Shared Department Equipment

Many facilities in the Biology Department are shared among members of the department. These include "Charged Centers," such as the plant growth facility, microscopy facility, computer facility, and "Shared Instruments" such as auotclaves, ultracentrifuges, scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, etc. Each piece of shared equipment has user guidelines decided by the indicated contact person (eg proper training, maintenance, access). For heavy use equipment, it is encouraged that the contact person keep a "signup/usage log" on the equipment. Please email the contact person for more info on the use of that equipment. If there are any general questions or issues, please email Professor Ken Olsen (kolsen@wustl.edu). 

Autoclaves are available in the following rooms:

  • McDonnell 035 (2 available)
  • McDonnell 135 (1 available)
  • Bayer Lab 402 (2 available)
  • Rebstock 302 (2 available)
  • Rebstock 123 (preference is Teaching Lab use; please check with Ben Abts)
  • Plant Growth 111 (preference is Greenhouse users; please check with Ben Wolf)

Centrifuges

Instrument Model Location Contact
Ultracentrifuge Beckman L90K Rebstock 326 Petra Levin
Ultracentrifuge Beckman L 80X McDonnell LL 055 Michelle Liberton
Centrifuge Sorval RC5-C Rebstock 326 Bob Hippe

 


Microscopes

Instrument Model Location Contact
Photon Counting Microscope Nikon TE 2000 Bayer Lab 2nd floor Erik Herzog
Compound Epifluorescence Microscope Nikon Eclipse 80i McDonnell 015 Jennifer Wang
Brightfield StereoMicroscope Leica S8 Apo McDonnell 019 Dianne Duncan
Motorized StereoMicroscope Leica Thunder Model Organism McDonnell 015 Dianne Duncan
Motorized Compound Epifluorescence Microscope Leica Thunder Live Cell McDonnell 020 Dianne Duncan
Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope Zeiss Evo 10 MA McDonnell 020 Dianne Duncan
TiRF Microscope Nikon TIE Rebstock 327 Petra Levin

 

Imaging

Instrument Model Location Contact
Phosphorimager BioRad Personal Molecular Imager Bayer Lab 1st floor computer room Frances Thuet
Fuji CCD Imaging LAS 4000 Plus Bayer Lab 510 Hani Zaher
Licor Odyssey Bayer Lab 317 Michelle Liberton
X-Ray Processor Protech Ecomax McDonnell 133 Rick Vierstra

Chemiluminescent/Fluorescent Imager

Syngene Pxi-4 McDonnell 245 Ram Dixit
Typhoon GE R6B Bayer Lab 509 Hani Zaher


Miscellaneous

Instrument Model Location Accessories Contact
Lyophilizer Virtis 12 SL Rebstock 326   Biology Shop/Hippe
Q-RTPCR Machine Cedheid Smart Cycler McDonnell 350   Victor Lasehinde
Cryostat Leica CM1850 Bayer Lab 204   Erik Herzog
French Press SLM Aminco McDonnell 218   Ram Dixit
96 & 384 WEll Microtiter Plate Luminometer Luminoscan Bayer Lab 311   Hani Zaher
Thermi Sci Nanodrop Nanodrop One Bayer Lab 315   Bob Kranz
Mixture Mill (for cell breakage) Retsch Bayer Lab 321   Barbara Kunkel
Refrigerated Shaker/Incubator Innova 4330 Bayer Lab 313   Michelle Liberton
Scintillation Counter Beckman LS 6500 Rebstock 206   Bob Hippe
Flow Cytometer BD Accuri C6Plus Rebstock 206   Bob Hippe
TapeStation 4200 - DNA/RN AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES McDonnell 218   Ben Mansfeld/Bob Hippe
Gel Doc Imagng PCR gel Doc Bayer Lab 204   Erik Herzog

 

Back-up Freezers

Instrument Model Location Contact
-80 Freezer (two) Harris McDonnell 349 Biology Shop/Bob Hippe
-80 Freezer Kelvinator Rebstock 326 Biology Shop/Bob Hippe

 

Updated August 2024