Cell Culture Equipment

Electroporation Equipment

• One Amaxa Nucleofector II
• One Invitrogen Neon Transfection System

xCelligence Real-Time Cell Analyzer

• One real-time cell analyzer (RTCA) (ACEA Biosciences, Inc.) provides a label-free, non-invasive method to monitor adherent cell behavior, including proliferation, spreading and compound-mediated cytotoxicity.

Balances

• One Mettler analytical balance
• Two top loading electronic balances

CO2 Incubators

• Five Panasonic large capacity incubators
• One Sanyo low oxygen incubator

Cameras

• One Nikon DS-U3 digital camera

Cell Counting

• One Nexcelom Bioscience Cellometer K2 Image Cytometer

Centrifuges

• One Beckman GS-6R refrigerated centrifuge
• One Hermle Z-382K refrigerated centrifuge
• Two Eppendorf 5702 clinical centrifuges
• One RC-5 Sorvall Superspeed centrifuge

Computer Equipment

• One Macintosh computer
• Ten PC computers (three equipment-based)
• One HP LaserJet printer

Liquid Nitrogen storage (all with automated fill and electronic monitors - 123,000 vial total capacity)

• Three MVE 1536-P tanks
• One Taylor Wharton LABS-20K tank
• One Cryosafe Auto-tend tank

Microscopes

• Three Nikon Model TMS inverted microscopes
• One Nikon Eclipse Ts2R inverted microscope
• One Nikon TS100 inverted microscope fitted for epifluorescence
• One TS100 inverted microscope
• One standard Leitz microscope

Refrigeration

• Three GEM refrigerators
• One 4°C refrigerator
• Nine -20°C freezers
• One -80°C freezer
• One walk-in 4°C cold room

Sterile Hoods

• Six Class II biosafety sterile hoods

Water Purification and Deionization Equipment

• One Millipore Reference water filtration system
• One Millipore ELIX deionization system
• One Millipore positive pressure filtration pump

Miscellaneous Equipment

• Two pH meters
• Four waterbaths
• Five magnetic stirrers
• Two power supplies for gel electrophoresis
• One Leica Vibratome VT1000A for sectioning fresh tissue samples