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* – 3-656 BSB (Maury)
- Avanti centrifuge J-26XP* – 3-656 BSB (Maury)
- Avanti centrifuge JXN-26* – 3-615B BSB (Schlievert)
Ultracentrifuge
- Optima L-90K* – 3-672 BSB (Maury)
- Optima XPN 100* – 3-672 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* – 3-672 BSB (Bedell)
- QuantStudio 3 Real Time PCR - Pickle* – 3-672 BSB (Bedell)
Flow Cytometers
- FACS Calibur (autosampler does not work) – 3-656 BSB (Maury)
- FACS Verse Flow Cytometer* – 3-733 BSB (Bedell)
- Beckman CytoFlex* – 2219 MERF (Oxley or Hostager)
Other equipment
- Autoclaves* – 201J EMRB; 3-607, 3-657, 3-681, 3-701E BSB
- Bacterial Shaker – 3-672 BSB
- Film Developer – 3-701B BSB
- Freezer Dot Sci -86 TSC Series – 3-401R BSB (Schlievert)
- GelDoc-It – 3-672 BSB
- Imager Bio-Rad Gel-Doc EZ – 3-615B BSB (Schlievert)
- Licor Odyssey Imaging System CLx* – 3-615B BSB (Schlievert)
- Lyophilizer Benchtop Pro – 3-615A BSB (Schlievert)
- Microfluidizer LV1 Low Volume – 200D EMRB (Ellermeier)
- Nanodrop – 6-672 BSB
- Nanopure Water Purifier – 3-701B BSB
- Poster printer – 2126 Med Labs (Hernandez or K. Jones)
- Qubit 2.0 – 200M EMRB (Ellermeier)
- Scanner Bio Azure Sapphire – 200L EMRB (Ellermeier)
- Sonifier – 200D EMRB (Ellermeier)
- Spectrophotometer – 3-672 BSB
- Tecan Infinite M200 Pro – 3-656 BSB
- Washers and Drying Oven – 3-607A BSB (Endreshak)
*Equipment items under a service contract