Lab Equipment Listing

BioRad ChemiDoc XRS molecular imager, chemiluminescence, fluorescence, colorimetric detection, HQ2 CCD Camera. 

Primarily used for molecular imaging of diverse biological assays. 

Quantity One software

Jasco J-1500 circular dichroism spectrophotometer (CD), 1cm path length, Peltier sample temperature control, fluorescence accessories. 

Primarily used for secondary structure determination of proteins. 

Spectra Manager software

Netzsch 214 Polyma DSC (differential scanning calorimeter), -40°C to 600°C, requires Concavus pans/lids.  TGA of your material must be run before you can use this instrument.

Primarily used for quantitative characterization of diverse solids. 

Proteus 80 software

BectonDickinson Accuri C6+ flow cytometer, dual lasers (488nm blue and 640nm red), dual light scatter detectors (forward 0° ± 13° and side 90° ± 13°), four channel emission detection (533/30nm, 585/40nm, >670nm, 675/25nm), 200mm ID flow cell. 

Primarily used for analysis of cellular processes and…

Hitachi F-4500 Fluorescence spectrophotometer, R298 photomultiplier, 200-900nm, 1cm cuvette (four polished windows). 

Primarily used for diverse bioanalytical assays. 

FL Solutions software

Bruker Optics Vertex 70 FT-IR, Specac Golden Gate ATR and various sampling accessories,

Primarily used to acquire mid-IR spectra (~4000cm-1 to ~750cm-1) of solids and solutions. 

OPUS software

Agilent 7890B GC, Agilent DB-5ms Ultra Inert column (30m x 0.25mm x 0.25mm), ~45°C to 325°C, Agilent 7693 autosampler with 150 sample tray, and Agilent 5977A single quadrupole MSD (Extractor EI source, triple-axis detector, turbo pump), unit resolution m/z. 

Primarily used to separate, quantitate, and…

Perkin Elmer PinAAcle 900z graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer (GF-AAS), longitudinal Zeeman furnace, dual beam, AS 900 Autosampler (148 vessel positions). 

Primarily used for quantitative single-element microanalysis of aqueous solutions at ppt working concentrations.  Available hollow cathode lamps include Cu…

Perkin Elmer Optima 8000 CROSS FLOW inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES), Scott spray chamber, cross flow nebulizer, flat plate plasma, CCD array detector, axial and radial acquisition modes, S10 autosampler (157 vessel positions). 

Primarily used for quantitative multi-element…

Analytical-scale Agilent 1200 HPLC stack (400bar max, degasser, bin pump, HiP ALS -108 sample capacity, TCC, DAD w/10uL flow cell), two ES Industries Epic C-18 MSO columns (50x2.1mm 2.3mm 150Å), acidic (formic acid/acetonitrile) and basic (ammonium acetate/acetonitrile) gradient chromatography conditions, Agilent 6130A single quadrupole MSD (…

SP Scientific VirTis BenchTop Pro ZL lyophilizer, Omnitronics controller, 12 port tree-type stainless steel manifold, -105°C 8L condenser, ~50mT vacuum. 

Primarily used to freeze dry diverse materials.

Thermo Scientific NanoDrop 2000c microvolume and cuvette spectrophotometer, 1-2mL (microvolume) or 1cm cuvette, 190-840nm.  Bacteria/yeast/cells prohibited.  Not for cell growth analysis (colorimetric or densitometry). 

Primarily used for protein/peptide analysis. 

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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