Researchers in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology have access to many facilities and equipment both within the department and at other locations within the University. 

Department research facilities:

   ▪ Tulane Transgenic mouse facility (http://www.tulane.edu/~tgmouse/index.htm)
   ▪ Neuroscience Core Lab (http://www.mncf.tulane.edu/)
   ▪ Animal cell and tissue culture facility
   ▪ Promega Expess Freezer Program

Department research equipment and supplies:

   ▪ DNA Thermocyclers
   ▪ Bio-Rad digital gel imager
   ▪ Bio-Rad digital phosphoimager
   ▪ Kodak automated X-ray film developer
   ▪ Varian UV/Vis spectrophotometer with temperature control
   ▪ Beckman scintillation counter
   ▪ 10 liter New Brunswick scientific bioflow 2000 fermenter/ bioreactor
   ▪ French Pressure cell
   ▪ Refrigerated Beckman and Dupont/Sorvall centrifuges and rotors
   ▪ Beckman L-80 and TL-100 ultracentrifuges and rotors
   ▪ Savant SpeedVac concentrator
   ▪ Ultralow temperature freezers
   ▪ Cold Room
   ▪ Autoclaves
   ▪ Automated glassware washer
   ▪ ELGA Purelab ultrapure water system
   ▪ Ice makers
   ▪ Liquid nitrogen
   ▪ Dry ice


Other relevant research facilities and services available at Tulane University:


Coordinated Instrumentation Facility (CIF) (http://www.tulane.edu/~cif/)

Microscopy lab (http://www.tulane.edu/~cif/em-lab.htm)
   ▪ JEOL JSM-820Scanning Electron Microscope
   ▪ JEOL 2010 Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
   ▪ Fluorescence Microscopy
   ▪ Zeiss LSM 510 Multi-photon Laser Scanning Microscope
   ▪ Alto 2500 Cryo Imager

Organics lab (http://www.tulane.edu/~cif/org-lab.htm)
   ▪ GE Omega PSG500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
   ▪ Finnigan LaserMat 2000 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization
   ▪ Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer
   ▪ Shimadzu QP5000 GC/MS Capillary Column GC


Tulane Shared Instrumentation Facility (SIF) (http://www.som.tulane.edu/sif/)

Services:
   ▪ Oligonucleotide synthesis
   ▪ Peptide synthesis
   ▪ Protein sequencing

Equipment:
   ▪ Pharmacia LKB-Ultrascan XL scanning densitometer
   ▪ Pharmacia FPLC system
   ▪ Waters 600E HPLC system


Tulane Gene therapy Center instruments and services (http://www.som.tulane.edu/gene_therapy/services.shtml)

   ▪ DNA sequencing (two ABI 3100 16-capillary sequencers) (http://www.som.tulane.edu/gene_therapy/dnaseq/seqhome.shtml)
   ▪ Flow Cytometry. Becton-Dickinson FACSVantage SE cell sorter with 3 lasers
   ▪ Microarray Core. Affymetrix microarray instrument
   ▪ Mass Spectrometry Core. (MALDI-TOF)
   ▪ Circular Dichroism Spectro polarimeter Core
   ▪ Biosensor Assay Core. (Fison instrument)
   ▪ Cell Culture And Repository Core
   ▪ Laser-Assisted Microscopy Core
   ▪ Real-Time PCR Core
 

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