Check out our beautiful lab at the
Laboratory:
The
Simon lab occupies 3,000 square feet in the Department of Cell Biology and
Molecular Genetics at the University of Maryland College Park.
The laboratory has a 200 sq ft walk in plant growth chamber, two
additional 7 sq ft Conviron growth chambers, and a Percival growth chamber
for callus generation. There is
an alcove for tissue culture including a laminar flow hood, a room for
radioisotope use with a fume hood, and a room for potting plants.
Computer:
Six personal
computers (less than two years old) and four printers (Textronix Phaser 850,
one Xerox printer/copier, and Epson color) are located in the offices.
All computers are connected by ethernet to the University system.
Office:
Office space for Anne Simon is
within the laboratory.
Major Equipment:
In the
Simon lab: Beckman L8 ultracentrifuge, Sorvall Superspeed centrifuge with
rotors, Beckman refrigerated
midspeed centrifuge, five microcentrifuges, Bio-Rad 2000 spectrophotometer,
automated system for low pressure protein purification (Bio-Rad Econosystem),
automated Biologic FPLC/HPLC system for protein purification (Bio-Rad),
three high and six low voltage power supplies, ten waterbaths, two platform
shakers, Stratagene gradient thermal cycler, Multigene gradient thermal
cycler, Roche Light Cycler 480 II for real time PCR, Turner Design Modulus
Microplate Luminometer, New Brunswick shaking incubator, Hybaid
hybridization oven, Savant speed vac and gel dryer, Bio-Rad Imaging
Densitometer, Nikon inverted microscope, three incubators, two –80oC
freezers, six refrigerators, other basic equipment (scales, pH meter, etc.).
In the lab's darkroom we have our video gel documentation system and
UV light box.
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