Research Facilities
Modernization of instrumentation is a high priority in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry research laboratories and instruments are housed in the Group II Building, the Violette Research Building, and the New Research Building on the main campus.
Some of the more recent acquisitions include:
- Bruker AC 300 MHz FT-NMR
- Two PESCIEX API150 Mass spectrometers
- Two Hewlett-Packard 5890 gas chromatograph/mass spectrometers
- Eleven gas chromatographs from various manufacturers
- Perkin Elmer 1310 IR spectrometer
- Five FT-IR spectrometers from various manufacturers
- Eight UV-Vis spectrophotometers from various manufacturers
- ISA Fluoromax 2 fluorescence spectrometer
- ISS K2 spectrofluorimeter
- SLM 48000 spectrofluorimeter
- Perkin Elmer LS55 luminescence spectrometer
- Thirteen high performance liquid chromatographs from various manufacturers
- Six centrifuges from various manufacturers
- Dupont-Sorvall OTD55B ultracentrifuge
- Three Spectra/Chrom CF-1 fraction collectors
- Two Perkin Elmer Aanalyst 100 flame atomic absorption spectrometers
- Perkin Elmer Zeeman 5100 PC furnace atomic absorption spectrometer
- Two Pharmacia Biotech Phast System electrophoresis and developing Unit
- Jordan Scientific DNA sequencer with Dan-Kar power Supply
- Molecular Dynamics MegaBase 1000 DNA sequencer
- Two PARC 264A polargraphic analyzer/voltammeters
- Hach IL 550 TOC-TN TOC-TN analyzer
- Beckman LS5801 scintillation counter
- CSC 4200 isothermal titration calorimeter
- JASCO J-715 spectropolarimeter
- Sippican/NRL optical fiber-based biosensor
- ITTI image analysis system
- Perkin Elmer DSC-7 differential scanning calorimeter
- Finnigan MAT isotope ratio mass spectrometer
- Waters HPLC system with PDA detection and Millennium software and a Labconco lyophilizer
Last Updated On: 1/6/09
