensions

AVANTI JE & AVANTI J-15R CENTRIFUGES

Beckman Coulter

• Centrifugation of cultures and samples
• Adapters for flow tubes, 15 mL and 50 mL conicals, Oakridge tubes, 500 mL bottles

AKTA PURE 25L FPLC

Cytiva

• S75 and S200 size exclusion chromatography
• Protein A, Protein G, Streptactin affinity columns
• Ion exchange chromatography
• Sample pump
• Fraction collector

MINIDAWN MULTI-ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING

Wyatt Technology Waters

• Downstream of AKTA Pure FPLC
• Determination of absolute mass and size
• Waters XBridge Premier Column – 10 to 650 kDa

SYNERGY H1 MULTIMODE PLATE READER 

Agilent BioTek

• Monochromator-based and filter-based optics
• Automated Z-focus
• 7 log measurement range
• Take3 late for microvolume measurements

ATTUNE FLOW CYTOMETER 

Thermo Fisher

• Violet (405 nm), blue (488 nm), yellow (562 nm), and red (638 nm) laser excitation
• 14 fluorescence channels
• CytKick for autosampling from 96-well plates

CYTATION C10 CONFOCAL IMAGING READER 

Agilent BioTek

• Automated laser confocal and widefield microscopy
• Accommodates slides, dishes, microplates, and T25 flasks
• Hamamatsu sCMOS camera
• CO₂ incubation with temperature control and shaking
• 4×, 10×, 20×, 40×, 60× objectives
• DAPI, GFP, RFP, CY5 confocal filter cubes
• DAPI, GFP, Texas Red Widefield filter cubes

TSX ULT -80 ºC FREEZER  

Fisher Scientific

• 600 box capacity
• Minus80 monitoring

VIP PLUS SERIES -150 ºC CHEST FREEZER

BSI PHCbi

• Storage of mammalian and primary cells and lines
• 165 box capacity
• Liquid nitrogen back up
• Minus80 monitoring