Specialized Core Instruments

Spectrometry

• Molecular Devices Spectramax Gemini™ dual-scanning microplate spectrofluorometer
• Bio-Rad Benchmark Microplate Reader controlled by the Microplate Manager software
• Shimadzu UV-1601 UV-Visible spectrophotometer
• Turner TD-20e Luminometer

Additional Instrumental Analyses

• Stratagene Mx4000 RT-PCR instrument equipped with the MX4000 software
• Beckman LX 6000 SC Liquid Scintilation System

Microscopy and image processing

• Leica DMLB Fluorescence Microscope equipped with the Spot RT Slider Camera
• Olympus VANOX-T up-right microscope equipped with two Olympus C-35AD-2 cameras
• Bio-Rad Fluor-S Multiimager equipped with Quantity One software
• Axon Instruments Gene Pix 4000 B microarray  scanner

Chromatography

• Agilent 1100 Series HPLC controlled by the Agilent Chem Station software
• ÄKTA™ Amersham Biosciences FPLC controlled by the Unicorn™ software

Incubator Shaker

• New Brunswick Scientific model C25 and Model G25

Centrifugation

• Triangle Biomedical Sciences Minotome Plus
• Hitachi Sorvall Discovery M120 SE
• Thermo-Scientific Sorvall RC 6+
• Beckman-Coulter Optima LE-80K ultracentrifuge
• DuPont Instruments Sorvall RC-5B

Contact Dr. Rafael Fridman for more specific information.