Biology Department - Facilities

Buildings

Our wet labs have eyewash and shower stations along with fume hoods, which re-circulate and trap hazards in filters rather than venting to the atmosphere. We also practice a strict hazardous wastes disposal protocol, which means we collect and destroy or recycle all wastes, rather than sending these to a waste water treatment plant with other sewerage.

Classrooms

Are you ready for the classroom experience? The biology area in Glaske has:

• 3 biology labs: 2 multipurpose, anatomy and research
• 4 chemistry labs: 2 multipurpose organic and instruments
• 2 physics labs: General, Physics and Physics Prep
• 1 shared student/faculty research suite

Equipment

Can’t wait to use the latest biology technology? The biology area in Glaske has:

• Fourier transform infrared spectrometer
• Nuclear magnetic imaging spectrometer
• UV-VIS spectrophotometer
• Gas chromatographs33 Olympus binocular compound microscopes
• 1 Olympus CX41 binocular compound microscope with fluorescence optics
• 8 Olympus dissecting microscopes
• 6 Agarose and 6 polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis units
• 2 PCR programmable thermocyclers
• High-speed, refrigerated fixed-angle and swinging-bucket centrifuge
• 3 Eppendorf micro-centrifuges
• Minus-80 degree C freezer
• 2 UV Electrophoresis trans-illuminators and cameras
• Programmable High-Intensity Environment Plant Growth Chamber
• 4 computer-interfaced Bio-Pac life sciences data acquisition and analysis systems
• Articulated and disarticulated human skeletons and multiple skulls of real bone