National Biomedical Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Center

Biochemical Equipment

• Liquid nitrogen and liquid helium equipment
• Update Instruments Precision Syringe-Ram
• Hewlett-Packard 1050 Series HPLC with UV/visible, fluorescence, and electrochemical detection with HP station integration software
• Hewlett-Packard 8453 general purpose UV/Visible spectrophotometer with software for biochemical analysis, thermostat-controlled cell holder and a Fisher refrigerated water circulator (Model 1006P)
• Beckman Paragon Electrophoresis System
• Microscopes:
  • Zeiss fluorescence-microscope photometer system; Nikon phase-contrast; Bausch & Lomb Stereo-Zoom 5
• Centrifuges:
  • Beckman Airfuge ultra-centrifuge; Sorvall RC-5B refrigerated superspeed centrifuge
• Extruder (Lipex Biomembranes, Inc.) for preparation of liposomes
• UV-VIS Light Sources:
  • 200 W Hg high pressure compact arc lamp (Oriel Model 6137); 300 W Xe high pressure compact arc lamp (Eimac Model VIX 300 UV)
• Monochromator (Bausch and Lomb 33-86 Series)
• Radiometer (Yellow Springs Instrument Model 65-A) for measurements of the fluence rate of the illuminating radiation
• BioTek Instruments UV/visible microplate reader and fluorescence
• Varian 3700 gas chromatograph unit with thermal conductivity detection
• Jasco 710 spectropolarimeter
• ABI 310 genetic analyzer
• Insight II Molecular Modeling Environment including modules for molecular dynamics simulation, homology modeling, and quantum mechanics engines
• Millipore Milli-Q Academic water purification system
• Perkin Elmer GeneAmp 2400 PCR system
• ABI 310 genetic analyzer
• Innova Model 4230 incubator/shaker
• AMBER 6.0 molecular modeling package and associated modules for force field calculation, energy minimization, and molecular dynamics simulation
• Insight II molecular modeling environment including modules for molecular dynamics simulation, homology modeling, and quantum mechanics engines