Instruments | gross

Microbiology

Normal array of sterile hoods; deep freezer( -80oC, Revco Ultima II), Freeze dryer (Labconco);

Floor Model shaker/incubators (multiple); refrigerated centrifuges; autoclaves of various sizes; Bioflo 3000 reactor wit associated probes and chiller (New Brunswick);

Electrophoresis Equipment; Temperature and humidity controlled incubators (Thermotron, multiple)

Protein Engineering

Spectrometers: UV/VIS/NIR Absorption (Shimadzu UV-1601 UV-Visible spectrometer, Molecular Devices SPECTRAmax Plus 384 UV-VIS high Throughput Microplate Spectrophotometer;

Infrared Spectroscopy (Nicolet 760 FT-IR); Fluorescence Spectroscopy (Perkin-Elmer Luminescence Spectrophotometer 50B, Millipore CytoFluorTM 2350 Fluorescence Measurement System);

Circular Dichroism (Jasco J-710 Spectropolarimeter, Perkin-Elmer 241 polarimeter);

Dielectric Spectroscopy (HP 4284, HP 8752); NMR-Spectrometer (BrukerDRX-300);

Mass Spectrometer( Bruker OminFlex MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer);

Wyatt Absolute Macromolecular Characterization:

Static Light Scattering (Wyatt DAWN HELEOS, MiniDawn);

Viscometer ( Wyatt VISCOSTAR);

Refractometer ( Wyatt OptiLab rEx ) ;

Dynamic Light Scattering (Wyatt QELS);

Particle Size Analyzer: LS-230 Coulter Particle Size Analyzer, Coulter N4 Plus Submicron Particle Sizer

Chromatography system

GC (Finnigan Trace DSQ Quadrupole GC/MS system;

HP GC-FID, HP 5890 II 5973 GC-MS);

HPLC (Preparative HPLC system and Multi analytical HPLC systems with advanced detections : SEC-RI-UV, SEC-MALLS, SEC-MALLS-DLS, SEC-ELSD, HPLC-PDA-MS, HPLC-LC transform-FTIR)

Thermal Analysis

Differential Scanning Calorimeters (TA Instruments Modulated DSC 2920, Perkin-Elmer DSC system 7);

Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TA Instruments High Resolution TGA 2950);

Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (TA Instruments Four Mode 983 DMA)

Microscopy

Hitachi H-800 Scanning Transmission Electron;

Hitachi S-570 Scanning Electron Microscope;

Surface Analytics: Kruss Processor Tensiometer K12; Kruss Bubble Pressure Tensiometer BP2; Kruss Drop volume Tensiometer DVT-10;

Water Purification: RiOs-16Milli-Q synthesis (water purification unit);

X-ray Diffraction: Philips wide angle X-ray powder differactometer;

Combinatorial Synthesis Robot: Charybdis Technology ILIAD Personal Synthesis System