Instrument Index

Computing Resources

For image processing and analysis, our Imaging Station is available for use by users of the RRC. Please contact the Scientific Computing Support (SCS) facility for information regarding other computing resources.

Confocal Microscopy Facility (CMF)

• Zeiss LSM 510 Confocal Microscope ¹
• Zeiss LSM 510 META Confocal Microscope ¹
• CompiC Injector (Automatic Microinjection system-AIS2)
• Bioptechs live cell system
• Live cell culture chamber (made by RRC Scientific Instrument Shop)
• Temperature control circulator (Lauda Refrigerating Circulator)
• Cell culture facility
• Apparatuses for Immunohistochemistry staining and In situ hybridization
• Shandon 3 Cytospin

DNA Sequencing (DNAS)

• Applied Biosystems ABI PRISM 3100 Genetic Analyzer
• Applied Biosystems ABI PRISM 7900HT Sequence Detection System

Electron Microscopy Service (EMS)

• Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM, STEM)
• Gatan Hot and Cold Stages 636 Double Tilt Cooling Holder and 652 Double Tilt Heating Holder
• JEOL JEM-100CX II ¹
• JEOL JEM-1220 ¹
• JEOL JEM-2010F FasTEM ¹
• JEOL JEM-3010 ¹
• VG Microscopes HB601UX


• Scanning Electron Microscopes and Microprobe (SEM)
• Hitachi S-3000N ¹
• JEOL JSM-6320F ¹
• JEOL JXA-733 ¹


• Laser Spectroscopy
• Renishaw/Leica Raman ¹


• Film Growth and Surface Analysis
• Veeco GEN II MBE System
• Kratos AXIS-165 Surface Analysis System

Flow Cytometry Service (FCS)

• Becton-Dickinson FACSCalibur
• Becton-Dickinson LSR
• Bio-Rad Bio-Plex
• Coulter EPICS Elite ESP
• DakoCytomation CyAn ADP
• DakoCytomation MoFlo
• Miltenyi-Biotec AutoMACS

Mass Spectrometry Laboratory (MSL)

• Agilent 1946A LC-MSD ¹
• Applied Biosystems, Inc. Voyager-DE PRO ²
• JEOL GCMate II
• Thermo Finnigan LCQ Classic
• Thermo Finnigan LTQ FT ²
• Thermo Finnigan TSQ Quantum
• Waters Q-Tof2
• Waters Quattro II

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory (NMRL)

• Bruker Instruments Inc. AVANCE-360 ¹
• Bruker Instruments Inc. AVANCE-500

Protein Research Laboratory (PRL)

• Proteomics
• Novex, BioRad, and Pharmacia 1-D & 2-D Gel Electrophoresis Systems
• Bio-Rad Proteomeworks Spot Cutter
• Bio-Rad FX Pro Plus Multi-Imager System
• ABI Voyager DE-Pro MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer

• Protein Purification
• Ion-Exchange, Affinity Liquid, Hydrophobic Interaction, Hydrophilic Interaction, RP-HPLC, Gel Filtration, Isoelectric Focusing
• ABI Sprint BioCAD HPLC with Perfusion Chromatography
• Agilent HP-1100 HPLC
• Perkin-Elmer HPLC with Evaporative Light Scattering
• Micro-Tech MicroLC HPLC
• Gilson HPLC
• BioRad IEF Rotofor

• Protein Sequencing
• ABI 477 N-Terminal Protein Sequencer
• ABI Voyager DE-Pro MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometer

• Peptide Synthesis
• ABI 433 Peptide Synthesiser
• ABI 432 Peptide Synthesiser
• Rainin Symphony Multiple Channel Peptide Synthesizer

• Antibody Production
• Protein and Antipeptide Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibody Production, Purification and Conjugations

• Gel Imaging & Western Blotting
• BioRad Chemi-Doc System

• Spectroscopy Techniques
• Electrospray Ionization (ESI) with Ion-Trap Detection and Triple-Quadrupole
• Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization
• Time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometer
• Jasco 710 CD Spectropolarimeter
• UV/Visible Spectrophotometer

• Molecular Biology and Immunology
• Recombinant Protein Production
• PCR
• ELISA