Core Facilities Equipment Overview
The following is a list of equipment and facilities that are used to conduct research in IBB. Listed below is equipment that is located in IBB, on the Georgia Tech campus, as well as some facilities at Emory University. All equipment listed is available to researchers in IBB. In most instances, consultation and training is required before using the equipment. Depending on the facility, fees are associated with the services or use of the equipment. Please consult the contact people listed beside each piece of equipment for more information. If there are further questions, please contact Steve Woodard.
Microscopy and Microanalysis Lab
Contact: Jonafel Crowe (404.894.2212)
| Instrument | Location |
|---|---|
| Multi Photon Excitation (MPE) Confocal Microscope (LSM 510 NLO META, Carl Zeiss Inc.) |
IBB Room 1326 |
| Flow Cytometer/Cell Sorter (FACSVantage SE DIVA, BD Immunocytometry Systems) |
IBB Room 1328 |
| Confocal Microscope (LSM 510 UV, Carl Zeiss Inc.) |
IBB Room 1328 |
| Coulter Cell Counter (Multisizer II, Beckman Coulter) |
IBB Room 1326 |
| Viability Counter (ViCell, Beckman Coulter) |
IBB Room 1326 |
| Fluorescence Microplate Reader (SPECTRAMAX Gemini, Molecular Devices) |
IBB Room 1328 |
| Absorbance Spectrophotometer (SPECTRAMAX Plus 384, Molecular Devices) |
IBB Room 1328 |
| Digital Flow Cytometer (BD DLSR, BD Immunocytometry Systems) |
IBB Room 1334 |
| Fluorescence/Phospho-Imager (FLA 3000, Fuji) |
IBB Room 1326 |
| Sequence Detector (ABI 7500 demo unit, Applied Biosystems Inc.) |
IBB Room 1328 |
| Cell Electroporation (Odyssey, LiCor Biosciences) |
1328A |
| Strip Based IEF System (IPGPhor, GE Biosciences) |
IBB, Room 1429 |
Mass Spectrometry Lab
Contact: Cameron Sullards (404.894.4061)
| Instrument | Location |
|---|---|
| Mass Spectometry Core Lab | IBB Room 501 |
| Nitrogen Gas Generator (Parker Hannifin Corp N2-2010) |
IBB Room 501 |
| Binary Hplc System with Autosampler (Agilent Technologies G1312A) |
IBB Room 501 |
| 1100 Autosampler (Agilent Technologies G1312A) |
IBB Room 501 |
| Barnstead Nanopure Diamond UV (Barnstead 13500-874/862) |
IBB Room 501 |
| Mass Spectrometer (LC-QTrap) |
IBB Room 501 |
Biomodeling Lab
Contact: Alyceson Andrews (404.894.6228)
| Instrument | Location |
|---|---|
| Biomodeling Lab (Includes color printer and poster printer) |
IBB Room 501 |
Micro-Computed Tomography Lab
Contact: Angela Lin (404.385.6778)
| Instrument | Location |
|---|---|
| CT Scanners (vivaCT40 and uCT40, Scanco) |
IBB Room 101 |
| Workstations (hp DS25 (2) and Compaq XP1000 (1)) |
IBB Room 101 |
Histology Lab
Contact: Aqua Asberry (404.385.2611)
| Instrument | Location |
|---|---|
| Automatic Stainer (Autostainer, Leica) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Precision Saw (Isomet 1000 Precision Saw, Buehler) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Grinder (Ecomet 3 Grinder, Buehler) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Microm Cryostat (Cryo-star HM 560MV, Microm, Waldorf, Germany) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Rotary Microtome (HM355S, Microm, Waldorf, Germany) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Tissue Embedding System (Histocentre 2, Shandon) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Enclosed Tissue Processor (Pathcentre, #75210150-GB, Shandon) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Stereomicroscope (S6D Stereomicroscope, Leica) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Fluorescence Microscope (Nikon Eclipse E400 Microscope, Nikon | E600 Microscope, Nikon) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Leica Cryostat (CM3050S, Leica) |
IBB Room 1123 |
| Laser Capture Microdissection System (Arcturus XT, MDS Analytical Systems) |
IBB Room 1123 |
General Equipment
| Instrument | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Darkroom | IBB Room 2334 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Controlled Rate Freezer | IBB Room 1431 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Dishwasher (Lancer) |
IBB Rooms 1332 and 3332 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Dishwasher (Reliance) |
IBB Room 2332 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Sterilizers Steris Inc. |
IBB Rooms 1332, 2332 and, 3332 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Ice Machines | IBB Rooms 1332, 2332 and, 3332 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Gamma Counter Cobra II Series, Auto-Gamma Counter, Packard |
IBB Room 1420 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Scintillation Counter Tri-carb 2900TR, Perkin Elmer |
IBB Room 1420 | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Ultracentrifuge L7-55, Beckman Coulter, Inc., Fullerton, CA |
IBB rear of Wing 1D | Steve Woodard Tel: 404.894.5981 |
| Film Developer SRX101A, Konica |
IBB Room 2334 | Gary Newnam Tel: 404.385.1324 |
DNA/Protein Synthesis and Analysis Core Lab
| Instrument | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| HPLC with UV detector (LC Module 1 plus, Waters Corp.) |
IBB Room 3327 | Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| HPLC (Series 1090 Liquid Chromatograph, HP) |
IBB Room 3327 | Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| Peptide Synthesizer (ABI 433A, Applied Biosystems) |
IBB Room 3327 | Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| DNA Synthesizer (Expedite Nucleic Acid Synthesis System PE Applied Biosystems) |
IBB Room 3327 | Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| Speed Vac System (Centivap Concentrator/Cold Trap, Labconco) |
IBB Room 3327 | Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| Variable Mode Imager and Eraser (Typhoon Trio +, GE Biosciences) |
IBB Room 3327 | Jonafel Crowe Tel: 404.894.2212 Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| Infrared Imager (Odyssey, LiCor Biosciences) |
IBB Room 3327 | Jonafel Crowe Tel: 404.894.2212 Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| DNA, RNA and Protein Analysis (Bioanalyzer, Agilent) |
IBB Room 3327 | Jonafel Crowe Tel: 404.894.2212 Nadia Boguslavsky Tel: 404.385.0215 |
| Rapid Scanning Monochrometer (Centivap Concentrator/Cold Trap, Labconco) |
IBB Room 3325B | Charlie Oldham Tel: 404.894.3619 |
Bioscience-Biocatalysis Lab
Contact: Nadia Boguslavsky (404.385.0215)
| Instrument | Location |
|---|---|
| Freeze Drying System (Freezone 6, Labconco) |
IBB, Room 3327 |
| Capillary Electrophoresis System (Proteome Lab PA800) |
IBB, Room 3325B |
| Analytical HPLC (Beckman Coulter) |
IBB, Room 3325B |
FAME Center: Georgia Tech/Emory Joint Initiative
| Instrument |
|---|
| CD-spectropolarimeter (Jasco J-810) |
| Differential scanning calorimeter (Calorimetry Sciences Corporation N-DSCII 6100) |
| Isothermal titration calorimeter (Calorimetry Sciences Corporation CSC-4200) |
| FT-IR (Nicolet Magna 560) |
| 600 MHz solid-state NMR (Bruker) |
| 600 MHz NMRs (Bruker) |
Outside IBB Core Facilities
| Instrument | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| GT Genome Center (Capillary Electrophoresis, microarrays, qPCR | DNA Sequencing Core Lab) |
ES&T Building Room 2170 | Brian Lynch 404.385.4462 |
| Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) (Hitachi) |
Bunger Henry | Yolanda Berta 404.894.2545 |
| MSE Electron Microscopy Facility (Hitachi HF-2000 Field Emission Gun (FEG) | Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)) |
Bunger Henry | Z.L. Wang Tel: 404.894.2545 Fax: 404.894.9140 |
| ME Machine Shop | MRDC Rooms 2323 and 2327 | John Graham Tel: 404.894.3216 Fax: 404.894.8336 |
| Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory (MPRL) | Bunger Henry, MARC | D.L. McDowell Tel: 404.894.5128 Fax: 404.894.8336 |
| Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute Laboratory | MARC Room 320 | David Rosen 404.894.9668 |
| Georgia Tech NMR Center (Bruker DRX 500 | 11.7 Tesla) |
Boggs, Basement | Leslie Gelbaum Tel: 404.894.9668 Lab: 404.894.1827 Fax: 404.894.7452 |
| Molecular Design Institute (Bruker DRX 500 | 11.7 Tesla) |
Boggs Room 344 | William S. Rees, Jr. Tel: 404.894.4049 Fax: 404.894.1144 |
| Polymer Education and Research Center | 801 Ferst Dr. Suite 4401 |
John Muzzy Tel: 404.894.8480 Fax: 404.894.8780 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imager (Pharmascan 7T, Bruker Biospin) |
IBB, Rooms 0404 A,B,C Suite 4401 |
Gang Bao Tel: 404.385.0373 |
| Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility | IBB, Room 0501 | Visit the Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility page for information on instruments in this lab. |
Emory Facilities
| Instrument | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Fredrick Philips Magnetic Resonance Research Center (4.7 T Varian MRI scanner) |
WMRB, Basement | Robert C. Long, Jr. Tel: 404.727.4570 |
| 3T Siemens whole body MRI scanner | Hospital Education Annex | Xiaoping Hu Tel: 404.712.2615 |
| Emory DNA Sequencing Facility | VA Medical Center, Research 151 5A 112 | Rathna Giri Polavarapu Tel: 404.728.5079 Lab: 404.728.7686 Fax: 404.728.7780 Pager: 404.596.2367 (Hours: 8am - 5pm, Mon-Fri) |