Human Mobility Research Center (HMRC)
Our cell culture and microscopy facilities are located in the Human Mobility Research Centre. The labs there have the following instrumentation:
- Olympus FV1000 Confocal Microscope
- Nicolet ATR-FTIR Microscope
- Zeiss Fluorescence Microscope
- CEM Peptide Synthesizer
- Waters HPLC System with UV detector
- Biolin Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation
- Instron Tensile Tester
- TA Instruments Rheometer
- Bioplotter
- CellScale MechanoCulture T6 bioreactor
Biosciences Complex
Our polymer lab, located within the Biosciences Complex, is equipped with:
- Mettler-Toledo DSC-1 Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- TA Instruments TXplus micromechanical tester
- Molecular Devices SpectraMax M2 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
- 8 feet of Fumehood space by Fisher
- Thermo Modulyo-D Lyophilizer
- Hamamatsu LC-8 and UVP-Penray UV lightsources
- PlasLabs glove boxes (for inert atmospheres)
- Laurell Technologies spin coater
Other
Frequent use is made of the NMR and MS facilities in the Department of Chemistry, a rheometer and dynamic mechanical analyzer in HMRC floor two, the Polymer Characterization Lab in Dupuis Hall, and the Protein Function Discovery Facility in Botterell Hall.