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Facilities and Research Equipment



Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

  • Perkin Elmer 500, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Autoclaves

  • More than 15 throughout College

Calorimeters

  • MicroCal VP isothermal titration calorimeter, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Cell Sorting and Harvesting

  • BD FASCalibur cell sorter, CBMG
  • Cell Harvester-Luminometer scintillation counter, CBMG

Centrifuges

  • Beckman preparative centrifuge, Entomology
  • Beckman L8 ultracentrifuge, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • 2 Beckman ultracentrifuges, Entomology
  • Beckman Coulter Optima XL-I Analytical Ultracentrifuge with Scanning UV/Vis Absorbance and Rayleigh Interference, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • 32 superspeed centrifuges (30, CBMG; 2, Entomology)
  • 8 ultracentrifuges, CBMG
 
Chromatography
  • 3 FPLC, CBMG
  • HPLC with diode array detector, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • 3 HPLC, CBMG
  • Ion exchange chromatography system, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Jasco HPLC system with fluorescence detector, Entomology
  • Jasco supercritical fluid extraction/chromatography system, Entomology
  • MicroTech capillary HPLC system, Entomology
  • 2 Perceptive Biosystems HPLC systems, Entomology
  • Supercritical CO2 HPLC pump, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Waters gas phase chromatography, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Waters 150C high-temperature GPC, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • 3 Waters HPLC systems, Entomology

DNA Sequencing

  • Genetic analyzer (Perkin Elmer Systems), Biology & CBMG

Electrophoresis

  • 2 Bio-Rad capillary electrophoresis systems, Entomology
  • Capillary electrophoresis system, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • 3 phosphorimagers:
    • Molecular Dynamics, Center for Structural Biology
    • Bio-Rad and Storm, CBMG, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Fermenters
  • 2 small-capacity fermenters, CBMG

Fluorometers

  • 3 in CBMG
  • ISS K2 digital frequency domain lifetime spectrofluorometer, Chemistry &
    Biochemistry
  • ISS PC1 photon counting spectrofluorometer, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • SLM AB2 spectrofluorometer, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Kinetic Measurements

  • Applied Photophysics Pi-star stopped flow with absorption, fluorescence, and circular dichroism detection
  • KinTek quench flow apparatus, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • KinTek stopped flow apparatus, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Quench flow apparatus, CBMG
  • Stopped flow apparatus, CBMG

Lasers
  • 4 Nd:YAG and dye laser systems, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Big Sky Nd:YAG laser with OPO, Center for Structural Biology

Light Scattering

  • Dynamic light scatterer (Wyatt Technology), Center for Structural Biology

Mass Spectrometers

  • ABI 150 EX quadrupole mass analyzer, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Applied Biosystems quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer,
    Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Bruker Proflex, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer, Entomology
  • Finnegan LCQ, LC/ion trap mass spectrometer, Entomology
  • Finnegan GCQ, GC/ion trap mass spectrometer, Entomology
  • JEOL mass spectrometer, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Shimadzu QCMS, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • VG mass spectrometer, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Microscopes

  • Confocal microscope (Bio-Rad), Bology
  • DeltaVision Image Reconstruction Microscope, CBMG
  • Electron microscopes (4, Biology; 2, CBMG)
  • Fluorescence microscopes (11), CBMG
  • Freeze fracture apparatus, Biology
  • Photomicroscopy system, Entomology
  • Standard microscopes:
    • 5 Zeiss and Nikon microscopes, Biology
    • 2 Leica microscopes, Entomology
  • Zeiss 510 confocal laser scanning microscope, CBMG
  • Zeiss Axiophot microscope, CBMG

NMR & EPR Spectrometers

  • IBM/Bruker EPR, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Bruker 200 MHz NMR system, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Bruker 400 MHz NMR systems (3), Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Bruker 500 MHz NMR system, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Bruker 600 MHz NMR system, Center for Structural Biology

Peptide Synthesizers
  • Applied Biosystems peptide synthesizer, CBMG

Scintillation Counters

  • Beckman LS 5801 scintillation counter, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Gamma counter, CBMG
  • Cell Harvester-Luminometer scintillation counter, CBMG
  • 5 scintillation counters, CBMG
  • Wallac scintillation counter, Entomology

Spectropolarimeters
  • Jasco J-500C spectropolarimeter, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Reactors

  • Rockland Research high-pressure/high-temperature reactor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

UV-Visible Absorption Spectrometers

  • 8 Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometers, Chemistry & Biochemistry

X-Ray Diffractometers

  • Bruker SMART1000 x-ray diffractometer with area detector for single crystals, Chemistry & Biochemistry
  • Bruker D8 Advance x-ray diffractomoter for powder samples, Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of Maryland

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e-mail: life@umail.umd.edu Tel.: 301.405.2080