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