Kroehler Science Center
The 27,000-sq. ft Kroehler Science Center houses the departments of Biology, Chemistry and Physics and the Biochemistry program. There are ten teaching laboratories equipped for cellular/molecular biology, botany/ecology, physiology, zoology/development, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, classical physics and modern physics. Core facilities include: instrument rooms, media preparation room, darkroom, biology lab preparation room, animal care rooms, and organic and inorganic chemical stockrooms. Science faculty offices and research laboratories are located here, as well as five classrooms, a computer lab and a conference room.
Molecular Biology Equipment
- MJR thermal cycler with heated lid for PCR
- Kodak GL100 photodocumentation/analysis system
- 2 Perkin-Elmer thermal cyclers
- Hoeffer DNA electrophoresis equipment
- Bio-Rad protein electrophoresis equipment
- Sorvall benchtop high-speed centrifuge
- Immunoblotting apparatus
- Dot/slot blot apparatus
- Eppendorf refrigerated microcentrifuge
- 4 microcentrifuges
- Bio-Rad electroporator
- Bio-Rad gel dryer
- Polaroid photodocumentation system
- Micropipettors, multichannel and repeating pipettors
Chemistry and Biochemistry Instruments
- Bruker 300 MHz FT-NMR spectrometer
- Agilent diode-array UV/VIS spectrophotometer
- Perkin-Elmer FT-infrared spectrometer (FT-IR)
- HP gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS)
- Perkin-Elmer atomic absorption spectrometer (AA)
- Varian atomic absorption spectrometer
- Perkin-Elmer ICP atomic emission spectrometer
- Gow-Mac gas chromatograph (GC)
- Perkin-Elmer Series 200 HPLC
- PhastSystem automated electrophoresis system
- Scintillation counter
Ecology and Field Biology
- Backpacking and camping gear for 18 people
- Heated/refrigerated growth chambers with lighting
- Temperature-controlled marine aquarium
- Freshwater aquaria and terraria
- Digital cameras
- Water sampling and testing equipment
- Plant growth facilities
Chemistry and Physics
- Labconco Centrivap concentrator
- Buchi rotary evaporators
- Plas-Labs and Uni-lab glove boxes
- Parr solution calorimeter
- Parr oxygen-bomb calorimeter
- Laser Science pulsed nitrogen laser & dye module
- McPherson monochromators
- AD Instruments data acquisition system
- Parr hydrogenator
- Bioanalytical Systems voltammograph
- Jasco digital polarimeter
- Tel-Atomic x-ray spectrometer
- digital oscilloscopes
- Analytical balances
- Chemical hoods
- Drying ovens
- Milli-Q water system
Microscopy
- Phase-contrast microscope with CCD camera
- Leica dissecting microscope with photomicography
- Digital camera for photomicrographs
- Computer interfaces for image capture
- Image analysis software
- Fluorescence objective for fluorescent microscopy
- 2 Microtomes and associated equipment
- 12 Leica CME microscopes (new 2005)
- 8 Leica DME with phase contrast (new 2005)
- 24 dissecting microscopes
- 60 additional student microscopes
Biology and Biochemistry Equipment
- Shimadzu UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Spectrophotometer temperature controllers
- Ultrasonic cell disruptor
- Physiograph with computer interface
- Visible-light spectrophotometers
- Ultra-low temperature freezer
- LabLine large refrigerated platform incubator shaker
- CO2 incubator
- Autoclave
- Biological safety cabinet
- Incubators, shakers and growth chambers
Computer Equipment
- Six PC computers in general-use computer lab
- Scanner
- Two laser printers and color ink-jet printer
- Ten PC workstations in physics lab
- 14-CPU Linux parallel processor
- Dedicated computers for video microscopy
- HyperChem, PC-Spartan Pro, Gaussian 98, MathCad, ChemDraw, Chem3D, Chem Windows software
- Classroom computer projection equipment