The following instruments are available in the Department of Biomedical Sciences labs (links to pictures and web pages are provided for some equipment). 

• Leica TCS SP5 confocal microscope

• Nikon epifluorescent microscope equipped for digital monochrome and color image analysis, an X-Y-Z encoded motorized stage, Pentium computer and Metamorph software, as well as a second Nikon microscope with a Sony DXC-390 camera and Bioquant NOVA software for bone histomorphometry. [view image] [launch website]

• Zeiss Axioplan microscope with a color digital camera for slides or print capture.
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• JEOL JSM-6300 scanning EM [launch website]

• Additional resources include a dedicated Pentium attached to an HP flatbed scanner, Nikon LC-100 slide scanner, Kodak di-sublimation printer and Polaroid slide film recorder.
• Scanco VivaCT 40 high-speed micro computed tomography system

• MJ Research PTC-100 thermocycler
• Stratagene MX4000 RT-PCR [launch website]
• Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer [view image] [launch website]
• Autopix 100 Laser Capture Microscope system [view image] [download .pdf ]
• Gibco BRL S2 sequencing system
• Kodak image station [view image] [launch website]
• Nucleovision image station [view image]
• Beckman L-60 ultracentrifuge
• 2 Beckman J2-21 centrifuges
• Eppendorph refrigerated centrifuge
• Savant Speed-Vac S200 and lyophilizer
• Labline shaking incubator
• Packard Cobra auto-gamma counter [launch website]
• Packard 1900 TR liquid scintillation counter [launch website]
• Beckman DU-64 and DU-62 spectrophotometers
• Molecular devices 96-well plate reader
• 3 -80°C freezers.
• Tissue processor
• Dedicated histology hood
• Dedicated radiation hood
• Glassware dishwasher
• 4°C refrigerator (2)
• UV crosslinker
• ELISA plate reader
• Power supply for gel assays
• Gel running equipment
• Homogenizers
• Stir plates
• RNA dedicated hood
• Microwave
• Tabletop centrifuge
• Water baths
• -80°C and -20°C freezers
• Balances, basic and analytical
• pH meter
• Microcentrifuge
• Drying ovens
• Liquid nitrogen tank
• Ice machine

• 3 laminar flow hoods [view image]
• Sterile guard hood
• 5 CO₂ incubators
• Sorvall low-speed refrigerated centrifuge
• Distilled water dispenser
• 37°C shaking water bath
• 2 Inverted microscopes
• Microscope with camera attachment
• 2 refrigerator/freezers

• Becton Dickinson FACS Calibur [launch website]
• Double Coy anaerobic chamber
• 2 laminar flow hoods
• CO₂  incubator
• Beckman GS-6R medium speed table-top centrifuge -80°C freezer

• Large steam autoclave
• Zeiss epifluorescence microscope with Nomarski optics.