Lab Equipment Listing

500MHz 3-channel Bruker Avance Neo with Prodigy BBO cryoprobe, SampleExpress (60 sample), automatic tuning/matching, ambient to 50°C sample temperature, non-uniform sampling for 2D experiments.  Most NMR-active nuclei are observable including commonly used: 1H, 2H, 11B, 13C, 15N, 19F, 29Si, 31P, 35Cl. 

Primarily used…

Perkin Elmer Victor3 1420-050 multilabel plate reader, 1-1536 wells, top/bottom fluorescence intensity, visible absorbance (340-800nm), UV absorbance (260nm/280nm), luminescence, linear/orbital/double orbital shaking, ambient temperature to 45°C. 

Primarily used for quantitative analysis of diverse biological assays…

Bruker AXS D8 Focus powder diffractometer with Cu source (1.54Å) and scintillation counter detector. 

Primarily used to acquire powder diffraction spectra of bulk crystalline materials and to confirm/infirm crystallinity.

XRD Commander (acquisition) and DIFFRAC.EVA (processing/…

Applied Biosystems 7500 Real-time PCR, 96 well plate.

Primarily used for qPCR. 

7500 software

Bruker AXS Kappa Apex II single crystal diffractometer, Mo source (0.71Å), Apex II CCD detector, and cryostream sample cooling. 

Primarily used for crystal structure determination of small molecules from single crystals.  Not a walk-up instrument – requires expert crystallographer assistance (MacDonald). …

Netzsch 209 F1 Libra TGA (thermogravimetric analysis), ~35°C to 1000°C, requires Al2O3 crucibles. 

Primarily used for quantitative characterization of diverse solids. 

Proteus software

Bruker AXS S2 PicoFox TXRF, Mo source, XFlash silicon drift detector, 25 sample changer. 

Primarily used for quantitative and semi-quantitative multi-element microanalysis of solutions at ppb to % working concentration. 

Spectra software

Thermo Scientific Evolution 300 UV-Vis spectrophotometer, 190-1100nm, dual beam, 1cm cuvettes. 

Primarily used for quantitative analysis of solutions. 

VisionPro software

This Schottky emission gun SEM-Ga Focus-ion beam low-vacuum system is equipped with multiple detectors, including  ETD, in-lens trinity detection system, lvd, ICE detector, retractable DBS detector, retractable STEM detector, as well as Oxford Instruments Ultim Max 100 mm2 EDS and Symmetry 2 EBSD system.​

This conventional TEM is equipped with a Gatan Orius 830 CCD camera, capable of electron diffraction and diffraction contrast imaging.​

This Schottky emission gun SEM (1.2 nm resolution at 30kV) is equipped with a conventional Everhart-Thornley secondary detector, a retractable DEBEN-BSED-GEN5 backscatter detector, an Oxford Aztec EDS (energy-dispersive spectrometer) and EBSD (electron backscatter diffraction) system.​

This sputter coater is used for SEM sample preparation.

This is a multi-function x-ray diffractometer, capable of carrying out powder diffraction, stress analysis, texture analysis, x-ray reflectivity analysis, and small-angle x-ray scattering.​

C-Arm fluroscope with 3D cone-beam CT imaging option. Field of view is about 12cm. Fluroscope cannot be used for human subject imaging.

3-Axis CNC Mill with 12"X10"X14" workspace, 20 tool changer, and 30,000 RPM spindle.

Fiber optic temperature sensors and DAQ. 3 sensors with 10m fiber extensions allow the sensors to be routed into the MRI room through a wave guide for MR safe noise-free temperature measurements during studies.

Video processor for Olympus 180 series flexible endoscopes. Backwards compatible with some older Olympus scopes. No endoscopes are currently available through PracticePoint, research teams must source the scope applicable to their research

A heads up display and headphone system for presenting visual and auditory stimuli to subjects in the MRI machine. Combined with the fMRI pulse sequences on the GE scanner, stimuli can be presented to subjects and neural response based on BOLD signal can be measured.

2 force plates with force/torque measurement. The OPT400600 integrate with the vicon motion capture system to provide measurements of center of pressure and ground reaction forces. Mounted flush with the floor of the motion capture lab using an AMTI rail mounting system.

Stereolithography 3D printer with 145X145X175mm build volume and minimum layer height of 25 microns. A range of materials with different appearances and material properties are available depending on application including biocompatible and sterilizable materials.