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Shared Instrumentation and Core Facilities

As research instrumentation grows increasingly expensive and complex, the School of Biological Sciences has invested more than $9 million to lower barriers to access and ensure faculty and students can leverage cutting-edge technologies and expert support for their research and educational programming. These shared core facilities and instruments span multiple technology areas and serve a broad, interdisciplinary user base across the university thereby accelerating discovery, enhancing education, and maximizing the impact of institutional resources.

Shared Instrumentation

Flow Cytometry

  • Instrument: BD FACS Aria Fusion Cell Sorter
    Location: Natural Sciences Building
    Contact: Nabora Reyes De Barboza
  • Instrument: Cytek Aurora 5-laser flow cytometer
    Location: Natural Sciences Building
    Contact: Ananda Goldrath
  • Instrument: BD LSRFortessa X-20
    Location: Natural Sciences Building
    Contact: Li-Fan Lu

Microscopy

  • Leica SP8 and SP5
    Location: Natural Sciences Building
    Contact: Deborah Yelon
  • Bruker Luxendo MuVi SPIM light sheet microscope
    Location: Natural Sciences Building
    Contact: Deborah Yelon
  • Nikon AX R + NSPARC super-resolution confocal
    Location: Bonner Hall
    Contact: Christina Hueschen
  • Thermo Fisher EVOS M7000
    Location: Pacific Hall
    Contact: Nabora Reyes De Barboza
  • Leica Blade microtome automated vibrating VT1200
    Location: Pacific Hall
    Contact: Nabora Reyes De Barboza
  • Thermo Fisher EVOS M5000
    Location: AP&M
    Contact: Scott Biering
  • Zeiss Airyscan laser scanning confocal microscope
    Location: Bonner Hall
    Contact: Uri Manor
  • Zeiss Elyra 7 super-resolution imaging system
    Location: Bonner Hall
    Contact: Uri Manor
  • Fujifilm VisualSonics Vevo ultra-high frequency photo-acoustical in vivo imaging system
    Location: Pacific Hall
    Contact: Vineet Augustine
  • BZX Fluorescence microscope
    Location: Pacific Hall
    Contact: Vineet Augustine

Plate Readers

Additional Shared Equipment

  • Large drying oven
    Location: Muir Biology
    Contact: Elsa Cleland
  • ANCOM fiber analyzer
    Location: Muir Biology
    Contact: Elsa Cleland
  • Vapor pressure osmometer
    Location: Muir Biology
    Contact: Elsa Cleland
  • Wiley mill
    Location: Muir Biology
    Contact: Elsa Cleland
  • Fab lab
    Location: Muir Biology
    Contact: James Nieh
  • Liquid scintillation counter
    Location: Bonner Hall 3142
    Contact: Ashley Miller
  • Photoprocessor
    Location: Bonner Hall 4325A
    Contact: Ashley Miller
  • Photoprocessor
    Location: Pacific Hall 3015A
    Contact: Ashley Miller

Campus Core Facilities