Facilities and Equipment

The Institute of Biological Chemistry is housed in Clark Hall, containing modern, well-equipped laboratories. Each laboratory possesses tools and instrumentation for biochemical and molecular biological research that, depending on the faculty's needs, range from sophisticated spectroscopic instrumentation, FPLCs, BioCad chromatography systems, HPLCs, and gas chromatographs, to shaker and gravity incubators, video imaging equipment, protein and nucleic acid electrophoresis equipment, as well as other common laboratory instruments.

In addition, the Institute has several isolated radiochemical synthesis laboratories, a darkroom with automatic x-ray film developer, three fully-equipped tissue culture rooms with laminar flow hoods, cold rooms, walk-in freezer rooms, and a machine shop. The recently completed Biological Mass Spectrometry Laboratory in the Institute contains a set of four dedicated spectrometers and inlet-ionization systems for the analysis of the complete range of biological molecules from low molecular weight, volatile organics to proteins. Also, there are 1,300 square feet of plant growth facilities and 11,250 sq. ft. of greenhouse and walk-in growth facilities to support the Institute's research programs.

University facilities available to the Institute are the Owens Science Library, the Electron Microscopy Center (Confocal, TEM and SEM), Laboratory Animal Resource Center (antibody production), Bioanalytical Laboratory (analytical ultracentrifugation, amino acid analysis, nucleic acid and protein synthesis and sequencing, etc.), Biological NMR Spectroscopy Center (300, 400, and 500 MHz multinuclear NMR spectrometers, EPR spectrometer [Bruker ESP 300, gGHz]), Analytical Instrumentation Center (high resolution MS, and MALDI-TOP), Molecular Science Computing Center, Biological X-ray Crystallography facility, glass blowing shop, machine shop, electronics shop, and chemical stores.