The Department of Microbiology and Immunology has a collection of commonly used equipment. All department shared equipment requires training prior to being used. If you wish to use any of this equipment, please contact Angie Robertson (angie-robertson@uiowa.edu) or the faculty or staff member listed below.
Centrifuge
- Allegra 6R centrifuge* – 3-501A BSB (Maury)
- Avanti centrifuge J-26XP* – 3-340J BSB (Tucker)
- Avanti centrifuge JXN-26* – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
Ultracentrifuge
- Optima L-90K* – 3-501A BSB (Maury)
- Optima XPN 100* – 3-501A BSB (Maury)
- Optima Max-E* – 200M EMRB (Ellermeier)
Microscopes
- Nikon Eclipse – 4-303D BSB (Maury)
- Nikon Eclipse E600 – 3-654 BSB (Klingelhutz)
- Leica Microscope* – 4-303D BSB (Roller)
Real-Time PCR
- QuantStudio 3 Real Time PCR - Zebra* – 3-501 BSB (Bedell)
- QuantStudio 3 Real Time PCR - Pickle* – 3-501 BSB (Bedell)
Flow Cytometers
- Beckman CytoFlex* – 2217A MERF (Oxley)
Other equipment
- Autoclaves* – 201J EMRB; 3-340A BSB, 3-450 BSB
- Bacterial Shakers – 3-501 BSB
- Film Developer – 2-504 BSB (must request card swipe access from Lizzie Bishop before using)
- Freezer Dot Sci -86 TSC Series – 3-501A BSB (Schlievert)
- Imager Bio-Rad Gel-Doc EZ – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
- Licor Odyssey Imaging System CLx – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
- Lyophilizer Benchtop Pro – 3-301J BSB (Schlievert)
- Nanodrop – 3-501A BSB
- Poster printer – 3-461A BSB (Hernandez)
- Qubit 2.0 – 200M EMRB (Ellermeier)
- Scanner Bio Azure Sapphire – 200L EMRB (Ellermeier)
- Sonifier – 200D EMRB (Ellermeier)
- Spectrophotometer – 3-501A BSB
- Tecan Infinite M200 Pro – 3-501A BSB
- Washers and Drying Oven – 40 EMRB (Endreshak/Cronbaugh)
- Water Purifier – 3-450 BSB
*Equipment items under a service contract