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Molecular biology equipment Genetic analyzers Two fluorescence capillary ABI Genetic analyzers for DNA sequencing and genetic analysis:
 ABI 3730 48 capillary analyzer Microarray equipment
 Axion 4000 B microarray scanner Microfluidics-based platform Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer for ‘lab-on-a-chip’ analysis of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells.  Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer Oligonucleotide synthesizer ABI 3900 DNA Oligonucleotide synthesizer and a Savant SC Speed Vac Concentrator for use in oligonucleotide purification.  Savant SC 110-230 Speed Vac Concentrator PCR Thermocyclers 48 thermocyclers for PCR amplification including:
 ABI 9700 PCR System with two 384 well blocks  ABI Gene Amp 9700 PCR Systems with 96 well blocks Real Time PCR ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System for quantitative PCR assays.  ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System Liquid Handling Robotics Two robotic workstations used for high-thoughput liquid handling:
 Beckman Biomek NXP Automation Work Station Nucleic acid Prep Station ABI 6100 Nucleic Acid Prep Station for high-throughput extraction of DNA or RNA from a range of sample types including whole blood and cell cultures.  ABI 6100 Nucleic Acid Prep Station Sample Preparation Systems Two systems for rapid sample homogenization and extraction of DNA, RNA and proteins:
 2000 Spex Certiprep GenoGrinder  FastPrep 24 Proteomics Ettan IP Gphor3 2-D gel electrophoresis system for analysis of proteins.  2-D gel electrophoresis system Spectrophotometers Nine spectrophotometers for measurement of cell densities, and the concentration and purity of nucleic acids and proteins:
 Nanodrop ND-1000 Spectrophotometer Chromatography One Pharmacia LKB chromatography system for protein purification and analysis.  LKB chromatography system Bioinformatics equipment High Performance Computing cluster Sixty-four core AMD Opteron Linux cluster capable of running both 32- and 64-bit applications. In total the system has 72 GB of memory and more than 3 terabytes of disk space. An Exabyte 221L tape library handles backups. Six additional Linux and Mac OS X servers for hosting databases, web services and other specialized software applications and software development.  High Performance Computing Cluster Computer Training Room Dedicated computer-training room with 18 dual-boot (MS Windows/Linux) computers.  Computer training room Immunology, cell culture and analysis equipment Haematological analysis Equipment for blood analysis:
.jpg "Image") ABC (Animal Blood Counter) Laminar Flow cabinets Equipment for cell culture work:
 Gelaire Flow Laboratories Cabinets Biological Safety cabinets Six Biological safety cabinets for culture work with pathogenic organisms:
 Class II biological safety cabinet Cytometry Two FACS machines for analysis of fluorescence labeled cells in immunological assays and for measurement of ploidy in plant and animal cells:
 Becton Dickinson 8 Color FACSCanto II Microplate readers Two plate readers for the determination of optical densities in Elispot and ELISA assays:
 Immunoskan MS-352 Scintillation counters The Hub has two liquid scintillation counters that are used for measuring gamma and beta ionizing radiation on radio-labeled cells in immunological assays.
 TopCount NXT Microplate scintillation counter & Luminescence Counter  Trilux Microbeta Scintillation Counter Fermentation New Brunswick Bioflo 3000 laboratory scale (10 litre capacity), batch continuous bioreactor for fermentation and cell culture.  Bioflo 3000 Cryopreservation equipment Liquid nitrogen storage 114 liquid nitrogen storage tanks used for ultra-cold storage of biological materials:
 Statebourne Biosystem 36 liquid nitrogen storage tank  35 VHC liquid nitrogen tanks Deep Freezers 25 freezers (-80oC) for storage of biological samples:
 New Brunswick -80?C freezer Sterilization and water purification equipment Autoclaves Six autoclaves for sterilization of media, solutions, glassware and biological waste:
 Matachana self steam generating sterilizer Water Purifiers Four water purification systems for the production of ultra-pure water:
 Millipore Elix5 water & Millipore Milli-Q ultra-pure water purification system Microscopy equipment Microscopes 199 microscopes:
 Zeiss Axio Imager Miscellaneous equipment Fume Hoods Twelve fume chambers for chemical safety procedures (six ducted and six ductless hoods).  Fume hood Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites:        |
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