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Instrumentation Facility

The instrumentation room contains equipment that can be used by all scientists in the Biology Department. Instruments include

  1. A Beckman L8-M ultracentrifuge,
  2. A Beckman LS1701 Scintillation counter,
  3. A Molecular Dymamics Storm 820 Scanner that produces digital images of radioactive labeled samples. Typically this equipment is used to collect data from Southern or Northern blots and does not require x-ray film.
  4. A Kodak Gel Logic 200 Imaging system. This contains a CCD camera that can generate publication quality images. Typically this equipment is used to document submarine DNA gels or Western blots. Software is available for precise fragment sizing and colony counting.
  5. A UVP gel documentation system. This contains a video camera that generates low resolution images of DNA gels.
  6. A Virtis `freezemobile freeze dryer. This is typically used to dehydrate biological samples prior to protein or DNA isolation.

For more information, contact:

Jozef J. Bujarski, Ph. D., Director, Plant Molecular Biology Center

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