Equipment and Resources
Animal models
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Rodents
- Mammalian cells
Microscopy
- Laser scanning confocal microscope (Zeiss LSM 700)
- Zeiss AxioVert inverted fluorescence microscope
- Nikon microscope Eclipse 50i with fluorescence unit
- Multiple dissection microscopes
- Multiple compound microscopes
- Olympus inverted light microscope
DNA/Protein electrophoresis, quantification equipment and imaging
- Agarose gel electrophoresis system
- Bio-Rad Mini-Protean System
- Bio-Rad Trans-Blot Cell
- Bio-RAD Protean II system
- Power supplies
- Bio-Rad Trans-Blot Semi-Dry electrophoretic transfer cell
- Multiple Hoefer scientific semi dry transfer unit
- Quantus fluorometer
- UVP BioDoc-It imaging systems for DNA, RNA and protein gels
- LI-COR Odyssey XF Gel Doc system for chemiluminescence or fluorescence
- Microwave for gel-electrophoresis
PCR systems
- Multiple Thermocyclers for PCR
- Stratagene MX3005P qPCR System
- Applied Biosystems 7300 Real-Time PCR System
- PCR Cabinet
Cell culture and incubators
- 3x Telstar biosafety cabinets for mammalian cell culture
- Thermo Scientific Forma 3111 water jacketed CO2 incubator; TC 230
- HERAcell 150 CO2 incubator
- LMS cooled incubator (-10°C to +50°C )
Baths, heat blocks, centrifuges and stirrers
- Ultra centrifuge
- Bench-top centrifuge machines for 1.5 and 2 mL tubes
- Centrifuge for 15 mL or 50 mL tubes
- Corning mini microcentrifuge
- Refrigerated centrifuge
- Water bath
- Hot plate
- Heat block
- Hotplate stirrers
- IKA Vibrax VXR variable speed orbital shaker
- Taab rotator orbital type N laboratory shaker
- Luckham slow orbital shaker
- Shaking incubator
- Bucket centrifuge with microplate adapter
Other equipment
- Luminex® 100/200 system
- Creality Ender 3 3D Printer
- Fmax (molecular devices) fluorescence microplate reader
- Vibratome
- Paraffin bath
- Tissue-Tek thermal console
- Eppendorf BioPhotometer
- Precisa analytical balance
- Laboratory scales
- Bench-top centrifuges
- Vortex machines and whirl-mixers
- pH meter without a probe
- 4 degree celsius fridges
- -20 degree celsius freezers
- -80 degree celsius freezer
- Dynex DS2 automatic ELISA system
- Microtome
- Hand held tissue homogenizer
- Microplate shaker
- Ultra pure water
- Thermo-scientific cytospin
- Micro-pipette arsenal
- Magnetic stirrer
- Auto-clave
Needed equipment
- Nanodrop spectrophotometer
- Sonicator
- Flow cytometer
- Nanopore sequencer
- illumine sequencer
Needed consumables
- Routine reagents for cell and molecular biology
- Pipette tips
- Lab chemicals
- Western blot consumables
- Protein and DNA electrophoresis consumables
- Immunohistochemistry consumables
- PCR and qPCR consumables
- Microscopy consumables
- Cell culture consumables