Department of Biology
Protein Chemistry/Biotechnology
Facilities
- BioRad mini gel boxes for SDS PAGE and Western blotting
- Liquid Scintillation Counter for quantification of radioactive label in biological compounds
- Hoeffer and BioRad Vertical Gel Apparatus for separation of protein by size and charge
- BioRad Chromatography Unit for separation of macromolecules by size, shape, charge and affinity
- Savant SpeedVac for concentration and purification of dilute protein samples
- BioRad Gel Dryer for stabilization of agarose and PAGE gels for autoradiography and storage
- Pharmacia PhastSystem for rapid separation of protein samples
- Cecil CE3021 spectrophotometer and BioRad smartspec 3000 for protein determination
- Multiple high pressure liquid chromatography systems for protein purification
- Bilayer system for studying kinetics of drug and ion channel interactions
- Spectrofluorimeter for detection of fluorescent molecules and quantification of protein-protein interaction
- Silicon Graphics Fuel workstation with Insight II software for modeling biological molecules in three dimensions