Facilities
Molecular and Microbiology
- Laminar flow hoods, UV-sterile for molecular biology
- AirClean PCR workstations with UV sterilization
- Free-standing shaking incubators
- Ultra-low temperature (-80°C) freezers, for biological specimens.
- Autoclave sterilizer
- Beckman® Allegra X-30R refrigerated centrifuge
- Beckman® Optima TLX ultracentrifuge
- Barnstead® Nanopure, UV/UF water system
- Hybridization Incubator
- Beckman Coulter UV-Vis spectrophotometer
- Eppendorf Mastercycler Gradient PCR machine
- Qsonica Q500 Sonicator System
- Labconco Centrivap DNA Concentrator
- Tecan GENios Pro Plate Reader
- Rainin Liquidator 96 Liquid Handling System
- Sorvall RT 6000B Centrifuge
- Sartorius Chemostat
Organic Chemistry
- Fume hoods for organic geochemistry
- All-plastic acid/base/phenol hood
- MARS microwave sediment extractor
- Turbovap® concentrator
- Explosion-proof refrigerators and freezers
- Muffle furnace, 1200°C
- Agilent analytical-scale 1100-series HPLC
- Agilent prep-scale 1200-series HPLC
Lab Instruments
Clockwise from upper left:
- Thermo Trace GC Ultra/Flash EA/Delta V Advantage Isotope Ratio mass spectrometer
- Agilent 6520 Accurate-Mass Q-ToF HPLC/MS
- Agilent HPLC/MSD Quadrupole mass spectrometer with APCI and ESI ionization sources and fraction collector
- Agilent® 6890 Gas Chromatograph/5973 inert mass spectrometer
- Thermo Delta Plus Advantage stable isotope mass spectrometer, with moving-wire interface
- Vacuum line for cryogenic separation of gases (not pictured)
- Agilent 6410 Triple Quad UHPLC/MS (not pictured)