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.