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Equipment Available to Students

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Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center

  • MWG-AG Biotech Robot and controller with dedicated ST Robotics Arm and 96-well plate adapter
  • Coulter EPICS Elite cell sorter with autoclone capacity 
  • UV/Vis spectrometer
  • PTI fluorometer
  • PTI Fluorescence Lifetime Fluorometer 
  • Semi-prep HPLC
  • Chemical microwave 
  • Six Zeiss fluorescent microscope imaging systems
  • Cellomics KineticScan high throughput imaging system
  • Beckman Coulter high throughput imaging system 
  • Solamere Technology Group spinning disk confocal fluorescence imaging system consisting of a Yokogawa CSU10 Confocal Scanner Unit with a Laser Physics Reliant 100s-488 Ar laser and a Roper Scientific/Photometrics CoolSnapHQ cooled CCD camera mounted on an Olympus IX50 microscope
 Marcel Bruchez
bruchez@cmu.edu
412-268-9661

Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research

(features high-powered MRI magnets and MRS spectrometers)
  • Bruker Avance 4.7-T/40-cm MRI scanner
  • Bruker AVANCE DRX 7.0-Tesla/20-cm MRI scanner
  • Bruker AVANCE 500WB 11.7-Tesla/8.9-cm MRI scanner
  • A home-built Tecmag 2.35-T/31-cm MRI scanner 
  • Bruker MiniSpec 0.47 Tesla
  • High Resolution NMR Spectrometers: 7.0-Tesla, 11.7-Tesla, 14.0-Tesla
 T. Kevin Hitchens
hitchens@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-1993

Electron Microscopy Facility

  • Hitachi S-2460N Scanning Electron Microscope
  • Quartz PCI Digital Image Acquisition Software
  • Hitachi H-7100 Transmission Electron Microscope 
  • AMT Advantage 10 CCD Camera System and Digital Image Acquisition Software 
  • Reichert-Jung Ultracut E Ultramicrotome 
  • Reichert-Jung FC4E Low Temperature Sectioning System 
  • Pelco SC-6 Sputter Coater 
  • Pelko CPD2 Critical Point Dryer 
  • Leica- Reichert AFS Freeze Substitution System 
  • Baltec JFD 030 Jet Freeze Device
  • Denton DV 502 Vacuum Evaporator
 Joe Suhan
jsgq@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-6498