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List of Equipment in Research Cores

Major equipment available in research cores

Equipment in Research Cores

This is a list of major equipment found in the research cores. This list updated December 2011.

 

 

Equipment Uses Core Use type Building Room
JEOL 1230 transmission electron microscope, real-time digital imaging (2Kx2K) and ultra high resolution digital imaging (4Kx4K) Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
JEOL 100CXII transmission electron microscope, real-time digital imaging (2Kx2K) Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
JEOL 6400 scanning electron microscope with Orion image processing Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Zeiss LSM 510 confocal microscope with 3 lasers (green, red, far red) Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated MR4 5136
Zeiss LSM 510 with purple diode laser confocal microscope with 4 lasers, excitation of DAPI Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Zeiss LSM 510 META/FCS confocal microscope with 3 lasers and a programmable detector Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated West Complex Center for Cell Signaling
Zeiss LSM 700 confocal microscope with 4 lasers, ZEN software

Advance Microscopy Facility

 core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Leica Ultracut UC7 ultramicrotome preparation of samples for transmission electron microscopy Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Olympus BX51 with digital camera Brightfield, Fluorescence, Phase Contrast and DIC Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Olympus SZX12 dual objective stereo microscope with digital camera Brightfield, Darkfield and Fluorescence Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
High Resolution Vacuum Evaporator for rotary shadowing
Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Leica Ultracut Ultramicrotomes (3)
Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Critical Point Dryer
Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806
Sputter Coater
Advanced Microscopy Facility core or user operated Old Medical School 4806






Bio-Plex Multiplex Analyzer protein microarrays Research Assay and Analysis Core core operated Snyder 280
BIOTEK EL800 microplate reader with ELx 50 Auto Strip Washer ELISA assays Research Assay and Analysis Core core operated Snyder 280
Immulite 2000 Automated Immunoassay Analyzer chemiluminescent assays Research Assay and Analysis Core core operated Snyder 280
Packard Gamma Counter RadioImmuno Assays Research Assay and Analysis Core core operated Snyder 280
Analox GM9D Glucose Analyzer glucose quantitation using oxygen electrode Research Assay and Analysis Core core operated Snyder 280






Bruker Avance III NMR spectrometer 800MHz
Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility core or user operated Chemistry 133
Bruker Avance III NMR spectrometer 600MHz
Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility core or user operated Chemistry 133
Bruker Avance DRX NMR spectrometer 600MHz
Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility core or user operated Chemistry 106
Varian NMRS  spectrometer 600MHz
Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility core or user operated Chemistry 111
Varian Inova 500 NMR spectrometer 500MHz
Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance Facility core or user operated Chemistry 175
Leica ASLMD laser microdissection apparatus micro scale dissection of fixed or frozen tissue Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility user operated MR6 G712
Arcturus PixCell IIe laser microdissection apparatus micro scale dissection of fixed or frozen tissue Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility user operated MR6 G712
Arcturus Autopix laser microdissection apparatus micro scale dissection of fixed or frozen tissue Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility user operated MR6 B501
Bio-Rad Calligrapher miniarrayer production of reverse phase protein arrays Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
Vigene Tech MicroVigene protein microarray analysis software analysis of reverse phase protein arrays Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G710
Pathology Devices TMArrayer semi-automated tissue microarray apparatus production of tissue microarrays Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G710
QIAGEN QIAcube robotic workstation fully automated protein and nucleic acid extraction Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
Promega Maxwell16 robotic workstation fully automated protein and nucleic acid extraction Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
QIAGEN TissueLyser II tissue disruption/homogenization for fresh, frozen or fixed tissue Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
NextAdvance Bullet Blender tissue homogenizer tissue disruption/homogenization for fresh, frozen or fixed tissue Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
Miltenyl Biotech gentleMACS Dissociator fresh tissue dissociation for viable cells Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
Bio-Rad iMark Absorbance Microplate Reader 96-well format plate reader; available filters 415,450,595,620,655,750 nm Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core or user operated MR6 G712
Bio-Rad Experion microcapillary electrophoresis system microscale/labchip RNA and DNA analysis Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
Nanodrop spectrophotometer microscale DNA and RNA quantitation Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core or user operated MR6 G712
DAKO Autostainer/Autostainer Plus automated immunohistochemistry platform Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
DAKO PTLink pretreatment module semi-automated deparifinization and antigen retrieval for immunohistochemistry Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G712
Leica 3050S research cryostat preparation of frozen tissue sections Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core or user operated MR6 G710
Olympus BX41TF with 12 megapixel Digital Camera and Olympus Microsuite Pathology bright-field photomicroscopy and remote collaboration Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core or user operated MR6 G712
Nikon CoolScope bright-field photomicroscopy Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core or user operated MR6 B520
Leica SCN400 digital whole-slide scanner with SlidePath Digital Image Hub, Tissue IA, and OpTMA Module bright-field whole slide imaging, image analysis, and tissue microarray de-arraying, annotation, and analysis Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 B703
Sakura-Finetek VIP5 Processor automated processing of formalin-fixed tissue Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G710
Sakura-Finetek TissueTek TEC preparation of paraffin blocks Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G710
Microm HM 325 with collimator microtome for sectioning paraffin blocks and tissue microarrays Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G710
MVE-Chart 1536P vapor phase LN2 freezers vapor phase biospecimen storage Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 B501
-30º C freezer biospecimen storage Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G701A
-80º C freezers biospecimen storage Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility core operated MR6 G701A






Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA analyzer Sanger sequencing of DNA; SNPlex; genotyping DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1044
Illumina genome analyzer analysis of whole chromosomes, targeted genomic regions, BACS, whole genomes, gene expression, small RNA discovery. DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1044
Illumina MiSeq sequencing system small, rapid next gen sequencing projects DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1044
Applied Biosystems Prism 7900HT sequence Detection System real time PCR DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1076
Affymetrix Gene Chip System studying changes in gene expression DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1071
Agilent BioAnalyzer capillary electrophoresis of small samples of DNA and RNA for quality control DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1076
Nanovue Spectrophotometer measuring absorbances of small volumes, especially quantitation of DNA DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1076
QIAcube DNA/RNA purification apparatus nucleic acid extraction DNA Sciences core operated Jordan 1076






Sensormedics Vmax Metabolic Stress Testing Systems Clinical measurement of oxygen consumption during exercise Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics 5527
GE Case Exercise Testing System including ECG and Treadmill Clinical measurement of oxygen consumption during exercise Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics 5527
Monark Arm Crank Ergometer Upper body ergometer Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics 5527
Sensormedics Deltrac Bedside Metabolic System Measurement of basal or resting metabolism Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics (mobile use) 5527
Quinton Q-Stress ECG system Electrocardiograph for exercise testing; compatible with Lode ergometer Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics 5527
Lode Bicycle Ergometer Electronically calibrated research ergometer Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics 5527
XCT 2000 Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography (pQCT) Measurement of bone density, geometrical parameters of bone and soft tissue distribution Exercise Physiology Core or User West Complex, Private Clinics 5527
Specialty Software
Slice-O-Matic (Tomovision) Medical image analysis software for measurement, segmentation and analyzes of multi-slice scanner data. Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics 5526
Brachial Analyzer (MIA Vascular Research Tools 5) Medical image analysis software for the  assessment of FMD/endothelial function of brachial artery  from ultrasound image data. Exercise Physiology Core West Complex, Private Clinics 5526






Becton Dickinson FACSVantage SE Turbo Sorter with DIVA option 4 way sorting,  sterile sorting,  BSL2 materials, with 3 lasers Flow Cytometry Facility core operated Jordan 7065
Becton Dickinson Fortessa LSRII benchtop analyzer. 4 lasers, 16 detectors Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 1213
Becton Dickinson/Cytek FACSCalibur Benchtop Analyzer 5 color analyses Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 7051
Becton Dickinson/Cytek FACSCalibur Benchtop Analyzer
 		10 color analyses Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 7051
Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur Benchtop Analyzer 4 color analyses with Automated Micro-Sampler system for 96 well plates
 Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 7051
Becton Dickinson FACSCalibur Benchtop Analyzer 4 color analyses Flow Cytometry Facility user operated MR4 6123
Beckman Coulter CyAn ADP LX 9 Color 9 color analysis Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 7051
i-Cyt Reflection Cell Sorter 12 color 4 way sorting, 12 color detection, BSL2 materials. Flow Cytometry Facility core operated Jordan 1213
Amnis ImagestreamX imaging cytometer, for dark field, bright field and fluorescent images with 4 lasers, 12 channels, 3 magnifications, 96 well plate automation
 Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 1213
Luminex 100 ISTM System measures multiple analytes using multiple assay formats Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 1215
Luminex MagPix measures multiple analytes such as chemokines from mouse or human sample Flow Cytometry Facility core or user operated Jordan 1215
BD Influx cell sorter for BSL3 samples in custom Baker biosafety cabinet sorting of BSL3 samples using 5 lasers, 17 parameters Flow Cytometry Facility core operated MR6 B414
Data analysis work station (5)
Flow Cytometry Facility user operated Jordan 1215, 7051






Leica DM IRB inverted microscopes
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated MR5 G339
Leitz micromanipulators
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated MR5 G339
Sutter P-87 micropipette puller
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated MR5 G339
DeFonbrune microforge
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated MR5 G339
Bio-Cool BCIV40A Controlled-Rate Freezer
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated MR5 G339
XYClone laser system
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated MR5 G339
BTX ECM630 Electroporator
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated Jordan 2223
Eppendorf EP Gradient Mastercycler
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated Jordan 2223
UVIdoc LCD Gel Documentation System
Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility core operated Jordan 2223






Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time Of Flight mass spectrometer (MALDI-TOF), Bruker Microflex measure mass of intact molecules, normally peptides, protein, also small pieces of DNA, other molecules Mass Spectrometry core or user operated Jordan 1105
Thermo LTQ Velos Orbitrap mass spectrometer determination of peptide sequences for protein identification in complex mixtures of proteins, relative quantitation of proteins in mixtures, identification of phosphorylation sites and other post translational modifications Mass Spectrometry core operated Jordan 1105
Thermo TSQ Quantum Access absolute quantitation of peptides and proteins with appropriate standards.
Triple quadrupole machine.		 Mass Spectrometry core operated Jordan 1105






7 Tesla Bruker/Siemens ClinScan small animal MRI MRI scans of small animals Molecular Imaging Core core or user operated Snyder Building
4.7 Tesla Varian 200/400 MRI small animal imager with Varian Direct Drive imaging console MRI scans of small animals Molecular Imaging Core core or user operated MR4
Dual Modality X-Ray and Gamma Imaging system scan tissues or small animals using X and gamma rays Molecular Imaging Core core or user operated Snyder Building
Caliper IVIS Spectrum bioluminescence and fluorescence scanner fluorescence and luminescence scanner for tissue samples Molecular Imaging Core core or user operated Snyder Building
Siemens Medical Solutions Focus 120  Micro Positron Emission Tomography scanner scan tissues or small animals using positrons Molecular Imaging Core
Snyder Building
Siemens Eclipse  Cyclotron production of isotopes for PET scanning Molecular Imaging Core core operated (Siemens/PETNET) Snyder Building
Radiochemistry modules synthesis of radiolabels Molecular Imaging Core core operated Snyder Building






Tissue processors for formalin and bouin's fixed tissues
Research Histology Core core operated MR4 1123
tissue embedding station
Research Histology Core core operated MR4 1123
microtomes preparing thin sections for microscopy Research Histology Core core operated MR4 1123
stainer, automated staining of tissue sections Research Histology Core core operated MR4 1123
cryostat preparing frozen tissue sections for microscopy Research Histology Core core operated MR4 1123












fluorescent plate reader assays using fluorescent reagents in 6 to 384 well plates Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 1074
circular dichroism spectropolarimeter, Aviv 410 secondary structure of proteins, including melting studies Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 1074
Bio-Rad FX fluorescent gel scanner scanning gels stained with Sypro Ruby and other fluorescent stains. 3 laser sources, several filters to cover common visible wavelengths. Shared Instrumentation core operated Jordan 232
Dionex HPLC system for 0.3 to 4.6 mm diameter columns analysis of small samples of  peptides, proteins and other molecules Shared Instrumentation core operated Jordan 1051
Agilent HPLC system for 2 mm diameter columns, UV detector reverse phase chromatography of small samples, manual fraction collection Shared Instrumentation core operated Jordan 1051
Amersham FPLC separation of proteins, peptides, and other molecules in aqueous buffers by gel filtration or ion exchange; a steel free system Shared Instrumentation core operated Jordan 232
Bio-Rad GS-800 densitometer scanning X-ray type films, gels stained with visible stains like Coomassie and silver Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 1074
ImageQuant Tl software relative quantitation of bands on gels and film Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 1074
Aperio ScanScope scanning microscopy slide to digital images at magnifications of 20X, 40X, 63X for digital pathology Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 1074
Pharmacia/GE IPGphor isoelectric focusing apparatus, with 18 cm strip holders, Ettan Dalt 6 electrophoresis apparatus isoelectric focusing Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 232
Bio-Rad Protean IEF cell, 11 cm, 17 cm, 24 cm strip holders,Criterion Dodeca cell Protean II Xi cell,Protean Plus Dodeca cell isoelectric focusing, 2-D gels Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 232
Roche RTCA cell analysis instrument
 real time, continuous measurement of cellular activity, including migration, based on impedance measurements
 Shared Instrumentation
 user operated
 Jordan
 1074
Biotek ELx800 absorbance plate reader absorbance measurements on microtiter plates at 450, 562, 600, 660 nm Shared Instrumentation user operated Jordan 1074
Inverted microscopes, Axio and Olympus
Tissue Culture Facility core or user operated Jordan 2-34
Olympus IM microscope
Tissue Culture Facility core or user operated Jordan 2-34
CO2 incubators
Tissue Culture Facility core or user operated Jordan 2-34
Incubators maintenance of insect cell lines Tissue Culture Facility core operated Jordan 2-34
cold storage, -80°C, liquid nitrogen cell storage Tissue Culture Facility core operated Jordan 2-34
Biosafety cabinets (3) cell culture Tissue Culture Facility user operated Jordan 2-34