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Shared Departmental Equipment

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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)
  • 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