Resources

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.   

Much of today’s advanced research requires access to instruments, facilities, and services that too expensive for individual faculty to obtain and too complicated for individual laboratories to maintain.  Some equipment is sensitive or fragile or uses or produces dangerous chemicals and requires special building designs addressing constraints on floor strength, electromagnetic radiation, vibration, or air handling.  Increasingly, faculty work together on large-scale collaborative research projects, leveraging shared resources that are professionally managed. 

More information on our equipment is available below, details are still being uploaded to this site.  

Equipment

Equipment Name Description
1 – Biomek FXP liquid handler by Beckman Coulter
1 – Chemagic 360 24-head automated nucleic acid extraction instrument by Perkin Elmer
1 – Chemagic 360 96-head automated nucleic acid extraction instrument by Perkin Elmer
1 – GeneTitan by ThermoFisher
1 – iScan System by Illumina
1 – LightCyclers by Roche
1 – MiSeqDX by Illumina
1 – Novaseq 6000 by Illumina
1 – Qubit by Invitrogen
1 – Synergy by BioTek
1 – Tecan Fluent 780 by Tecan
1 – Tecan Freedom EVO 150 by Tecan
1 – Tecan Infinite 200 Pro by Tecan
10X Genomics Chromium Controller
10X Genomics Chromium iX
10x Genomics Chromium Xi
10x Genomics CytAssist
10x Genomics Xenium
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.
2 – epMotion 5075t NGS by Eppendorf
2 – NovaSeq X Plus by Illumina
2 – Orbitrap Exploris 240 Mass Spectrometer with Vanquish Flex  UHPLC by ThermoFisher
2 – Stellar Mass Spectrometers with Vanquish Neo UHPLC by ThermoFisher
3 - Siemens Prisma 3T
3 – Fragment Analyzer by Agilent
3 – Vantage liquid handlers by Hamilton
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.
Abaxis Blood Chemistry Analizer
Abaxis CBC Machine
Adhesive Removal fine motor task for mice
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.
Advanced Analytical 5300 Fragment Analyzer
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.
Agilent Bioanalyzer 2100
Agilent Radio-HPLC
Agilent TapeStation
Agilent Tapestation 4150
Agilent Tapestation 4150
Agilent Technologies 1260 Infinity II HPLC
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.
AJA Three-Chamber Deposition System High-vacuum three chamber system for high-quality superconducting thin film growth.
Allied MultiPrep System-8
AMD EPYC 9374F (Genoa)
Amersham Typhoon 5
Analysis Computer Analysis Copmuter for Spectroflo, FlowJo, and IDEAS software
Anesthesia and Workspace
Angstrom COVAP Thermal Evaporator Four source thermal evaporator.
Angstrom NEXDEP Sputtering System The Angstrom Engineering sputtering system a physical vapor deposition tool designed for rapid deposition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Aria II SORP BD FACSAria II SORP is a highly customizable, high-speed fluorescence-activated cell sorter.
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.
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.
Asymetric Field Flow Fractionator The Consenexus AF4 is used to separate molecules based on size using perpindicular Laminar flows as the retarding force.
Atcor SphygmoCor XCEL Pulse Wave Machine and software
Attune Flow Cytometer The Attune NxT is an easy-operating benchtop flow cytometer developed with acoustic-assisted hydrodynamic focusing technology.
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.
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.
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.
Aurora CS (Cell Sorter) The Aurora CS is equipped with 5 lasers - 488 (blue), 640 (red), 405 (violet), 561 (yellow-green) 355 (UV).
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.
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.
Automated Hardness Tester
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.
BC CytoFlex 6L-Hillman
BC Mosaic
BD Alaris Infusion Pump
BD Biosciences FACSAria
BD Biosciences Fortessa
BD FACSymphony S6
BD Fortessa I ( 4 laser )-Assembly
BD Fortessa II ( 5 laser )-Hillman
BD LSRFortessa Flow Cytometer
BD Rhapsody scRNA-seq Express and Cartridge Scanner
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.
Beckman Coulter CytoFlex 2L
Beckman Coulter CytoFlex 4L
Beckman Coulter MoFlo Astrios
Beckman Coulter UltraCentrifuge
Beckman GS6 Centrifuge The Beckman GS6 centrifuge is used for the isolation of large volumes of materials using a swinging bucket rotor.
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.
Beckman Ultracentrifuge
BioCare slide drying oven
BioDex ATOMLAB 500 Dose Calibrator
Bioflow Fermenter The New Brunswick Bioflow 3000 fermentor is used for either batch production of large volumes of cells (up yo 15L).
BioPac MP150
BioRad Bioplex 200/Luminex XYP
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.
BIOSEB Grip Strength Meter (1 unit)
Biospec BeadBeater
BRIDGE Mock Scanner
Bruker 11.7 T/89 mm AV3HD microimaging system
Bruker 7T MRI
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.
Bruker Avance III 400MHz (400A) Routine multi-nuclear 1D and 2D NMR for concentrated samples. Fully Automated with 16 sample changer running ICONNMR.
Bruker Avance III 400MHz (400B) Manually Operated via Topspin, High and Low temperature NMR. Only for 1H and 13C observation. 
Bruker Avance III 500MHz Fully Automated with 60 sample changer running ICONNMR, routine multi-nuclear 1D and 2D NMR.
Bruker Avance III 600MHz Routine multi-nuclear 1D and 2D NMR. Manually Operated via Topspin, 13C NMR for dilute samples.
Bruker Avance III 700MHz Manually Operated via Topspin, inverse probe for 1H and 2D NMR of dilute samples. Water suppression experiments.
Bruker Avance III HD 400MHz Manually Operated via Topspin for Undergraduate use.
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.
Bruker BioSpec 70/30 USR
Bruker Bruker timsTOF Pro2 with nanoElute 2
Bruker Clinscan 7T Preclinical MRI
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.
Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) The Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force microscopy [AFM] is a high-performance tip-scanning AFM platform.
Bruker Prospector Ultra
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.
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.
Bruker Venture Duo Diffractometer
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.
Caliber RS-G4
Cambridge Research Systems BOLDFonic AudioFile
Cambridge Research Systems BOLDScreen
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.
CEM Corporation Liberty Blue HT12 Automated Microwave synthesizer
CH - AFM - Bruker-Icon-VI
CH - Allied E-Prep 4x Grinder / Polisher
CH - Allied Epoxy Vacuprep System
CH - Buehler VibroMet 2 Vibratory Polisher
CH - Dicing Saw
CH - DSC 250 - Differential Scanning Calorimeter
CH - e-Beam Evaporator Thermionics
CH - Ellipsometer
CH - EPMA - Electron Microprobe
CH - FIB-SEM_FEI Scios Dual Beam
CH - Horiba LabRAM Soleil Raman Microscope
CH - Parylene Deposition Coater PDS 2010
CH - PDMS Preparation Area
CH - Plasma Cleaner_P.I.E Tergeo EM
CH - SEM - FEI Apreo
CH - SEM-ZEISS Sigma500 VP
CH - Sputter Coater Denton
CH - STA 6000 - Simultaneous Thermal Analyzer (TGA/DSC)
CH - TEM - Hitachi 9500 ETEM
CH - TEM - JEOL JEM2100F
CH - TEM - Thermo Scientific Titan Themis G2 200 TEM
CH - UV-Vis Optical Microscope
CH - XPS ULVAC-PHI Genesis
CH - XRD - Bruker D8 XRD system
CH - XRD Malvern PANAlytical Empyrean
CH - XRF MALVERN EPSILON 1 XRF analyzer
Columbus Instruments Hot Plate (1 unit)
CosMx Schedule
Coulbourn Instruments Rat Open Field (4 chambers)
Covaris M220
CR - Anric Technologies AT410 ALD
CR - Deposition System e-Beam Plassys
CR - Deposition System Sputter Angstrom
CR - Deposition System Thermal Evaporation Angstrom
CR - EBL - Beamer, data prep
CR - EBL - EBPG5150, 100kV
CR - FS - Zeiss Axio Lab.A1 Optical Microscope #1
CR - FS - Zeiss Axio Lab.A1 Optical Microscope #2
CR - HMDS Prim Oven; YES-3DR
CR - Hood; Acid
CR - Hood; Litho 1 w/ Spinner, optical
CR - Hood; Litho 2 w/ Spinner, ebeam
CR - Hood; Litho 3 Developing
CR - ICP RIE Chlorine System PlasmaTherm APEX
CR - ICP RIE Fluorine System PlasmaTherm APEX
CR - Inspection SEM - Zeiss GeminiSEM 360
CR - Inspection SEM - Zeiss GeminiSEM 360SEM-ZEISS Sigma500 VP
CR - Keyence VHX - X1
CR - Keyence VK - X3000
CR - Mask Aligner; Quintel
CR - Maskless Aligner; MLA100
CR - Maskless Aligner; MLA150
CR - Nanoscribe Photonic Professional
CR - Optical Microscope
CR - PECVD
CR - Physics - Deposition System Sputter e-Beam AJA
CR - Plasma Asher- March PX500
CR - RIE - Reactive Ion Etcher
CR - RTA - Solaris
CR - Surface Profiler DektakXT
CR - Thin Film Analyzer Filmetrics F40
CR - Tube furnace
CR - Ultratech Fiji ALD
CR - Z- Workstation_1_ Office M104
CR - Z- Workstation_2_ Office M104
CR - Z- Workstation_3_Characterization SB60
CR - Z- Workstation_4_SB02C
Cressington 108Auto
Cressington 108Carbon/A
Cryostat
CryoStat - Currently not available beginning 5.13.2024 due to repairs needed.
CSS Autoclave Consolidated Stills and Sterilizers 260L Autoclave. This instrument is used for the sterilization of biological media and dry goods.
Current Designs Birtch Response Hardware
Cytek Aurora Cytek Aurora is a full-spectrum flow cytometer used in deep immunophenotyping and cell analysis.
Cytek Aurora
Cytek Aurora Evo - Assembly
Data Analysis Computer (FlowJo and SpectroFlo) SpectroFlo and FlowJo are complementary software platforms used together in spectral flow cytometry.
Data Sciences International (DSI) Wireless Telemetry System (12 receivers)
ddPCR
ddPCR (digital droplet PCR)
DF Vasconcellos Colposcopy
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.
EchoMRI EchoMRI body composition analyzer (1 system)
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.
EMS850WM Critical point dryer A gentle drying system that eliminates surface tension effects, preserving fragile nanostructures during liquid removal.
Espo Slide printer
Ethovision Olfactory Habituation/Dishabituation task for mice
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.
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.
Fischer Scientific Centrifuge
Fisher Ultrasonic Processor The Fiaher 500 ultrasonic processor uses ultrasound to process solutions.
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.
Flywheel
FMT2500
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.
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.
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.
FSRDC Conference Room Workstation The conference room is equipped with a table and 8 chairs. The room includes a tv monitor.
FSRDC Workstation 1 The workstation is equipped with monitors.
FSRDC Workstation 2 The workstation is equipped with monitors.
FSRDC Workstation 3 The workstation is equipped with monitors.
FSRDC Workstation 4 The workstation is equipped with monitors.
FSRDC Workstation 5 The workstation is equipped with monitors.
FSRDC Workstation 6 The workstation is equipped with monitors.
FSRDC Workstation 7 The workstation is equipped with monitors.
Fuji/Visualsonics Vevo 3100
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.
G.E. Healthcare FASTlab fluorine-18 incorporation platform
G.E. Healthcare TRACERLab FX MeI gas-phase [11C]methyl-iodide system
Gamma Counter
Gas Chromatograph - Chiral The Agilent 6850A Network Gas chromatograph is equipped with a FID detector and autosampler for automated detection of general organic molecules.
Gas Chromatograph - Routine The Agilent 6850A Network Gas chromatograph is equipped with a FID detector and autosampler for automated detection of general organic molecules.
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).
GE EKG Machine
GE LOGIQ S8 Ultrasound
GE Medical 12 Lead EKG MAC 5500
GE Ultrasound
GeoMx DSP
Gleeble 3500-GTC system
GPC The Waters GPC is used to determine the size of polymers using gel-permeation chromatography.
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.
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.
Helium Leak Detector This instrument is used in labs to detect helium leaks. We lend this instrument out for use.
Hesse BondJet BJ855 Automatic Wire Bonder Fully automated, high-speed fine wire bonder designed for precision, repeatability, and high throughput.
Hillman Gallium Generator
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.
Hokanson MD6 Doppler
Home brew Meso-Spim benchtop
Home brew Meso-Spim gen 5
Home built STORM
Horiba Fluoromax 3 The Fluoromax 3 fluorescence spectrometer has a practical working range of 190-900nm.
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.
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.
Horizontal Bandsaw
HQ2D MOT Motorized Transfer Station High-precision motorized transfer station for manipulation and assembly of low-dimensional materials.
IITC Hargreaves’ Test Table
IITC, TouchTest Von Frey Test Table & Calibrated Filaments
Illumina MiSeq
Illumina NextSeq 500
Illumina Nextseq2000
Image Analysis Workstation A robust image analysis workstation with Nikon's Nis-element software and Abbelight Neo analysis (super resolution analysis)
Image Analysis Workstations
ImageStream Imaging Cytopmeter: Lasers: 488nm 200mW - 561nm 200mW - 375nm 70mW - 405nm 175mW - 642nm 150mW - 785nm Dark Field Laser
Incucyte S3
Innova Shaking Incubator The NBS 400 Innova shaking incubator is used for growing bacterial cultures under constant temperature and with constant aeration by shaking.
Intel Xeon Gold 6248R (Cascade Lake)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y (Ice Lake)
Inveon PET/CT scanner
Invitrogen Qubit 4.0
Invitrogen Qubit FLEX
Itamar EndoPAT machine and software
IVIF Technician Time
IVIS Lumina X5
IVIS Lumina XR
IVIS200
Jasco Circular Dichroism The Jasco J-710 circular dichroism spectrophotometer is used to measure the difference in electronic absorption.
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.
JEOL 1400 FLASH
JEOL 1400 TEM
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.
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.
JEOL JFD-V-TP
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Labconco Lyophilizer The Labconco Freezone 6 lyophilizer is used to remove solvents from samples via sublimation.
LaFayette Instruments Bussey-Saksida Touchscreen Chambers (16 chambers)
LaFayette Life Sciences Wireless Running Wheels (40 individual)
Langmuir Blodgett Trough The KSV Langmuir-Blodget (LB) trough is used to prepare mono- and multilayer samples deposited on planar substrates.
Laser Flash Analyzer (LFA) 427 Netzsch
Lathe
Leica 3X STED
Leica Aperio CS2
Leica Aperio CS2 Slide Scanner
Leica Autostainer
Leica Autostainer 480
Leica Bond Max
Leica CM185OUV
Leica Coverslip CV5030
Leica EM CPD030
Leica EM FSP
Leica EM PACT2
Leica Histocore
Leica Leica CM1850UV Cryostat
Leica Leica RM2235 Microtome
Leica Leica SP8 confocal
Leica Leica Stellaris confocal
Leica LMD 7000
Leica Microtome
Leica Peloris II
Leica SP5 Confocal & 2-photon A fully automated upright confocal and two-photon system.
Leica SP8 Confocal The SP8 is a fully automated upright laser scanning confocal microscope that is capable of tunable emission spectral detection.
Leica ST5020 and CV5030
Leica Stereoscope A stereoscope that allows both fluorescent and birght field imaging. Equipt with a colored camera that also allows viewing of fluorescence signals
Leica THUNDER
LI-COR Odyssey gel reader
Li-Cor at HCC
Li-Cor at MWRI
LI-COR Biosciences Odyssey CLx
Live Microinjections
Logos Biosystems Luna-FX7
Low-temperature Lyophilizer The low-temperature lyophilizer is used to remove solvents via sublimation from samples under vacuum.
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.
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.
LSR Fortessa BD LSRFortessa is a benchtop flow cytometer designed to deliver exceptional sensitivity and resolution for complex multicolor cell analysis.
LSR II BD LSR II is a benchtop flow cytometer used in research to analyze the physical and chemical characteristics of cells or particles in a liquid suspension.
M-Braun glovebox Argon-filled inert environment for handling and storing air-sensitive materials, with an integrated freezer.
Made in-house Rat Gait
Malvern ITC-200 The Malvern ITC-200 isothermal titration calorimeter is used to measure the thermodynamics of molecule-molecule interactions.
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.
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.
Micro-CT Bruker Skyscan 1272
Microfluidic Processor The microfluidic processor used high pressure compressed air to force solution through small holes in a metal die.
Microm Microtome
Microplate Reader
Microscope Keyence VHX 7000N
Microscope Keyence VHX 970
Microscope Zeiss SmartZoom 5
Microtome cryostat
Miltenyi GentleMACS octo
MIPM Tesla M3
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.
Mouse Specifics, Inc DigiGait (1 machine)
MR200 micro diamond scriber A precision wafer scriber used for controlled cutting and preparation of silicon substrates for device fabrication.
MSD MESO QuickPlex SQ
Muffle Furnace The Thermoline fuffle furnace reaches temperatures up to 1100C and is used for thermal annealing, ashing, and similar applications.
Multimode microscope
Multimode widefield TIRF microscope
MVE LN2 tank
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.
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.
nCounter
Nikon 90i Upright microscope
Nikon A1
Nikon A1R
Nikon A1R
Nikon A1R Confocal & TIRF A fully automated inverted confocal and TIRF system. Capable for live and fixed sample imaging.
Nikon A1RS
Nikon AKR
Nikon AX
Nikon AX Confocal - Assembly
NIkon Bioslide
Nikon CREST
Nikon Eclipse Ni-E
Nikon iPOL
Nikon N-Sparc
Nikon Ni-E Upright - Assembly
Nikon NiE upright
Nikon Sweptfield
Nikon Ti
Nikon Ti inverted live cell system
Nikon Ti system
Noldus, Omnitech Y-mazes (2 arenas) with infrared backlit video tracking, Social Approach chambers (2 arenas)
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.
O-link O-link Targeted Q100
Offline Data Processing
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.
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
Olympus BH2 Polarizing Microscope The Olympus BH2 microscope can be operated in either brightfield or polarization mode using either transmitted or reflected light.
Olympus BX52
Olympus Confocal This is a confocal platform that uses multiple cool diode lasers for simultaneous or sequential fluorescent dye imaging of multiple fluorophores.
Olympus Flex Sigmoidoscope
Olympus FV1000
Olympus FV3000
Olympus Multimode
Olympus Provis
Olympus SXZ-ILLD100
Olympus SXZ12
Olympus VS200
Omnitech Mouse Accuscan Open Field (12 chambers), with Light/Dark inserts (6 inserts)
Omnitech Rat Accuscan Open Field system (8 chambers)
Optimized Radiochemical Applications (ORA) Neptis radiosynthesis systems
Oxford Triton DR200 Dilution Refrigerator A cryogen-free dilution refrigerator reaching temperatures down to ~20 mK with a 7 T magnet.
Oxidation/Annealing Tube Furnace Across International Tube furnace for silicon wafers oxidation and samples annealing.
Ozone Cleaner The ozone cleaner uses a combination of ozone and UV light to clean organic contamination deposited on surfaces.
Packard LSC The Packard 2000TR liquid scintillation counter (LSC) is used to quantify low-energy radioisotopes, especially alpha and beta emitters.
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.
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.
Panlab Multipurpose Maze Arena w/ video tracking
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.
PerkinElmer FMT
PerkinElmer IVIS Lumina X5
PerkinElmer IVIS Lumina XR
PerkinElmer Wizard 2 Gamma Counter
Philips HD11 XE
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).
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.
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.
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.
Precipoint Fritz
Precision Cell Xray Irradiator
Precision CellRad+ Xray Irradiator
Precision SmART+ small animal X-ray irradiator
Profilometer Bruker Contour GT-I
Profilometer Keyence VR-3200
PST Celeritas Response Hardware
PST MoTrak
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).
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).
Qubit 4 Fluorescence The Qubit 4 fluorescence spectrometer is used for the rapid quantification of DNA, RNA, and proteins using reagent kits.
Quipu Edge detection software for Ultrasound scans
Radio HPLC
Radiochemistry Lab
Raman Microscope: HORIBA LabRAM Soleil The LabRAM Soleil is a state-of-the-art, user-friendly Raman microscope developed by HORIBA Scientific.
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.
Raynolds Hoods (Acid, Spinner, Developer) Acid, Spinner, and Developer hoods.
Refrigerated Centrifuge
Reichert Ultracut
Revvity Lumina IVIS S5
Rodent frailty assessment with core body temperature (mouse and rat)
S-Sharp Prospect Preclinical High Frequency Ultrasound
Sakura Tissue Tek TEC Embedding Station
Sakura Tissue Tek VIP Tissue Processor
San Diego Instruments Startle Response Chamber (4 chambers)
SCIEX 4000 LC-MS/MS system
SCIEX 4000Q LC-MS/MS system
SCIEX 4500 LC-MS/MS system
SCIEX 6500+ LC-MS/MS system
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.
Sciex MS and Thermo LC Sciex 6500+ with Vanquish Horizon
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.
SEM Phenom XL G2
Sensimetrics S15
Sharp CNC Mill
Sharp Horizontal / Vertical Mill
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.
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.
Siemens 20 Channel Head Coil
Siemens 32 Channel Head Coil
Siemens 64 Channel Head Coil
Siemens 7T
Siemens Biograph mCT Flow PET/CT scanner
Siemens Body Coil
Siemens ECAT HR + PET Scanner
Siemens Eclipse HP Cyclotron (11 MeV)
Siemens Inveon CT/SPECT/PET
Siemens Inveon MM PET/CT Scanner
Siemens Knee Coil
Siemens Magnetom Prisma
Siemens Surface Coil
Sonic Dismembrator
Sonifier
Sono Vol Vega 4D
Sony MA900
Sony MA900-Assembly
Sony MA900-Hillman
SP Scientific SP Virtis Benchtop Pro Freeze Dryer
Speedvac Concentrator The speedvac concentratior is used for drying biological samples under vacuum and heat to remove solvent.
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.
SR Research Ltd. Eyelink 1000 plus
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.
Staff Assisted Procedures
Stoelting Stereotaxic frame and drill
Stress-induced Hyperthermia test for mice
Striatech Optodrum (1 chamber)
Superspeed Centrifuge at HCC 2.4
Superspeed Refrigerated Centrifuge at HCC 2.15
Superspeed Refrigerated Centrifuge at HCC G.20
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.
Surface Tension The KSV surface tension measurement system is used to measure liquid surface tensions or interfacial tensions using the Wihelmy plate method.
Surgical Suite Renting
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.
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.
Tanita Body Composition Anlyzers
Tecan Group Lrd. Spark
Tecan Spark
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.
Thermo Autostainer 360
Thermo Bigfoot
Thermo Cryotome FE
Thermo Embedding station
Thermo Evolution 600 The Thermo Evolution 600 UV-vis spectrophotometer is a dual-beam spectrophotometer with a wavelength range of 190-900nm.
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.
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).
Thermo Fisher Oribtrap Exploris 240 High-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometer used for accurate mass analysis across a range of applications.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Aquilos 2
Thermo Fisher Scientific Krios 3Gi
Thermo Fisher Scientific Tecnai T12
Thermo Fisher Scientific Tecnai TF20
Thermo Fisher Scientific Vitrobot Mk 4
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.
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.
Thermo Microtome
Thermo Nexus 6700 FTIR and Continuum microscope The Nexus 6700 FTIR is a research grade FTIR spectrometer operating in the mid-IR range.
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.
Thermo Scientific Altis
Thermo Scientific EVO 7000
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).
Thermo Scientific Quantis Plus
Thermo Scientific Thermo Eclipse with RSLCnano
Thermo Scientific Thermo Exploris 240 with Vanquish Horizon
Thermo Scientific Thermo IDX with Vanquish Horizon
Thermo Scientific Thermo QE HFX with Vanquish Neo
Thermo Scientific Vanquish Horizon
Thermo slide drying oven
ThermoFisher Nanodrop
ThermoFisher QuantStudio 3
ThermoFisher Qubit
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.
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.
Thermomechnical Analyzer (TMA) 402 F1 Netzsch
Tissue Culture Lab Facility includes Biosafety hoods, inverted microscope, CO2 incubators, surgery hood, liquid nitrogen storage, and Type I water system.
TissueGnostics automated slide scanning microscopes
Titan 25T Press Brake
Tri-Carb Liquid Scintillation Counter
Triboindenter Bruker TI 900
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.
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.
Tuttnauer Benchtop Autoclave The Tuttnauer benchtop autoclave is used for the sterilization of media and small volumes of laboratory goods using heat and pressure.
Ugo Basile Rotarod (1 unit)
Ultrasound (IVIF-Zhang lab)
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).
UV Transluminator The Fotodyne UV transluminator is used as an ultraviolet light source to effect photochemistry.
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.
Varioskan LUX Multimode Microplate Reader
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.
Vertical Bandsaw
Vetscan HM2
Vetscan VS2
Vetscan VSPro
Visual Sonics Vevo 770
VisualSonics Vevo770 Utlrasound
Water Bath Incubator The water bath incubator is used to grow bacterial cultures requiring elevated temperatures.
Waterjet
Waters 150 HPLC The Waters 150 HPLC is a dual scale (analytical/preparative) instrument with flow rates up to 150mL/min.
Waters corporation Acquity I class
Waters corporation Waters Alliance e2695 analytical separations module
Waters Corporation Waters Prep HPLC 2535 Quaternary Gradient Module
Wellsbach Ozone Generator High volume ozone generator for synthetic applications.
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
XRD Rigaku Miniflex 600
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zeiss LSM 710 confocal
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.