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The Kal Das Biomolecular Research Suite

 

Instrumentation and Equipment Biomolecular Sciences

The Kal Das Biomolecular Research Suite houses numerous modern instruments and equipment for research in the molecular and cellular life sciences that students use.

  • Olympus BH-2 PhaseContrastMicroscope
  • Olympus SZX16 Microscope
  • Five Olympus Light Microscopes
  • FLoid Cell Imaging Station
  • AMG EVOS Microscope
  • Zeiss Yeast Dissecting Microscrope
  • Agilent Seahorse Bioanalyzer Xfe96
  • Agilent Seahorse Mini
  • Nanodrop 2000c
  • Applied BioSystems Step One Plus Real-time PCR Machine
  • Multiple thermacyclers
  • Genesys 10UV Spectrophotometer
  • Bio-Tek Synergy HTX Multi-Mode Reader
  • Storm 820 Phosphoimager
  • Junior LB 9509 Luminometer
  • C-Digit Digital Blot Imager
  • Biophotometer Spectrophotometer
  • Bio-Rad GelDocGo
  • Various horizontal & vertical gel apparatuses and power supplies
  • Bio-Rad Transfer-Blot Turbo
  • Bio-Rad Chemi-Doc
  • UV Stratalinker 1800
  • Avanti JE Centrifuge
  • Optima XPN-90 Ultracentrifuge
  • Allegra X-30R Centrifuge
  • Eppendorf Centrifuge 5810
  • Eppendorf Centrifuge 5804-R
  • Numerous desktop microfuges
  • Savant DNA 120 SpeedVac
  • 2 New Brunswick I 26 Stacked Shaking Incubators
  • New Brunswick C25K Refrigerated Shaking Incubator
  • New Brunswick Ecella E25 Shaking Incubator
  • New Brunswick Classic Shaking Incubator
  • Lab Line Incubator Shaker
  • 2 Forma Scientific CO2 Water Jacketed Stacked Incubators
  • Multiple undercounter incubators
  • Akta Go FPLC System
  • Akta Prime FPLC System
  • Fisher Scientific Sonicator
  • Liquidator 96 Model 200
  • Multiple -20 freezers
  • Multiple refrigerators
  • Four -80 freezers
  • Cell Logic+ Biosafety Cabinet
  • Air Clean 5000 Workstation
  • Heat blocks
  • Magnetic stir plates
  • Vortexers
  • Rockers and elliptical shakers
  • pH meters
  • Analytical balances
  • Micropipettors
  • Water baths

Additional equipment and instruments are available in the Biology and Chemistry Departments along with the Skidmore Analytical Interdisciplinary Laboratory (SAIL) and the Skidmore Microscopy Imaging Center (SMIC). The Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences houses three autoclaves, including two adjacent to the Biomolecular spaces.

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