Equipment and Resources

Animal models

  • Drosophila melanogaster (wild type)
  • Rodents 

Microscopy

  • Zeiss LSM 700 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
  • Zeiss AxioVert Inverted Fluorescence Microscope 
  • Nikon Microscope Eclipse 50i with Fluorescence 
  • Multiple dissection microscopes
  • Multiple compound microscopes

DNA and Protein electrophoresis equipment and imaging

  • Agarose gel horizontal electrophoresis system
  • Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN System
  • Bio-Rad Trans-Blot Cell
  • Bio-RAD PROTEAN II System
  • Power supplies
  • Bio-Rad Trans-Blot SD 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

PCR systems

  • Multiple Thermocyclers for PCR
  • Stratagene MX3005P qPCR System
  • Applied Biosystems 7300 Real-Time PCR System 
  • PCR Cabinet Laminar Flow

Cell Culture and incubators

  • 3x Telstar Biological Safety Cabinets for cell culture not viruses 
  • 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

  • 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

Other equipment

  • Luminex® 100/200 System
  • 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
  • pH meter without a probe
  • 4 degree Celsius fridges
  • -20 degree Celsius freezers
  • -80 degree Celsius freezer
  • Dynex DS2 automatic ELISA system

Needed equipment

  • Nanodrop spectrophotometer
  • Sonicator

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