The University of Pittsburgh offers our faculty access to advanced and up-to-date shared equipment, and to experts that perform services that enables world-leading experimental research.
The University of Pittsburgh offers our faculty access to advanced and up-to-date shared equipment, and to experts that perform services that enables world-leading experimental research. Search for equipment here, or look for services in iLab.
Equipment
| Equipment Name | Description | Core |
|---|---|---|
| 10X Genomics Chromium Controller | ||
| 10X Genomics Chromium iX | ||
| 10x Genomics Chromium Xi | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| 10x Genomics CytAssist | Compact instrument that facilitates spatial transcriptomics by transferring transcriptomic probes from standard glass slides to Visium capture area slides, compatible with FFPE, fresh frozen, and fixed frozen tissue samples. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| 10x Genomics CytAssist | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| 10x Genomics Xenium | High-plex in situ spatial transcriptomics platform delivering subcellular resolution for characterizing hundreds to thousands of RNAs in cells and tissues, supporting fresh frozen and FFPE samples with integrated onboard data analysis. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| 10x Genomics Xenium | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| 11.7T Bruker AVANCE AV3 HD MicroImaging System | The Bruker 11.7 Tesla system features a vertical-bore 89mm magnet with two gradient inserts capable of up to 1500 mT/m, and an assortment of solenoid, birdcage, and quadrature resonators ranging from 2.5 mm to 30 mm for small rodent imaging. | Advanced Imaging Core |
| 3 - Siemens Prisma 3T | Magnetic Resonance Research Center | |
| 9.4T/31cm Bruker AVANCE AV3 HD Scanner | The Bruker Biospec 9.4 Tesla system features two transmitter and eight receiver channels, dual gradient sets with maximum strengths of 230 mT/m and 660 mT/m, and a full suite of RF coils supporting rodent neuro- and cardiac imaging. | Advanced Imaging Core |
| Abaxis Blood Chemistry Analizer | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Abaxis CBC Machine | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Adhesive Removal fine motor task for mice | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| ADT 7122 Wafer Dicer (Room SB02A) | The Advanced Dicing Technology (ADT) 7122 is an automatic wafer dicer with 6" diameter dicing area. It is an advanced, fully programmable saw for dicing thin materials into smaller pieces with 1-micron accuracy. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Advanced Analytical Inc. 5300 Fragment Analyzer | Automated parallel capillary electrophoresis system supporting 48 or 96 samples per run for DNA and RNA quality control, including NGS libraries, gDNA, cfDNA, total RNA, small RNA, and mRNA. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| Agilent 1100 HPLC | The Agilent 1100 HPLC system consists of a quarternary pump, column oven and diode array detector and/or evaporative light scattering detector. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Agilent 4150 TapeStation | Automated electrophoresis platform for nucleic acid sample quality control, supporting up to 16 samples per run for DNA and RNA analysis in next-generation sequencing, biobank, and vaccine development workflows. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| Agilent Radio-HPLC | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Agilent TapeStation | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| Agilent Tapestation 4150 | ||
| Agilent Technologies 1260 Infinity II HPLC | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF) | |
| AJA Hybrid Sputter/Evaporation System (located in Physics) | The AJA Hybrid System is a physical vapor deposition tool which deposits films on a substrate using sputtering and e-beam evaporation methods. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| AJA Three-Chamber Deposition System | High-vacuum three chamber system for high-quality superconducting thin film growth. | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| Allied MultiPrep System-8 | MMCL | |
| AMD EPYC 9374F (Genoa) | Center for Research Computing and Data | |
| Amersham Typhoon 5 | Common Instruments | |
| Analysis Computer | Analysis Copmuter for Spectroflo, FlowJo, and IDEAS software | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Anesthesia and Workspace | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Angstrom COVAP Thermal Evaporator | Four source thermal evaporator. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Angstrom NEXDEP Sputtering System | The Angstrom Engineering sputtering system a physical vapor deposition tool designed for rapid deposition. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Anric AT410 Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) | The ANRIC AT410 is a small form factor, tabletop, thermal ALD system. The AT410 enables deposition of a wide range of materials, including oxides, nitrides and metals utilizing precursors, O3 and O2 gas. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Aria 15 (Cell Sorter) | The Aria 15 is equipped with 5 lasers running Diva 8 on Windows 7. Lasers: 355 20mW Trigon, 405 50mW Trigon, 488 100mW Trigon, 532 150mW Octagon, 635 30mW Trigon. 15 Paramaters. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Aria Assembly 5-Laser (Cell Sorter) | The Aria Assembly 5 Laser is equipped with 5 lasers 488 (blue), 640 (red), 405 (violet), 552 (light green) and 355 (UV) for a total of 16 fluorescent parameters running on Diva 9/Windows 10. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Aria Assembly HOOD (Cell Sorter) | The Aria Asssembly Hood is equipped with 5 lasers running Diva 8/Windows 7. Lasers: 355 60mW Trigon (UV), 405 100mW Trigon (Violet), 488 100mW Trigon (Blue), 532 100mW Octagon (Green), 640 100mW Trigon (Red). 15 Paramaters. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Assembly ZellScanner | Canopy's ZellScanner One is a fully intergrated automated imaging system that enables quantitaitve measure of high-plex protein biomarker assays across a range of sample types. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Asylum AFM | Asylum MFP3D AFM, Eberly Hall 139. Modes include contact, non-contact (AC), dual AC resonance tracking (DART), force spectroscopy, nanoindentation, nanolithography, scanning Kelvin probe, lateral force, magnetic force (MFM), and CAFM. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Asymetric Field Flow Fractionator | The Consenexus AF4 is used to separate molecules based on size using perpindicular Laminar flows as the retarding force. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Atcor SphygmoCor XCEL Pulse Wave Machine and software | UPMC Montefiore University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| Attune Flow Cytometer | The Attune NxT is an easy-operating benchtop flow cytometer developed with acoustic-assisted hydrodynamic focusing technology. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Attune NxT Assembly | The Attune NxT is equipped with 4 lasers 488 (blue), 640 (red), 405 (violet), 561 (Green), for a total of 14 fluorescent parameters, running Windows 7. Lasers: 405 100mW Trigon, 488 100mW Trigon, 561 140mW Octagon, 640 140mW Trigon. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Aurora Black | 64 Fluorescence channels: 355nm = 16 channels; 405nm = 16 channels; 488nm = 14 channels; 640nm = 8 channels; 561nm = 10 channels. Efficient spectrum capture for dyes emitting in the 360nm-900nm range. No filter changes required for any fluorochromes. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Aurora Blue | 64 Fluorescence channels: 355nm = 16 channels; 405nm = 16 channels; 488nm = 14 channels; 640nm = 8 channels; 561nm = 10 channels. Efficient spectrum capture for dyes emitting in the 360nm-900nm range. No filter changes required for any fluorochromes. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Aurora CS (Cell Sorter) | The Aurora CS is equipped with 5 lasers - 488 (blue), 640 (red), 405 (violet), 561 (yellow-green) 355 (UV). | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Aurora Pink | 64 Fluorescence channels: 355nm = 16 channels; 405nm = 16 channels; 488nm = 14 channels; 640nm = 8 channels; 561nm = 10 channels. Efficient spectrum capture for dyes emitting in the 360nm-900nm range. No filter changes required for any fluorochromes. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Aurora Yellow | 64 Fluorescence channels: 355nm = 16 channels; 405nm = 16 channels; 488nm = 14 channels; 640nm = 8 channels; 561nm = 10 channels. Efficient spectrum capture for dyes emitting in the 360nm-900nm range. No filter changes required for any fluorochromes. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Automated Hardness Tester | MMCL | |
| Bacterial Incubator | The Kendro bacterial incubator maintains a constant 37oC temperature and is used to grow solid bacterial cultures or process other samples that require a constant temperature. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| BC CytoFlex 6L-Hillman | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| BC Mosaic | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| BD Alaris Infusion Pump | Magee-Womens Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| BD Biosciences FACSAria | Cell Cytometry and Sorting Core at Magee-Womens Research Institute | |
| BD Biosciences Fortessa | Cell Cytometry and Sorting Core at Magee-Womens Research Institute | |
| BD FACSymphony S6 | CFAR Core F: Systems Biology and Biostatistics | |
| BD Fortessa I ( 4 laser )-Assembly | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| BD Fortessa II ( 5 laser )-Hillman | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| BD LSR Fortessa | 5-laser flow cytometer with 18 PMT detectors (355nm UV: 2, 405nm violet: 6, 488nm blue: 2, 561nm yellow-green: 5, 633nm red: 3). | Rangos Flow Cytometry Core |
| BD LSR II | 2-laser flow cytometer with 6 PMT detectors (488nm blue: 4, 633nm red: 2) | Rangos Flow Cytometry Core |
| BD LSRFortessa Flow Cytometer | CFAR Core F: Systems Biology and Biostatistics | |
| BD Rhapsody scRNA-seq Express and Cartridge Scanner | CFAR Core F: Systems Biology and Biostatistics | |
| Beckman Avanti J20XP Centrifuge | The Beckman Avanti J20XP is a superspeed centrifuge intended for the isolation of cells, organelles, and other subcellular fractions in a temperature controlled environment. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Beckman Coulter CytoFlex 2L | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Beckman Coulter CytoFlex 4L | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Beckman Coulter MoFlo Astrios | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Beckman Coulter UltraCentrifuge | Common Instruments | |
| Beckman GS6 Centrifuge | The Beckman GS6 centrifuge is used for the isolation of large volumes of materials using a swinging bucket rotor. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Beckman TLX-100 Ultracentrifuge | The Beckman TLX-100 bench top ultracentrifuge is used to pellet small samples (typically 1-2 mL volume per tube) at very high speed. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Beckman Ultracentrifuge | Common Instruments | |
| BioCare slide drying oven | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| BioDex ATOMLAB 500 Dose Calibrator | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Bioflow Fermenter | The New Brunswick Bioflow 3000 fermentor is used for either batch production of large volumes of cells (up yo 15L). | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Biomek FXP liquid handler by Beckman Coulter | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| BioPac MP150 | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| BioRad Bioplex 200/Luminex XYP | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| BioRad Geldoc XR Imager | The Bio-Rad XR+ gel documentation system is routinely used to image polyacrylamide and agarose gels as well as blots and plates. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| BIOSEB Grip Strength Meter (1 unit) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Biospec BeadBeater | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| BRIDGE Mock Scanner | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Bruker 11.7 T/89 mm AV3HD microimaging system | ||
| Bruker 7T MRI | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Bruker 9.4 T/30 cm AV3HD preclinical MRI scanner | ||
| Bruker Avance III 300MHz | Routine multi-nuclear 1D and 2D NMR for concentrated samples. Fully Automated with 16 sample changers running ICONNMR. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker Avance III 400MHz (400A) | Routine multi-nuclear 1D and 2D NMR for concentrated samples. Fully Automated with 16 sample changer running ICONNMR. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker Avance III 400MHz (400B) | Manually Operated via Topspin, High and Low temperature NMR. Only for 1H and 13C observation. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker Avance III 500MHz | Fully Automated with 60 sample changer running ICONNMR, routine multi-nuclear 1D and 2D NMR. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker Avance III 600MHz | Routine multi-nuclear 1D and 2D NMR. Manually Operated via Topspin, 13C NMR for dilute samples. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker Avance III 700MHz | Manually Operated via Topspin, inverse probe for 1H and 2D NMR of dilute samples. Water suppression experiments. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker Avance III HD 400MHz | Manually Operated via Topspin for Undergraduate use. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker Avance III HD 600MHz | Fully Automated with sample changer running ICONNMR, Inverse probe for 1H and 2D NMR of dilute samples. Water suppression experiments. | NMR Spectroscopy Lab |
| Bruker BioSpec 70/30 USR | Our Bruker BioSpec 70/30 USR Superconducting Magnet System has field strength 7-Tesla, equipped with 2 gradient systems, B-GA 12 S2 and B-GA 20S. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Bruker Bruker timsTOF Pro2 with nanoElute 2 | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | |
| Bruker Clinscan 7T Preclinical MRI | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Bruker Daltonics UltrafleXtreme MALDI TOF-TOF | MALDI-TOF/TOF system with a mass range up to 500 kDa and 40,000 FWHM resolution, used for proteomics, polymers, oligonucleotides, and bio-organic compound analysis. | Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Mass Spectrometry Lab |
| Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) | The Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force microscopy [AFM] is a high-performance tip-scanning AFM platform. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Bruker Prospector Ultra | X-Ray Diffraction Facility | |
| Bruker Smart Apex CCD | The Bruker SMART APEX CCD diffractometer uses a sealed-tube Molybdenum (Mo) X-ray source to capture single-crystal diffraction data. | Dietrich School Materials X-ray Crystallography Facility |
| Bruker timsOMNI instrument | The Bruker timsOmni™ is a cutting-edge mass spectrometer that features a dual Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry (TIMS) cartridge in conjunction with the sophisticated Omnitrap® fragmentation cell. | Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Mass Spectrometry Lab |
| Bruker TIMSTOF Pro2 with nanoElute 2 | The timsTOF Pro 2 is a high-resolution accurate mass instrument that combines trapped ion mobility (TIMs) with quadrupole and time-of-flight mass analyzers. TIMs and parallel accumulation serial fragmentation (PASEF®) technology provide extremely high MS/MS speed and sensitivity using minimal sample amounts and PASeR real-time database identification. This MS is coupled to a Bruker nanoElute LC and is used for proteomic applications, such as label-free quantitation. | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core |
| Bruker TIMSTOF Ultra2 with EvoSep One | The TIMSTOF Ultra2 is a dedicated instrument for sub-nanogram and single-cell proteomics. It is coupled to an EvoSep One system for rapid semi-automated cleanup and injection of up to 80 unlabeled single cells per calendar day. When employing multiplexed reagents the system can analyze up to 700 single cells per day after suitable inter- and intra-batch quality control and assurance standards. Single-cell isolation and digestion can be performed using a Tecan Uno system for less complex mixtures of dissociated cells. Single cells can also be isolated and pre-processed using our provided protocol for delivery or shipment to the core for analysis. | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core |
| Bruker Venture Duo Diffractometer | X-Ray Diffraction Facility | |
| Bruker X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) | The Bruker D8 Dsicover SRD instrument is an easy, failsafe system which uses third generation Göbel Mirrors to provide maximal X-Ray flux density, which is essential for all thin film applications. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Bruker X8 Prospector Ultra | The Bruker X8 Prospector Ultra is a high-performance single-crystal X-ray diffractometer (SC-XRD) optimized for chemical crystallography and structural biology. | Dietrich School Materials X-ray Crystallography Facility |
| Caliber RS-G4 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Cambridge Research Systems BOLDFonic AudioFile | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Cambridge Research Systems BOLDScreen | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Cary 5000 UV-vis-NIR | The Cary 5000 is a research grade dual-beam UV-vis-NIR spectrophotometer (180-3200nm) with enhanced light throughput and detector sensitivity. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| CEM Corporation Liberty Blue HT12 Automated Microwave synthesizer | Peptide and Peptoid Synthesis Core | |
| CH - AFM - Bruker-Icon-VI | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Allied E-Prep 4x Grinder / Polisher | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Allied Epoxy Vacuprep System | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Buehler VibroMet 2 Vibratory Polisher | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Dicing Saw | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - DSC 250 - Differential Scanning Calorimeter | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - e-Beam Evaporator Thermionics | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Ellipsometer | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - EPMA - Electron Microprobe | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - FIB-SEM_FEI Scios Dual Beam | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Horiba LabRAM Soleil Raman Microscope | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Parylene Deposition Coater PDS 2010 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - PDMS Preparation Area | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Plasma Cleaner_P.I.E Tergeo EM | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - SEM - FEI Apreo | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - SEM-ZEISS Sigma500 VP | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - Sputter Coater Denton | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - STA 6000 - Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer (TGA/DSC) | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - TEM - Hitachi 9500 ETEM | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - TEM - JEOL JEM2100F | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - TEM - Thermo Scientific Titan Themis G2 200 TEM | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - UV-Vis Optical Microscope | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - XPS ULVAC-PHI Genesis | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - XRD - Bruker D8 XRD system | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - XRD Malvern PANAlytical Empyrean | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CH - XRF MALVERN EPSILON 1 XRF analyzer | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| Chemagic 360 24-head automated nucleic acid extraction instrument by Perkin Elmer | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Chemagic 360 96-head automated nucleic acid extraction instrument by Perkin Elmer | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Columbus Instruments Hot Plate (1 unit) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| CosMx Schedule | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Coulbourn Instruments Rat Open Field (4 chambers) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Covaris M220 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| CR - Anric Technologies AT410 ALD | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Deposition System e-Beam Plassys | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Deposition System Sputter Angstrom | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Deposition System Thermal Evaporation Angstrom | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - EBL - Beamer, data prep | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - EBL - EBPG5150, 100kV | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - FS - Zeiss Axio Lab.A1 Optical Microscope #1 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - FS - Zeiss Axio Lab.A1 Optical Microscope #2 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - HMDS Prim Oven; YES-3DR | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Hood; Acid | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Hood; Litho 1 w/ Spinner, optical | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Hood; Litho 2 w/ Spinner, ebeam | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Hood; Litho 3 Developing | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - ICP RIE Chlorine System PlasmaTherm APEX | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - ICP RIE Fluorine System PlasmaTherm APEX | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Inspection SEM - Zeiss GeminiSEM 360 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Inspection SEM - Zeiss GeminiSEM 360SEM-ZEISS Sigma500 VP | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Keyence VHX - X1 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Keyence VK - X3000 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Mask Aligner; Quintel | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Maskless Aligner; MLA100 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Maskless Aligner; MLA150 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Nanoscribe Photonic Professional | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Optical Microscope | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - PECVD | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Physics - Deposition System Sputter e-Beam AJA | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Plasma Asher- March PX500 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - RIE - Reactive Ion Etcher | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - RTA - Solaris | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Surface Profiler DektakXT | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Thin Film Analyzer Filmetrics F40 | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Tube furnace | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| CR - Ultratech Fiji ALD | Petersen Institute of NanoScience & Engineering NanoScale Fabrication & Characterization Facility | |
| Cressington 108Auto | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Cressington 108Carbon/A | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Cryostat | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| CryoStat - Currently not available beginning 5.13.2024 due to repairs needed. | Common Instruments | |
| CSS Autoclave | Consolidated Stills and Sterilizers 260L Autoclave. This instrument is used for the sterilization of biological media and dry goods. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Current Designs Birtch Response Hardware | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Cytek Aurora | Cell Cytometry and Sorting Core at Magee-Womens Research Institute | |
| Cytek Aurora CS Sorter | 5-laser full spectrum cell sorter with 64 fluorescence detectors + 3 scatter channels for high-resolution multicolor sorting (40+ colors). | Rangos Flow Cytometry Core |
| Cytek Aurora Cytometer | 5-laser full spectrum flow cytometer with 64 fluorescence detectors + 3 scatter channels. | Rangos Flow Cytometry Core |
| Cytek Aurora Evo - Assembly | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Data Analysis Workstation | FlowJo and SpectroFlo software for post-acquisition analysis of flow cytometry data. | Rangos Flow Cytometry Core |
| Data Sciences International (DSI) Wireless Telemetry System (12 receivers) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| ddPCR | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| ddPCR (digital droplet PCR) | Common Instruments | |
| DF Vasconcellos Colposcopy | Magee-Womens Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| Differential Scanning Calorimeter | The Perkin Elmer Pyris 6 DSC is used to measure the thermodynamic parameters associated with phase transitions including melting, crystalliation, and glass transitions. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| EchoMRI EchoMRI body composition analyzer (1 system) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Electron Beam Lithography System: Raith EBPG5150 100kV | The EBPG5150 Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) System is an ultra-high performance e-beam writer for nanodevice fabrication. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Elemental analyzer | EuroVector high temperature elemental analyzer for combustion or pyrolysis sample preparation and determination of elemental and isotopic ratios (C, H, N, and S) of sediments, soils and biological materials. | Pitt Isotope Tracer Lab |
| Elementar Greenhouse Gas Analyzer | This system is fitted with a Elementar Greenhouse Gas Analyzer (GHG, Weigland build), a Gilson autoanalyser and a Norhof Liquid N2 autosampler. | Pitt Isotope Tracer Lab |
| Elementar PrecisION Continuous Flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (CF-IRMS) | The PreciSION continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS) is equipped for measuring masses 15N/14N in N2 and N2O, 13C/ 12C in CO2, 18O/ 16O in N2O, CO2, and CO and 34S/32S (SO2)analysis. | Pitt Isotope Tracer Lab |
| Elementar PyroCube Elemental Analyzer | Elementar Vario PYRO cube CNSO analyzer operated in two different configurations. | Pitt Isotope Tracer Lab |
| EMS850WM Critical point dryer | A gentle drying system that eliminates surface tension effects, preserving fragile nanostructures during liquid removal. | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| epMotion 5075t NGS by Eppendorf | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Epredia Gemini AS Stainer | High-throughput automated slide stainer with a compact dual-level design capable of running up to 12 slide racks simultaneously, featuring an intuitive touchscreen interface and intelligent look-ahead control software for optimal workflow. | McGowan Institute Histology Core |
| Epredia HistoStar Embedding Station | Paraffin tissue embedding workstation with a 5-liter paraffin capacity, cold plate area for 72 base molds, user-adjustable LED lighting, and a large touchscreen display for temperature control, designed for high-throughput embedding workflows. | McGowan Institute Histology Core |
| Epredia HM525 Cryostat | High-performance routine cryostat with chamber temperature control down to –35°C, 27 cooled specimen positions, and an integrated Peltier element cooling four fast-freeze stations to –55°C, | McGowan Institute Histology Core |
| Espo Slide printer | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Ethovision Olfactory Habituation/Dishabituation task for mice | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| EVOS M7000 Imaging System | Fully automated inverted fluorescence microscope supporting multi-channel fluorescence and transmitted light imaging, with automated X/Y scanning stage, Z-stack, tile-stitch, and time-lapse capabilities for a wide range of imaging applications. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| Fiji 200 Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition (PE-ALD) | The Ultratech Fiji G2 plasma system is a high-vacuum atomic layer deposition system with the capacity to deposit thin films to an atomically specified thickness. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Filmetrics F40 Thin Film Analyzer | The Filmetrics F40 Thin-Film Analyzer is a tabletop tool capable of quick and reliable measurement of thickness and optical constants (n and k) of transparent thin films. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Fischer Scientific Centrifuge | Magee-Womens Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| Fisher Ultrasonic Processor | The Fiaher 500 ultrasonic processor uses ultrasound to process solutions. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Fluorescence Microscope | The Olympus BX-51WI microscope can be employed for brightfield or fluorescence imaging up to 1000x with image collection using a thermoelectrically cooled CCD camera. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Flywheel | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| FMT2500 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Fortessa 12 | The VMI FORTESSA is equipped with 4 lasers running Diva 8/Windows 7. Lasers: 355 20mW Trigon (UV), 405 100mW Octagon (violet), 488 100mW Octagon (blue), 640 100mW Trigon (red). 15 Parameters. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Fortessa 7S | The FORTESSA is equipped with 4 lasers 488 (blue), 640 (red), 405 (violet), 561 (Green), for a total of 13 fluorescent parameters, running on Diva 8/Windows 7. Lasers: 405 100mW Trigon, 488 20mW Trigon, 561 100mW Octagon, 640 40mW Trigon. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Fortessa Assembly | The FORTESSA is equipped with 5 lasers 488 (blue), 640 (red), 405 (violet), 532 (Green), 355 (UV) for a total of 16 fluorescent parameters, running on Diva 8/Windows 7. Lasers: 405 100mW Trigon, 488 50mW Octagon, 532 150mW Octagon, 640 100mW Trigon, 355 20mW Trigon. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Fragment Analyzer by Agilent | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Fuji/Visualsonics Vevo 3100 | The Fuji/Visualsonics Vevo 3100 is a state-of-the-art high-resolution ultrasound imaging machine used to perform ultrasounds on small animals. | Small Animal Ultrasonography Core Facility |
| Fujifilm Diamatrix Materials Printer | The Diamatrix materials printer is a inkjet printer designed for the controlled deposition of materials onto a substrate surface up to 25mm thick. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| G.E. Healthcare FASTlab fluorine-18 incorporation platform | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center | |
| G.E. Healthcare TRACERLab FX MeI gas-phase [11C]methyl-iodide system | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center | |
| Gamma Counter | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Gas Chromatograph - Chiral | The Agilent 6850A Network Gas chromatograph is equipped with a FID detector and autosampler for automated detection of general organic molecules. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Gas Chromatograph - Routine | The Agilent 6850A Network Gas chromatograph is equipped with a FID detector and autosampler for automated detection of general organic molecules. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Gator Biolayer Interferometer | The GatorBio Pilot BLI system measures the binding interactions of molecules for quantitative analysis or characterization of binding and dissociation kinetics (k-on and k-off, giving KD). | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| GE EKG Machine | Magee-Womens Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| GE LOGIQ S8 Ultrasound | UPMC Montefiore University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| GE Medical 12 Lead EKG MAC 5500 | UPMC Montefiore University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| GE Ultrasound | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| GeneTitan by ThermoFisher | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| GeoMx DSP | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Gleeble 3500-GTC system | MMCL | |
| GPC | The Waters GPC is used to determine the size of polymers using gel-permeation chromatography. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Heidelberg MLA100 Direct Write Lithographer | The Heidelberg Direct Write Lithography system is a flexible, high resolution photolithography tool for direct writing. The MLA100 automatically detects the perimeter of the sample and uses a digital mask to sequentially expose smaller pattern fields to yield a unified design. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Heidelberg MLA150 Direct Write Lithographer | The Maskless Aligner MLA 150 is a state-of-the-art Maskless Lithography tool. Areas of application include nanofabrication of quantum devices (2D materials, semiconductor materials, nanowires, etc.) MEMS, micro-optical elements, sensors, actuators, MOEMS and other devices for materials and life sciences. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Helium Leak Detector | This instrument is used in labs to detect helium leaks. We lend this instrument out for use. | Machine Shop |
| Hesse BondJet BJ855 Automatic Wire Bonder | Fully automated, high-speed fine wire bonder designed for precision, repeatability, and high throughput. | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| Hillman Gallium Generator | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Hitachi H9500 Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope (ETEM) | The Hitachi H-9500 E-TEM is a microscope specifically designed for in situ observations at environmental conditions up to 10-2 Pa. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Hokanson MD6 Doppler | UPMC Montefiore University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| Home brew Meso-Spim benchtop | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Home brew Meso-Spim gen 5 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Home built STORM | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Horiba Fluoromax 3 | The Fluoromax 3 fluorescence spectrometer has a practical working range of 190-900nm. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Horiba Raman/AIST AFM | The Horiba Scientific XploRA/SmartSPM confocal TERS system marries a high-sensitivity Raman spectrometer with a high-resolution AIST scanning probe/atomic force microscope, allowing for the cospatial collection of Raman vibrational spectra and AFM images. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Horiba UVISEL Plus Spectroscopic Ellipsometer | The HORIBA UVISEL Plus Spectroscopic Ellipsometer is a unique instrument that features a photoelastic device which modulates the polarization without any mechanical movement. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Horizontal Bandsaw | Machine Shop | |
| HQ2D MOT Motorized Transfer Station | High-precision motorized transfer station for manipulation and assembly of low-dimensional materials. | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| IITC Hargreaves’ Test Table | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| IITC, TouchTest Von Frey Test Table & Calibrated Filaments | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Illumina MiSeq | Compact benchtop sequencing system with an output range of 540 Mb–15 Gb and max read length of 2×300 bp, supporting applications including targeted gene sequencing, amplicon sequencing, small genome sequencing, and 16S metagenomics analysis. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| Illumina MiSeq | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| Illumina NextSeq 500 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| Illumina Nextseq2000 | Benchtop genomic sequencer supporting a range of sequencing applications with scalable output up to 540 Gb, high data quality (≥90% bases above Q30), and integrated DRAGEN Bio-IT secondary analysis. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| Image Analysis Workstation | A robust image analysis workstation with Nikon's Nis-element software and Abbelight Neo analysis (super resolution analysis) | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Image Analysis Workstations | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| ImageStream | Imaging Cytopmeter: Lasers: 488nm 200mW - 561nm 200mW - 375nm 70mW - 405nm 175mW - 642nm 150mW - 785nm Dark Field Laser | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| Incucyte S3 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Innova Shaking Incubator | The NBS 400 Innova shaking incubator is used for growing bacterial cultures under constant temperature and with constant aeration by shaking. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Intel Xeon Gold 6248R (Cascade Lake) | Center for Research Computing and Data | |
| Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y (Ice Lake) | Center for Research Computing and Data | |
| Inveon PET/CT scanner | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Invitrogen Qubit 4.0 | Fluorometer for fast, highly accurate quantitation of DNA, RNA, and protein in less than three seconds per sample, with the ability to also measure RNA integrity and quality. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| Invitrogen Qubit FLEX | Multiplex fluorometer capable of measuring up to eight samples simultaneously for highly accurate quantification of DNA, RNA, microRNA, protein, and endotoxin. | Health Sciences Sequencing Core at Children’s Hospital |
| iScan System by Illumina | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| IsoPrime 100 Continuous Flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (CF-IRMS) | A continuous flow GV Instruments IsoPrime™ stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer with universal triple collector. | Pitt Isotope Tracer Lab |
| IsoPrime 100 Dual Inlet Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (DI-IRMS) | GV Instruments (Micromass) IsoPrime™ stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer with universal triple collector and additional H/D assembly. | Pitt Isotope Tracer Lab |
| Itamar EndoPAT machine and software | UPMC Montefiore University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| IVIF Technician Time | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| IVIS Lumina X5 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| IVIS Lumina XR | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| IVIS200 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Jasco Circular Dichroism | The Jasco J-710 circular dichroism spectrophotometer is used to measure the difference in electronic absorption. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Jasco P-2000 polarimeter | The Jasco P-2000 is a polarimeter for measuring the optical activity of compounds at specific wavelength, typically the sodium D-line at 589nm. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| JEOL 1400 FLASH | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| JEOL 1400 TEM | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| JEOL Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA) | This EPMA’s field emission electron gun produces a probe that is only 1/2 to 1/10 the size of that produced in a thermionic emission electron gun in a conventional EPMA, using a tungsten filament or a LaB6 tip. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| JEOL JEM-2100F Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) | The Joel JEM2100F is a high resolution TEM which combines routine atomic resolution imaging of crystal lattices via coherent electron scattering or phase contrast (TEM) with incoherent electron scattering (or Z-contrast) in the scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) mode. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| JEOL JFD-V-TP | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| JEOL JSM-6390LV Scanning Electron Microscope | This tungsten filament SEM utilizes a tilting and rotating mechanical stage. It incorporates low vacuum back-scattered electron imaging for acquisition of high-resolution images of non-conductive, unprocessed samples. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Kendro TC-7 Centrifuge | The Kendro TC-7 centrifuge is a low speed swinging bucket centrifuge for 15 and 50mL tubes (such as Falcon tubes). It's maximum speed is 3200 xG and the instrument is refrigerated. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| KenTik RQF-1 Quench Flow | KenTik RQF-1 quench flow system for the isolation of transient intermediates on a sub-second time scale using controlled volume reaction loops and cryogenic freezing. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Keyence VHX-X1 Digital Microscope | The Keyence VHX-7020, is a high-performance digital microscope system that supports a wide range of advanced features, is specifically adapted for surface inspection applications, and is suitable for diverse collection of sample types. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Keyence VK -X3000 3D Surface Profiler | The Keyence VK-X3000 microscope is a highly advanced 3D surface profiler that offers a range of applications and features designed for precise surface measurement and analysis. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Labconco Lyophilizer | The Labconco Freezone 6 lyophilizer is used to remove solvents from samples via sublimation. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| LaFayette Instruments Bussey-Saksida Touchscreen Chambers (16 chambers) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| LaFayette Life Sciences Wireless Running Wheels (40 individual) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Langmuir Blodgett Trough | The KSV Langmuir-Blodget (LB) trough is used to prepare mono- and multilayer samples deposited on planar substrates. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Laser Flash Analyzer (LFA) 427 Netzsch | MMCL | |
| Lathe | Machine Shop | |
| Leica 3X STED | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Leica Aperio CS2 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| Leica Aperio CS2 Slide Scanner | Leica Aperio CS2 Slide Scanner is an ultra-compact, desktop digital pathology system. | Rangos Histology Core |
| Leica Autostainer | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Leica Autostainer 480 | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Leica Bond Max | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Leica CM185OUV | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Leica Coverslip CV5030 | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Leica EM CPD030 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Leica EM FSP | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Leica EM PACT2 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Leica Histocore | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Leica Leica CM1850UV Cryostat | The Leica CM1850 UV Cryostat is a clinical and research-grade laboratory instrument designed for rapid freezing and precise sectioning of tissue samples. | Rangos Histology Core |
| Leica Leica RM2235 Microtome | The Leica RM2235 is a manual rotary microtome designed for precision tissue slicing. | Rangos Histology Core |
| Leica Leica SP8 confocal | The Cell Imaging Core Laboratory at John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center | |
| Leica Leica Stellaris confocal | The Cell Imaging Core Laboratory at John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center | |
| Leica LMD 7000 | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Leica Microtome | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Leica Peloris II | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Leica SP5 Confocal & 2-photon | A fully automated upright confocal and two-photon system. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Leica SP8 Confocal | The SP8 is a fully automated upright laser scanning confocal microscope that is capable of tunable emission spectral detection. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Leica ST5020 and CV5030 | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Leica Stellaris Confocal Microscope | The Stellaris platform offers advanced photon-counting detectors (HyD), high-speed scanning, robust spectral imaging, 3D reconstruction, live-cell capabilities, and a streamlined LAS X acquisition interface suited for both routine and quantitative imaging applications. | Magee Women’s Research Institute Confocal Core |
| Leica Stereoscope | A stereoscope that allows both fluorescent and birght field imaging. Equipt with a colored camera that also allows viewing of fluorescence signals | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Leica THUNDER | Common Instruments | |
| LI-COR Odyssey gel reader | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center | |
| Li-Cor at HCC | Common Instruments | |
| Li-Cor at MWRI | Common Instruments | |
| LI-COR Biosciences Odyssey CLx | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF) | |
| LightCyclers by Roche | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Live Microinjections | The micro-injection system is the automated image-guided precision micro-injection system provides a simple and efficient method for injections or extraction procedures. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Logos Biosystems Luna-FX7 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| Low-temperature Lyophilizer | The low-temperature lyophilizer is used to remove solvents via sublimation from samples under vacuum. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| LSR 15 | The LSR II is equipped with 5 lasers running on Diva 8/Windows 7. Lasers: 355 60mW Trigon (UV), 405 50mW Trigon (violet), 488 20mW Trigon (blue), 532 150mW Octagon (green), 633 40mW Trigon (red). 15 Parameters. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| LSR Assembly | The LSR II is equipped with 5 lasers running on Diva 8/Windows 7. Lasers: 355 20mW Trigon (UV), 405 50mW Trigon (violet), 488 20mW Trigon (blue), 532 150mW Octagon (green), 640 100mW Trigon (red). 15 parameters. | Unified Flow Core Facility |
| M-Braun glovebox | Argon-filled inert environment for handling and storing air-sensitive materials, with an integrated freezer. | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| Made in-house Rat Gait | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Malvern ITC-200 | The Malvern ITC-200 isothermal titration calorimeter is used to measure the thermodynamics of molecule-molecule interactions. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Malvern ZS90 Zetasizer Nano | The Malvern zetasizer nano dynamic light scattering instrument is used to measure the size of particles in solution in the range of approximately 1nm up to 5um in diameter. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Mask Aligner – Quintel Q4000 MA | The Quintel Q4000 MA Mask Aligner is an efficient and adaptable photolithographic tool. It supports both vacuum and contact printing and effectively exposes both partial and whole substrates up to 100mm (4”) diameter. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Micro-CT Bruker Skyscan 1272 | MMCL | |
| Microfluidic Processor | The microfluidic processor used high pressure compressed air to force solution through small holes in a metal die. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Microm Microtome | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Microplate Reader | Common Instruments | |
| Microscope Keyence VHX 7000N | MMCL | |
| Microscope Keyence VHX 970 | MMCL | |
| Microscope Zeiss SmartZoom 5 | MMCL | |
| Microtome cryostat | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Miltenyi GentleMACS octo | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| MIPM Tesla M3 | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| MiSeqDX by Illumina | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Motic Stereo Microscope | Stereomicroscope with video and still photo capability. Zoom up to 40x (60x with optional Barlow lens). Can also perform darkfield and polarization microscopy. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Mouse Specifics, Inc DigiGait (1 machine) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| MR200 micro diamond scriber | A precision wafer scriber used for controlled cutting and preparation of silicon substrates for device fabrication. | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| MSD MESO QuickPlex SQ | CFAR Core F: Systems Biology and Biostatistics | |
| Muffle Furnace | The Thermoline fuffle furnace reaches temperatures up to 1100C and is used for thermal annealing, ashing, and similar applications. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Multimode microscope | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Multimode widefield TIRF microscope | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| MVE LN2 tank | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Nanoscribe 3D Lithography System | The Nanoscribe Photonic Professional is an easy-to-operate table-top laser lithography system that enables the fabrication of true three-dimensional nanostructures using commercially available photoresists. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| NBS Floor Shaker | The New Brunswick G25 shaking incubator is used to grow bacterial culture under controlled temperature and aeration conditions. It has a larger volume than the Innova 400 incubator. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| nCounter | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Nikon 90i Upright microscope | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon A1 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon A1R | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon A1R | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon A1R Confocal & TIRF | A fully automated inverted confocal and TIRF system. Capable for live and fixed sample imaging. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Nikon A1R confocal microscope | The A1R provides resonant scanning capability, standard and high-speed imaging, single-plane acquisition, Z-stacks, and 3D reconstruction, supported by offline Volocity imaging software. | Magee Women’s Research Institute Confocal Core |
| Nikon A1RS | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon AKR | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon AX | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon AX Confocal - Assembly | Common Instruments | |
| NIkon Bioslide | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon CREST | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon Eclipse Ni-E | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Nikon iPOL | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon N-Sparc | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon Ni-E Upright - Assembly | Common Instruments | |
| Nikon NiE upright | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon Sweptfield | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon Ti | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| Nikon Ti inverted live cell system | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Nikon Ti system | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Noldus, Omnitech Y-mazes (2 arenas) with infrared backlit video tracking, Social Approach chambers (2 arenas) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Novaseq 6000 by Illumina | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| NovaSeq X Plus by Illumina | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Novocontrol Concept 80 Dielectric Impedance Spectrometer | Dielectric, conductivity, and impedance spectrometer with broad range temperature control from -160C to 400C with +/- 0.01C temperature stability. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| O-link O-link Targeted Q100 | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | |
| Offline Data Processing | We offer free training for data analysis as well as data analysis for a fee. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Olink® Signature Q100 | Olink® Signature Q100 is a dedicated system specifically designed for readout of Olink® Target (96 & 48-plex), Olink® Flex (15–21 chosen assays) and Olink® Focus (custom design) protein biomarker panels. Olink® Signature Q100 will measure targeted proteins either quantitatively or relatively using only 1 microliter of plasma or serum. | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core |
| Olympus Abbelight Super Resolution Microscope-STORM | A fully automated inverted STORM/PALM super-resolution microscope. Four laser lines: 405, 488, 561, 647. Equipped with 2 cameras allowing simultaneous acquisition of two STORM channels. Resolution: 20 nm | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Olympus BH2 Polarizing Microscope | The Olympus BH2 microscope can be operated in either brightfield or polarization mode using either transmitted or reflected light. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Olympus BX52 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Olympus Confocal | This is a confocal platform that uses multiple cool diode lasers for simultaneous or sequential fluorescent dye imaging of multiple fluorophores. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Olympus Flex Sigmoidoscope | Magee-Womens Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| Olympus FV1000 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Olympus FV3000 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Olympus Multimode | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Olympus Provis | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Olympus SXZ-ILLD100 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Olympus SXZ12 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Olympus VS200 | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Omnitech Mouse Accuscan Open Field (12 chambers), with Light/Dark inserts (6 inserts) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Omnitech Rat Accuscan Open Field system (8 chambers) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Optimized Radiochemical Applications (ORA) Neptis radiosynthesis systems | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center | |
| Orbitrap Exploris 240 Mass Spectrometer with Vanquish Flex UHPLC by ThermoFisher | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Oxford Triton DR200 Dilution Refrigerator | A cryogen-free dilution refrigerator reaching temperatures down to ~20 mK with a 7 T magnet. | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| Oxidation/Annealing Tube Furnace | Across International Tube furnace for silicon wafers oxidation and samples annealing. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Ozone Cleaner | The ozone cleaner uses a combination of ozone and UV light to clean organic contamination deposited on surfaces. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Packard LSC | The Packard 2000TR liquid scintillation counter (LSC) is used to quantify low-energy radioisotopes, especially alpha and beta emitters. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| PANalytical Empyrean X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) | The Empyrean X-ray diffraction analysis system is intended for use in a wide variety of analytical X-ray diffraction applications. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| PANalytical Epsilon x-Ray Fluroescence (XRF) | The Epsilon energy-dispersive (XRF) benchtop spectrometer that performs non-destructive analysis of elements from Na (11) to Am (95) in a variety of different sample types, including solids, liquids, pressed and loose powders, slurries and filters. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Panlab Multipurpose Maze Arena w/ video tracking | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Parylene Deposition Coater | The Parylene Deposition Coater PDS 2010 applies conformal Parylene coatings to components such as circuit boards, sensors, wafers, medical devices, MEMS and elastomeric components for research, development, and repairs. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| PerkinElmer FMT | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| PerkinElmer IVIS Lumina X5 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| PerkinElmer IVIS Lumina XR | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| PerkinElmer Wizard 2 Gamma Counter | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Philips HD11 XE | Clinical grade ultrasound system for larger animals. The HD11 XE is a complete, digital imaging system that delivers high-definition imaging and ease-of-use in a compact | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Plasma Asher (March500) | The March PX-500 Plasma Asher is a highly versatile plasma etch tool that can etch using a direct plasma configuration, a downstream plasma, and a directional plasma (Reactive Ion Etch). | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| PlasmeTherm APEX ICP-RIE Etcher Chlorine | The Plasma-Therm APEX ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) RIE Chlorine Etch is an etching system which uses chlorine based chemistries to etch metal films and compound semiconductors. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| PlasmeTherm APEX ICP-RIE Etcher Fluorine | The Plasma-Therm APEX ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) RIE Fluorine Etch is an etching system which uses Fluorine based chemistries to etch Si, SiO2, SiN and other materials. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Plassys E-Beam Evaporation System | The Plassys Electron Beam Evaporator MEB550S is a state of the art physical vapor deposition tool that uses an intense electron beam to vaporize a source material under high vacuum, offering a wide range of well-controlled deposition rates for a variety of materials. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Precipoint Fritz | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Precision Cell Xray Irradiator | Common Instruments | |
| Precision CellRad+ Xray Irradiator | Common Instruments | |
| Precision SmART+ small animal X-ray irradiator | Common Instruments | |
| Profilometer Bruker Contour GT-I | MMCL | |
| Profilometer Keyence VR-3200 | MMCL | |
| PST Celeritas Response Hardware | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| PST MoTrak | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Quantum Design Magnetic Property Measurement System (MPMS 3) | A fully automated magnetic property measurement system covering a wide range of temperature (1.8 - 400 K) and magnetic field (-7 to 7T). | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| Quantum Design Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) | A fully automated physical property measurement system covering a wide range of temperature (50 mK to 400 K) and magnetic field (-12 to 12 T). | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| Qubit 4 Fluorescence | The Qubit 4 fluorescence spectrometer is used for the rapid quantification of DNA, RNA, and proteins using reagent kits. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Qubit by Invitrogen | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Quipu Edge detection software for Ultrasound scans | UPMC Montefiore University Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| Radio HPLC | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Radiochemistry Lab | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Raman Microscope: HORIBA LabRAM Soleil | The LabRAM Soleil is a state-of-the-art, user-friendly Raman microscope developed by HORIBA Scientific. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Rapid Thermal Annealer (Solaris 100) | The SSI Solaris100 is a Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) system, which uses high intensity visible radiation to heat single wafers for short process periods of time at precisely controlled temperatures. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Raynolds Hoods (Acid, Spinner, Developer) | Acid, Spinner, and Developer hoods. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Refrigerated Centrifuge | Common Instruments | |
| Reichert Ultracut | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Revvity Lumina IVIS S5 | In Vivo Imaging System (IVIS) enables bioluminescence and fluorescence imaging in live animals, facilitating noninvasive longitudinal monitoring of disease progression, cell trafficking, tumor growth, and gene expression patterns in living animals. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Rodent frailty assessment with core body temperature (mouse and rat) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| S-Sharp Prospect Preclinical High Frequency Ultrasound | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Sakura Tissue Tek TEC Embedding Station | The Tissue-Tek TEC Series by Sakura Finetek is a modular, high-performance paraffin embedding system used to orient tissue specimens and cast high-quality blocks. | Rangos Histology Core |
| Sakura Tissue Tek VIP Tissue Processor | The Sakura Tissue-Tek VIP Tissue Processor is a gold-standard automated vacuum infiltration system to fix, dehydrate, clear, and infiltrate tissue samples with paraffin. | Rangos Histology Core |
| San Diego Instruments Startle Response Chamber (4 chambers) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| SCIEX 4000 LC-MS/MS system | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF) | |
| SCIEX 4000Q LC-MS/MS system | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF) | |
| SCIEX 4500 LC-MS/MS system | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF) | |
| SCIEX 6500+ LC-MS/MS system | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF) | |
| Sciex 6500+ with Vanquish Horizon | The 6500+ mass spectrometer is a low-resolution triple quadrupole instrument that provides ultra-low-level quantitation of complex samples. This instrument is used for targeted analysis of small molecules and lipids. | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core |
| Sciex MS and Thermo LC Sciex 6500+ with Vanquish Horizon | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | |
| See Mossbauer Spectrometer | The See Co Mossbauer spectrometer is used to measure the resonant absorption of gamma ray radiation by an atomic nucleus, namely Fe. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| SEM Phenom XL G2 | MMCL | |
| Sensimetrics S15 | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Sharp CNC Mill | Machine Shop | |
| Sharp Horizontal / Vertical Mill | Machine Shop | |
| Shimadzu Instrument LCMS-2020 | LC-MS system with ESI and APCI ionization (mass range m/z 10–2000, up to 40,000 Da), used for analyzing polar and non-polar organic and bio-organic compounds. | Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Mass Spectrometry Lab |
| Shimadzu Instrument QP2010S GCMS | Electron ionization (EI) GC-MS system with a mass range of m/z 10–900, used for analyzing volatile, non-polar organic and inorganic compounds. | Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Mass Spectrometry Lab |
| Siemens 20 Channel Head Coil | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Siemens 32 Channel Head Coil | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Siemens 64 Channel Head Coil | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Siemens 7T | Magnetic Resonance Research Center | |
| Siemens Biograph mCT Flow PET/CT scanner | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center | |
| Siemens Body Coil | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Siemens ECAT HR + PET Scanner | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center | |
| Siemens Eclipse HP Cyclotron (11 MeV) | Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Research Center | |
| Siemens Inveon CT/SPECT/PET | Our multi-modal Siemens Inveon system is capable of doing micro-CT, SPECT, and PET in an integrated system. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Siemens Inveon MM PET/CT Scanner | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center In Vivo Imaging Facility (IVIF) | |
| Siemens Knee Coil | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Siemens Magnetom Prisma | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Siemens Surface Coil | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| Sonic Dismembrator | Common Instruments | |
| Sonifier | Common Instruments | |
| Sono Vol Vega 4D | The SonoVol Vega 4D Robotic Ultrasound System offers an integrated system design that incorporates the ultrasound components, image guidance, and computer controls for fully automated whole-body 4D high-resolution mouse imaging in minutes. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Sony MA900 | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| Sony MA900-Assembly | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Sony MA900-Hillman | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| SP Scientific SP Virtis Benchtop Pro Freeze Dryer | Peptide and Peptoid Synthesis Core | |
| Speedvac Concentrator | The speedvac concentratior is used for drying biological samples under vacuum and heat to remove solvent. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Sputter Coater | A gold sputter coater for SEM sample preparation. This equipment is free to use when you use our SEM for imaging. All users must be trained first. Customers are encouraged to buy their own target other than gold. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| SR Research Ltd. Eyelink 1000 plus | CMU-Pitt Brain Imaging Data Generation & Education Center | |
| STA 6000 - Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer (TGA/DSC) | The STA 6000 Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer offers real-time measurement and analysis of sample weight change and heat flow. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Staff Assisted Procedures | There is a dedicated hot animal holding room to temporarily house post-PET or post-SPECT animals for 5 half-lives of the radioactive tracers before the animals can be allowed to return to home housing rooms. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Stellar Mass Spectrometers with Vanquish Neo UHPLC by ThermoFisher | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Stoelting Stereotaxic frame and drill | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Stress-induced Hyperthermia test for mice | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Striatech Optodrum (1 chamber) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Superspeed Centrifuge at HCC 2.4 | Common Instruments | |
| Superspeed Refrigerated Centrifuge at HCC 2.15 | Common Instruments | |
| Superspeed Refrigerated Centrifuge at HCC G.20 | Common Instruments | |
| Surface Profiler: Bruker DektakXT | The Bruker Dektak-XT is a semi-automated stylus profiler that can be used to measure step height with better than 5 Å repeatability, surface roughness, as well as 3D surface mapping. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Surface Tension | The KSV surface tension measurement system is used to measure liquid surface tensions or interfacial tensions using the Wihelmy plate method. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Surgical Suite Renting | Our core has a fully equipped surgical suite for rodent surgery and procedures. It is equipped with a Zeiss surgical microscope, a stereotactic apparatus, a rodent ventilator, surgical lights, an anesthesia machine, a body warmer and an infusion pump | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| Synergy by BioTek | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| TA Instruments Discovery DSC250 Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) | The TA Instruments Discovery DSC250 is a Differential Scanning Calorimeter with a 54 position Autosampler and an RCS90 Refrigerated Cooling System. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| TA Q800 Dynamic Mechancial Analyser | The TA Q800 DMA is used to measure mechanical and viscoelastic properties of materials at various temperatures and under oscillating stress. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Tanita Body Composition Anlyzers | Magee-Womens Hospital Clinical and Translational Research Center | |
| Tecan Fluent 780 by Tecan | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Tecan Freedom EVO 150 by Tecan | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Tecan Group Lrd. Spark | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cancer Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Facility (CPPF) | |
| Tecan Infinite 200 Pro by Tecan | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Tecan Spark | Common Instruments | |
| TEM- Hitachi 7800 | This tungsten filament TEM is capable of 120 KV accelerating voltage imaging. It is equipped with two cameras. One for large field of view fast acquisition, the other one is a direct-mounting AMT camera for high resolution image acquisition. HC and HR modes allow high contrast and high-resolution imaging. | Microscopy and Imaging Suite |
| Thermo Scientific Microm HM 355S Microtome | Motorized heavy-duty automated rotary microtome designed for all applications of paraffin, semi-thin, and hard specimens in clinical, research, and industrial labs. | McGowan Institute Histology Core |
| Thermo Autostainer 360 | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Thermo Bigfoot | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Cytometry Facility (CF) | |
| Thermo Cryotome FE | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| Thermo Embedding station | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Thermo Evolution 600 | The Thermo Evolution 600 UV-vis spectrophotometer is a dual-beam spectrophotometer with a wavelength range of 190-900nm. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Thermo Exploris 240 with Vanquish Horizon | The Exploris 240 is a high-resolution accurate-mass hybrid instrument that combines a high-performance quadrupole for precursor ion selection with an Orbitrap mass analyzer. This instrument is coupled to a Vanquish Horizon UHPLC and is primarily used for small molecule applications. | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core |
| Thermo Fisher ESCALAB 250 Xi XPS | Capabilities include XPS, UPS, ISS, REELS, imaging XPS, small spot XPS, temperature control of sample (77-1000K), gas dosing, angle resolved XPS (ARXPS). | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Thermo Fisher Oribtrap Exploris 240 | The Orbitrap Exploris 240 mass spectrometer provides the power and flexibility needed for advanced discovery and identification, as well as the precise, accurate measurements required for large-scale studies | Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Mass Spectrometry Lab |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Aquilos 2 | The Aquilos 2 is a cryo-FIB (focused ion beam) mill used for preparing thin, electron-transparent lamellae for high-resolution cellular cryo-electron tomography on the Krios. | Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Krios 3Gi | The Titan Krios 3Gi is used for collecting large datasets of high-resolution images of protein complexes from which structures can be solved to 2 Ångstroms and better. | Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Tecnai T12 | The Tecnai T12 operates at 120 kVolts and is equipped with an LaB6 electron source and a Gatan Orius CCD camera. | Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Tecnai TF20 | The Tecnai TF20 operates at 200 kVolt and is equipped with a field emission gun and a TVIPS XF416 CMOS camera. | Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Vitrobot Mk 4 | The Thermo Scientific Vitrobot Mark IV System offers semi-automated vitrification to provide fast, easy, and reproducible sample preparation for cryo-EM. | Cryo-Electron Microscopy Core Facility |
| Thermo IDX with Vanquish Horizon | The ID-X is a high-resolution, MSn-capable, accurate-mass tribrid mass spectrometer for small molecule and lipid identification and characterization. This mass spectrometer is coupled to a Vanquish Horizon UHPLC and is primarily utilized for lipidomic applications. | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core |
| Thermo iS50 FTIR/VCD/PMIRRAS | The Thermo Fisher iS50 FTIR is a research grade step-scan FTIR for the analysis of the vibrational spectra of organic and inorganic compounds. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Thermo Microtome | Histology & Micro-Imaging Core | |
| Thermo Nexus 6700 FTIR and Continuum microscope | The Nexus 6700 FTIR is a research grade FTIR spectrometer operating in the mid-IR range. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Thermo QE HFX with Vanquish Neo | The QE-HFX is a hybrid mass spectrometer that combines a high-resolution, accurate-mass Orbitrap mass analyzer and high-performance quadrupole precursor ion selection making it possible to identify, quantify and confirm analytes of interest in a single analysis. The QE-HFX is utilized for both proteomics and small molecule applications. | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core |
| Thermo Scientific Altis | Small Molecule Biomarker Core | |
| Thermo Scientific EVO 7000 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| Thermo Scientific Exelsior AS Processor | Automated enclosed tissue processor with high cassette capacity supporting up to 300 cassettes per run, featuring automatic reagent rotation and quality monitoring, patented downdraft ventilation for operator safety, and compatibility with xylene-free protocols. | McGowan Institute Histology Core |
| Thermo Scientific Q-Exactive Oribtrap | High-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometer with ESI, APCI, and APPI ionization, used for analyzing organic, bio-organic, and proteomic/metabolomic samples across a wide mass range (m/z 50–6000). | Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Mass Spectrometry Lab |
| Thermo Scientific Quantis Plus | Small Molecule Biomarker Core | |
| Thermo Scientific Thermo Eclipse with RSLCnano | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | |
| Thermo Scientific Thermo Exploris 240 with Vanquish Horizon | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | |
| Thermo Scientific Thermo IDX with Vanquish Horizon | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | |
| Thermo Scientific Thermo QE HFX with Vanquish Neo | Health Sciences Mass Spectrometry Core | |
| Thermo Scientific Vanquish Horizon | Small Molecule Biomarker Core | |
| Thermo slide drying oven | Pitt Biospecimen Core | |
| ThermoFisher Nanodrop | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| ThermoFisher QuantStudio 3 | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| ThermoFisher Qubit | UPMC Hillman Cancer Genomics Facility (CGF) | |
| ThermoFisher Qubit Flex | ||
| ThermoFisher Scios Focused Ion Beam/Scanning Electron Microscope with EDAX EDS/EBSD | The ThermoFisher Apreo HiVac SEM is a Schottky Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) that combines high and low-voltage ultra-high resolution capabilities with an electrostatic lens design. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| ThermoFisher Titan Themis G2 200 Probe Cs Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) | The Thermo Fisher Scientific (formerly FEI) Titan Themis G2 200 Probe Cs Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) is one of the most advanced electron microscopy platforms. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Thermomechnical Analyzer (TMA) 402 F1 Netzsch | MMCL | |
| Tissue Culture Lab | Facility includes Biosafety hoods, inverted microscope, CO2 incubators, surgery hood, liquid nitrogen storage, and Type I water system. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| TissueGnostics automated slide scanning microscopes | Center for Biologic Imaging | |
| Titan 25T Press Brake | Machine Shop | |
| Tri-Carb Liquid Scintillation Counter | Common Instruments | |
| Triboindenter Bruker TI 900 | MMCL | |
| Trion Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) | The Trion Technology Orion III PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) system utilizes plasma to significantly lower the temperatures at which a given film is deposited on a substrate. The Orion III can be used for the controlled deposition of SiNx, SiO2, and SiOxNy films. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Trion Reactive Ion Etcher (RIE) | The Trion Phantom III LT RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) is an etching system which uses fluoride solutions to etch metal films and compound semiconductors. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Tuttnauer Benchtop Autoclave | The Tuttnauer benchtop autoclave is used for the sterilization of media and small volumes of laboratory goods using heat and pressure. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Ugo Basile Rotarod (1 unit) | Preclinical Phenotyping Core | |
| Ultrasound (IVIF-Zhang lab) | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| ULVAC PHI X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS) | PHI GENESIS XPS is the next generation of X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometry (XPS) which gives quantitative elemental composition and chemical state information about the sample surface (top 3 – 10 nm). | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| UV Transluminator | The Fotodyne UV transluminator is used as an ultraviolet light source to effect photochemistry. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Vantage liquid handlers by Hamilton | High Throughput Genomics Core | |
| Vapor Pressure Osmometer | The vapor pressure osmometer (VPO) is used to measure the molecular weight of macromolecules using the temperature drop method from solvent evaporation. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Varioskan LUX Multimode Microplate Reader | CFAR Core F: Systems Biology and Biostatistics | |
| VCA2000 Contact Angle | The video contact angle analyzer is used to measure the hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of surfaces or the surface tension of liquids using the pendent drop method. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Vertical Bandsaw | Machine Shop | |
| Vetscan HM2 | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| Vetscan VS2 | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| Vetscan VSPro | Regional Biocontainment Laboratory | |
| Visual Sonics Vevo 770 | High-resolution ultrasound system for small animals for full cardio, M-mode, B-mode, and contrast mode for tracking and bursting microbubbles. | Rangos Animal Imaging Core |
| VisualSonics Vevo770 Utlrasound | UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Small Animal Multimodal Imaging and Radiotherapeutic Applications (SAMIRA) | |
| Water Bath Incubator | The water bath incubator is used to grow bacterial cultures requiring elevated temperatures. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Waterjet | Machine Shop | |
| Waters 150 HPLC | The Waters 150 HPLC is a dual scale (analytical/preparative) instrument with flow rates up to 150mL/min. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| Waters corporation Acquity I class | Small Molecule Biomarker Core | |
| Waters corporation Waters Alliance e2695 analytical separations module | Peptide and Peptoid Synthesis Core | |
| Waters Corporation Waters Prep HPLC 2535 Quaternary Gradient Module | Peptide and Peptoid Synthesis Core | |
| Wellsbach Ozone Generator | High volume ozone generator for synthetic applications. | Dietrich School Materials Characterization Laboratory |
| West Bond 4KE Wire Bonder | Flexible semi-automatic wire bonding system supporting both wedge and ball bonding, with reliable electrical interconnections across a wide range of device geometries | Western PA Quantum Information Core |
| XRD Rigaku Miniflex 600 | MMCL | |
| YES HMDS Oven | The Trion Phantom III LT RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) is a highly anisotropic and selective etching system which simultaneously uses physical and chemical plasma etching techniques to remove metal films and compound semiconductors. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Zeiss Axio Imager Motorized Optical Microscope | The Axio Imager is an optical microscope equipped with next generation optics that have superb contrast and excellent resolution. The microscope design is optimized for maximum stability and vibration-free work. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Zeiss AXIO Optical Microscope | The Axio Imager is an optical microscope equipped with next generation optics that have superb contrast and excellent resolution. The microscope design is optimized for maximum stability and vibration-free work. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Zeiss Gemini 360 with Oxford EDS and EBSD | The Gemini 360 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) enables high resolution surface examination and analysis. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Zeiss Gemini FE-SEM 360 | The Gemini 360 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) enables high resolution surface examination and analysis. Microscope has integrated navigation camera enables rapid sample loading. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |
| Zeiss LSM 710 confocal | The Cell Imaging Core Laboratory at John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center | |
| Zeiss Sigma 500 VP FE-SEM with Oxford EDS | The Sigma is a field-emission SEM that produces exceptional images at both high and low accelerating voltages. | Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering |