{"id":66,"date":"2019-06-18T19:41:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T19:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/biology\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2021-09-05T19:40:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T19:40:19","slug":"laboratory-equipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/biology\/facilties-resources\/laboratory-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory and Field Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re studying a neurodegenerative disease or dissecting a specimen, you&#8217;ll find the equipment you need in our facilities. We&#8217;ve collected some of the best equipment around to help you with your research and studies:<\/p>\n<h2>Shared Major Instruments and Spaces<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">EVOS inverted fluorescence microscope<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Dionex\/ThermoFisher ion chromatograph<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Leco TruMac carbon\/nitrogen analyzer<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">PerkinElmer Optima Series ICP optical emission spectrometer<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Tekmar-Dohrman total organic carbon analyzer<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Turner Designs 10-AU fluorometer<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">O. I. Analytical Flow Solution IV autoanalyzer for total dissolved nitrogen analyses<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Environmental chambers (5)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Greenhouse<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Darkroom<\/li>\n<li>Aquaria room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Common Lab and Field Equipment<\/h2>\n<h3>Lab<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fluorescence microscopes<\/li>\n<li>Gas chromatograph<\/li>\n<li>High-performance liquid chromatography unit with diode-array detector<\/li>\n<li>High-speed refrigerated centrifuges<\/li>\n<li>Image analyzer<\/li>\n<li>Laminar flow hoods<\/li>\n<li>LECO TruMac Series CN Macro Determinator<\/li>\n<li>Liquid scillintation counter<\/li>\n<li>Luminescence spectrometer<\/li>\n<li>Microplate readers (UV\/Vis and flourescent)<\/li>\n<li>Microtomes<\/li>\n<li>PCR thermal cyclers<\/li>\n<li>Phase and fluorescence microscope<\/li>\n<li>Photosynthetic gas-exchange analyzer<\/li>\n<li>Radiometer-photometer<\/li>\n<li>Real-time PCR system<\/li>\n<li>Scanning electron microscope<\/li>\n<li>Tissue culture hoods and cO@ incubators<\/li>\n<li>Two heating\/cooling incubators<\/li>\n<li>Ultracentrifuge<\/li>\n<li>Ultracold freezer<\/li>\n<li>Ultrapure water production units<\/li>\n<li>UV-vis spectrophotometers<\/li>\n<li>Vapor pressure osmometers<\/li>\n<li>Video densitometer<\/li>\n<li>Ancillary equipment for molecular biology<\/li>\n<li>Atomic absorbance spectrophotometer<\/li>\n<li>Autoclaves<\/li>\n<li>Benchtop fluorometer<\/li>\n<li>Carbon dioxide incubator<\/li>\n<li>Cell sorter\/flow cytometer<\/li>\n<li>ChemiDoc imager<\/li>\n<li>Confocal microscope<\/li>\n<li>Constant temperature bath<\/li>\n<li>Cryotome<\/li>\n<li>DNA sequencing apparatus<\/li>\n<li>Drum roller for incubating yeast and bacteria<\/li>\n<li>Electrophoresis documentation\/analysis unit<\/li>\n<li>Electrophoresis units<\/li>\n<li>Electroporator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Field<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Acoustic analysis equipment (song meter recording equipment, shotgun microphone)<\/li>\n<li>Spherical densitometer<\/li>\n<li>Camera traps<\/li>\n<li>Drone<\/li>\n<li>Video Cameras<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/earth-environmental-sciences\/student-experiences\/research-internship\/\">Use of equipment in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is also possible.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re studying a neurodegenerative disease or dissecting a specimen, you&#8217;ll find the equipment you need in our facilities. 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